Registered Nurse - Acute Dialysis/RITA

Job summary

We are recruiting for a Registered Nurse - Acute Dialysis/RITA who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.

This post is for a band 5 registered nurse to work within the acute dialysis team and RITA unit. You will be part of a team performing all inpatient dialysis and plasma exchange as well as working within the renal intervention and treatment area (RITA).

This is a one year secondment and an excellent opportunity to broaden your renal skills.

At the heart of everything we do are our core values:Include,Respect, andImprove. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.

Main duties of the job

To provide a high standard of nursing care to meet the needs of patients with supervision and supportfrom senior colleagues.

To identify clinical changes in patients and make safe and appropriate decisions in partnership with seniorcolleagues, seeking timely advice whenever necessary.

To confident and competent when dealing with adeteriorating patient.

With decreasing levels of supervision, the nurse will plan, implement and evaluate care based on ourmodel of nursing ensuring that the needs of each individual patient.

Be responsible for the accurate recording of clinical observations and data relating to patients care,ensuring that progress is maintained and reviewed.

Be able to present and discuss relevant issues with senior colleagues and the multidisciplinary team.

To communicate with patients and families with empathy and reassurance regarding assessment, careand treatment.

About us

At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

We run the following hospitals:

• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford
• Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.

Employer details

Employer name

East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust

Address

Lister Hospital

Coreys Mill Lane

Stevenage

SG1 4AB

Employer's website

https://www.enherts-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust

Address

Lister Hospital

Coreys Mill Lane

Stevenage

SG1 4AB

Employer's website

https://www.enherts-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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