Paediatric Renal CNS

Job summary

The renal nurse specialist is an integral part of the multi disciplinary team, providing nursing expertise and professional leadership within inpatient, outpatient and community and shared care in relation to the treatment management and nursing care of children and families with chronic Kidney disease.

This is a unique opportunity for a passionate and experienced Renal Nurse to join a close-knit team to provide care in the community for a caseload of pre-dialysis and peritoneal dialysis patients.

Excellent communication and organisational skills are essential to this role. You will need to demonstrate a practical, forward thinking approach to service development and evaluation and the ability to work well within a team.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Main duties of the job

The role includes managing a caseload of patients, education of patients, their families, staff in the community, inpatient and outpatient settings. To actas a point of contact for families, multidisciplinary team, other hospitals, other agencies in the community for specialist advice and information.

The successful candidate will be expected to:

• Assess, develop and implement specialist renal nursing care programmes, provide advice, education, support and care of children and families with chronic / end stage kidney disease in the community setting.
• Preparation and education of child and family , home assessment training for home PD , school and nursery visits
• Provide ongoing emotional and psychological support to patients and their families.
• Participate in and evaluate research and clinical audit in relation to specialty to inform and improve future practice
• The post holder will support families with charity applications/grants
• Work with the new National Paediatric Renal Nursing Competencies developed to address challenges faced by paediatric renal units.
• Participate in youth work program workshops.

The clinical nurse specialist will also be expected to support renal outpatients and haemodialysis depending on service demands, training will be provided. Once trained the right candidate may be expected to support the Haemodialysis on call

For more information please contact:

Rhian Pearson - rhian.pearson@wales.nhs.uk

About us

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is one of the largest Integrated Health Boards in the UK, employing over 17,000 staff, providing over 100 specialist services. Working across 6 hospital sites, we have a diverse range of career opportunities to offer. Serving over 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale, we are focussed on the health and care needs of our local population whilst working with our partners to develop regional services. Together we are committed to improving health outcomes for everyone, delivering excellent care and support.

Our mission is "Living Well, Caring Well, Working Together", and our vision is that every person's chance of leading a healthy life should be equal. Our 10-year transformation and improvement strategy, Shaping Our Future Wellbeing, is our chance to work collaboratively with the public and our workforce to make our health board more sustainable for the future.