Clinical Nurse Specialist - Advanced Kidney Care

Job summary

Work within a team of two nephrology consultants, one specialty training nephrology registrar and a dedicated renal secretary to provide general nephrology care to the population of Hillingdon Hospital. The role will focus on but not be limited to advanced kidney care management and preparation for dialysis and transplantation. Educational and peersupport will be through the local renal consultants but also the broader advanced kidney care team at the Hammersmith Hospital with regular meetings and training.

Main duties of the job

To provide specialist nursing advice to support and facilitate high quality, individualised care to patients/clients and relatives/carers without supervision in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team in line with local and national targets.The post holder will provide specialist nursing care and support and deputise for their line manager in the management of their clinical speciality. This will involve dealing with complexsituations and having to take appropriate action in a variety of settings.To be flexible in the approach to the clinical area and to provide cover for any area specified acting as professional role model providing direct and indirect clinical care, teaching and research.

About us

This is a great time to join The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust as the Advanced Kidney Care Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS).

We are currently in the process of redeveloping the hospital to provide a new state-of-the-arthospital for the residents of Hillingdon, and beyond, which supports the very best in delivery of healthcare and will be fit for our future.

We have over 3,500 members of staff that are proud to care for nearly half a million people across the Borough of Hillingdon, with a vision to be an outstanding provider of healthcare -our mission is to provide high quality, safe and compassionate care, improving the health and wellbeing of the people we serve.

We are clear that our Vision can only be achieved by our staff, our most valuable asset. We are committed to making improvements for both our patients and our staff which we will deliver through living our CARES values: Communication, Attitude, Responsibility, Equity and Safety.More information about our Vision and values and how we build these into our recruitment process can be found on our website.

We value our staff and where possible we offer flexible hours, a full range of benefits, on-site nursery facilities and restaurant as well as a wide range of training and career development opportunities. We are proud to say that our staff survey results show that our staff look forward to coming to work here.