Staff Nurse - Guernsey Renal Unit
Job Description
Job summary
Registered Nurses required at Guernsey Renal Unit
Have you considered a career in kidney care?
Our dialysis team is currently has a vacancy for a band 5 nurse. You will have experience in acute hospital care and be willing to rise to the challenge of learning new skills guided by a supportive team of experienced nurses.
The role is based in Guernsey, where you will benefit from living on a beautiful Island with a different pace of life whilst benefitting from working for an acute London Trust with access to the education, research and networking, supporting your career progression and ambitions.
We support all out band 5 nurses to access and complete a specialist Renal course with placements at Guys Hospital to experience a busier and more acute setting.
We can give you advice on housing and life in Guernsey and consider arranging a local visit so you can see the unit in person.
Closing Date: 1st January 2025
Interview Date: 8th January 2025
Main duties of the job
Guernsey Renal Unit is a community based dialysis service of Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust (GSTT) providing outpatient dialysis services for a chronic patient group.
GSTT Renal Service is one of the largest in SE England. We are one of the leading centres in the UK for transplantation, dialysis and related care. As a band 5 nurse, your role will be to deliver safe, effective, compassionate care in a friendly, patient centred environment. You will also be involved in health promotion and patient education programmes including our dialysis shared-care initiative and nurse led clinics.
About us
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK's best-known hospitals - Guy's, St Thomas', Evelina London Children's Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield - as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high-quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.
We are among the UK's busiest, most successful foundation trusts. We provide specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer and renal services as well as a full range of local hospital and community services.
We have a long tradition of clinical and scientific achievement and - as part of King's Health Partners - we are one of England's eight academic health sciences centres, bringing together world-class clinical services, teaching and research. We have one of the National Institute for Health Research's biomedical research centres, established with King's College London in 2007, as well as dedicated clinical research facilities.
We have around 22,700 staff, making us one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country and one of the biggest employers locally. We aim to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and continue to develop new and existing partnerships with local people, patients, neighbouring NHS organisations, local authorities and charitable bodies and GPs.
Job responsibilities
-You will be responsible for carrying out clinical practice within the designated clinicalareas, ensuring that high-quality, current evidence-based nursingassessment, care planning, implementation, interventions, and evaluationsfor patients is provided from admission through to discharge.
- You will be responsible for the application of knowledge across the range of work procedures and practices, underpinned by theoretical knowledge and practical experience.
-You will act as an advocate for patients within the area, to ensure a patientorientated approach is applied to the delivery of care
- you will ensure that patients receive high-quality clinical care and a good patient experience, having regard for their customs, religious beliefs anddoctrines.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Clinical experience in acute hospital setting
- Patient Advocate
- supervision of Junior staff
- Able to prioritise & meet deadlines
Desirable
- Dialysis Experience
- An understanding of Audit and Research Based Nursing Practice
- experience of coordinating shift
Skills
Essential
- Communication skills
- Maintaining dignity and respect of patients and colleagues
- Assessment and delivery of holistic/patient centered care
- Basic computer skills
- Prioritise workload
Desirable
- Venepunture/Cannulation
Values and Behaviour
Essential
- Value and Behaviour
Knowledge
Essential
- Registered Nurse
- Evidence of personal and professional development
- Knowledge of NSF and current nursing issues/initiatives
- NMC guidelines documentation /drug adminstration
Desirable
- Renal Course
- Mentorship
- Bsc Degree
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
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).
Employer details
Employer name
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Guernsey Renal Unit
Rue Mingot
Guernsey
GY46UU
Employer's website
https://www.guysandstthomas.nhs.uk/careers/careers.aspx (Opens in a new tab)
