Job summary
Acute Kidney Injury Lead Nurse
Band 8a
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Acute Kidney Injury Lead Nurse position at St Georges University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
The post will be based in our Renal Department but the successful candidate will lead, develop and deliver an outreach Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) nursing service to promote and improve the care of AKI in the Trust as well as work across the Trust sites and Kingston Hospital.
The successful candidate will provide training and education opportunities for the nursing and medical teams to improve care of AKI patients in the Trust.
Leading the co-ordination and running of Acute Kidney Injury outpatient services the candidate will run an AKI clinic for patients post discharge from hospital.
The successful candidate will develop evidence based clinical nursing practice in the specialist area in line with current research, guidelines and protocols.
The candidate must have excellent communication and organizational skills, be able to work flexible hours.
For further information please contact Marlene Johnson, Head of Nursing for Renal, Haematology and Oncology on 020 728 0802 or bleep 8395.
Main duties of the job
- Provide support and liaise with A&E and AMU teams for early identification and prompt commencing of treatment to AKI patients
- To be a visible expert in the clinical nursing care of Acute Kidney Injury
- To provide an advanced specialist nursing service for people with AKI including identification, testing and treatment
- To manage an AKI patient caseload, ensuring continuity of a high standard of evidence based nursing care, from point of assessment through necessary procedures, to recovery, renal replacement therapy of transfer.
- To support the medical team in ordering and interpreting diagnostic tests and make onwards referrals where appropriate.
- To assist the medical lead with the development of a system for identifying early AKI, including presenting all AKI cases to the medical lead on a regular basis
- To lead and develop the AKI nursing service within the Trust and outreach locations in line with best evidence and local, national and international guidelines and protocols.
- To have an extensive awareness of the role of the AKI service in local care provision.
- Leading, developing and delivering an outreach Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) nursing service to promote and improve the care of AKI in the Trust.
- Develop evidence based clinical nursing practice in the specialist area in line with current research, guidelines and protocols
- Develop a national and international profile within the specialty of Acute Kidney Injury
About us
The post holder is expected to have a clear understanding of how this post contributes to the achievement of the trust vision of:
A thriving Foundation Trust at the heart of an integrated healthcare system. One that delivers improved patient care at a community, hospital and specialist setting, supported by a unique and nationally recognized programmer of research, education and employee engagement.
We expect all our staff to share the values that are important to the Trust, being Excellent, Kind, Responsible & Respectful, and behave in a way that reflects these.
St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults and expects that all staff will share in this commitment. The Trust is clear that all staff have a responsibility to be aware of children and adult safeguarding policies and procedures and that each member of staff, clinical and non-clinical, will attend child or adult safeguarding training that is provided at an appropriate level to suit their role. The Trust has the additional expectation that all staff will be able to identify concerns and know what action to take.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached supporting document which contains more and person specification information about the role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached supporting document which contains more and person specification information about the role.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- oRegistered Nurse Qualification
- o Band 7 within a renal unit/department
- oAccredited Renal Course
- oENB 998/C&G 7307 or relevant teaching experience
Desirable
- Master's degree or working towards/ANP qualification
- Non-Medical Prescribing
- Communication Skills Course
- Leadership Qualification
Experience
Essential
- oExperience of senior nurse level for a minimum of 2 years (band 7 or above)
- Experience of Acute Kidney Injury or Acute Medical care or Band 7 Nurse Specialist in Renal for at least 2 years
- Experience of teaching patients and staff and others including health promotion and prevention
Desirable
- Experience in running own clinics
- Experience in Leading an Acute Kidney Injury service
- Experience in running research and audit programmes
Skills
Essential
- oExcellent verbal, written and communication skills
- Models' excellent clinical skills and can implement these in practice
- Ability to develop working relationships locally, regionally and nationally
- Ability to translate and integrate evidence based research/guidelines into the development of local pathways of care
Knowledge
Essential
- Advanced theoretical and practical knowledge of speciality with a wide range of approaches to the management of patients, demonstrated by advanced clinical reasoning, critical thinking and be able to comprehensively assess patients for risk factors and early signs of illness
- Understanding of clinical research and treatment protocols / participation in basic clinical or nursing research
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- oRegistered Nurse Qualification
- o Band 7 within a renal unit/department
- oAccredited Renal Course
- oENB 998/C&G 7307 or relevant teaching experience
Desirable
- Master's degree or working towards/ANP qualification
- Non-Medical Prescribing
- Communication Skills Course
- Leadership Qualification
Experience
Essential
- oExperience of senior nurse level for a minimum of 2 years (band 7 or above)
- Experience of Acute Kidney Injury or Acute Medical care or Band 7 Nurse Specialist in Renal for at least 2 years
- Experience of teaching patients and staff and others including health promotion and prevention
Desirable
- Experience in running own clinics
- Experience in Leading an Acute Kidney Injury service
- Experience in running research and audit programmes
Skills
Essential
- oExcellent verbal, written and communication skills
- Models' excellent clinical skills and can implement these in practice
- Ability to develop working relationships locally, regionally and nationally
- Ability to translate and integrate evidence based research/guidelines into the development of local pathways of care
Knowledge
Essential
- Advanced theoretical and practical knowledge of speciality with a wide range of approaches to the management of patients, demonstrated by advanced clinical reasoning, critical thinking and be able to comprehensively assess patients for risk factors and early signs of illness
- Understanding of clinical research and treatment protocols / participation in basic clinical or nursing research
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
