Job overview
We are looking for an experienced Registered Renal Nurse to support the established ADPKD programme It is essential that you have substantial post registration experience in a Renal care setting, and post- graduation level study including Non-medical Nurse prescribing and APACS. You have experience of providing patient and staff education programmes.
It is essential that you have excellent communication skills, are highly motivated and relish working with a compassionate, caring and enthusiastic multi-disciplinary team.
Because we believe we are the best at what we do we want the best staff to be at the front of our services. We want to recruit those with standards and ideals that are parallel to ours embedding the Trusts PROUD values.
Is providing excellent Nursing care and getting the basics right one of your key drivers? Do you love developing others to become excellent at what they do? Is making a difference and doing the right thing fundamental to you? If your answer to these questions is yes, this role may be right for you.
Main duties of the job
To provide clinical expertise in the management of patient with ADPKD.
To provide a patient education and support service and regular specialist clinic for patients with ADPKD eligible for Tolvaptan therapy.
To provide educational support to the multi-disciplinary team including visiting medical students and trainee doctors within the Renal directorate including for patients with ADPKD eligible for Tolvaptan therapy.
To coordinate and support maintaining the cohorted specialist clinics for patients with ADPKD, Tuberous sclerosis and other renal genetic disorders.
To work with the lead consultant to identify patients with ADPKD who are eligible to receive Tolvaptan
To provide 1-1 education sessions for patients with ADPKD about Tolvaptan, organise and review baseline investigations and run a weekly clinic.
Providing a point of contact to support patients, families and or residential care facilities responsible for patients with Tuberous sclerosis. Providing information in the correct format.
Working for our organisation
You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its employees. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.
When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
Person specification
education and Qualifications
Essential criteria
1. RGN Level one
2. NMC registered
3. First degree or evidence of working towards one (demonstrating graduate attributes)
4. Non- medical Nurse prescriber
5. APACS
6. Recognised renal training programme
7. Continuous professional development
8. To have completed the national practice assessor training or equivalent teaching and assessing qualification for those with ENB998.
Experience
Essential criteria
9. Extensive post registration experience
10. Relevant experience at j sister/ charge nurse role
11. Audit and service evaluation
12. Patient education /advice
13. Ability to communicate effectively including active listening, writing, and verbally, with individuals on a one-to-one basis and with groups.
14. Basic IT skills: STHT programmes, data sets, Spread sheets
15. Ability to lead, motivate and develop a professional team
16. Excellent performance management skills.
17. Ability to manage complex workload under pressure and prioritise to meet deadlines
18. Persuasion and influencing skills – ability to present ideas and proposals effectively.
19. Highly developed leadership skills with excellent interpersonal skills – ability to form positive relationships at all levels
Desirable criteria
20. Service development / redesign
Personal qualities
Essential criteria
21. Cares about and knows the importance of doing the right thing and making a difference.
22. Possesses a straight talking and honest, whilst being diplomatic, communication style.
23. Driven to get things done to ensure that both they and their team achieve.
24. Sets very high standards for themselves, their team and ward.
25. Thrives on having lots going on and rise to the challenge of constantly switching between different activities and issues.
26. Possesses a ‘can do’ approach to problems and will keep going when things are tough.
27. Able to develop others and takes great satisfaction from seeing their staff achieve and progress.
28. Pick up on other people’s needs sensing when something is wrong.
29. Good at explaining things in simple and straightforward ways that others find easy to understand.
Please note that in order to comply with the UK Government’s rules on Skilled Worker sponsorship, any applicants who do not meet the eligibility requirements or concessions on salary thresholds under the Skilled Worker visa will not be eligible to receive sponsorship from the Trust. Please keep this in mind when submitting your application. Further details on these concessions, and who qualifies for them, can be found here.
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
30. Job Description (PDF, 96.4KB)
31. Person Specification (PDF, 192.6KB)
32. Candidate Application Best Practice Guide - please read before completing your application (PDF, 236.3KB)
33. Information for Candidates (PDF, 496.3KB)
34. Getting to Work at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals (PDF, 501.0KB)
35. Applicants - How We Use Your Information (PDF, 87.4KB)
36. Policy Statement on the Recruitment of Ex-Offenders (PDF, 124.0KB)
37. Staff Benefits (PDF, 2.7MB)
38. A Guide to Using Artificial Intelligence and With Your Personal Statement (PDF, 163.6KB)
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Further details / informal visits contact
NameSister Janet McCormickJob titleRenal Genetics Nurse SpecialistEmail addressjanet.mccormick@nhs.nretTelephone number01142714410