Senior Home Therapy Dialysis Assistant (Part Time 20 hrs p/w)
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Band 3 Senior Home Therapy Dialysis Assistant
This is a part-time post for 20 hours per week.
Role Overview
This post is hybrid- working within the community at the homes of patients, and also based within our Home Therapy team at the Royal Berkshire Hospital site – the service includes visiting the homes of patients across East & West Berkshire.
The majority of your time will be spent within the homes of patients providing practical support, setting up automated peritoneal dialysis (PD) machines and all the clinical care around this.
The renal replacement therapy is carried out either 4 times daily manually, or overnight by an automated machine.
It is a life‑saving treatment that is required every day – the service therefore runs 365 days a year and will involve some weekend or bank‑holiday working.
Key responsibilities include:
* PD related care – machine set‑ups, observations, patient weights, blood taking, dialysis‑related dressings and stock takes.
* Manual and automated peritoneal dialysis administration.
* Clinical disposal of waste and dialysis related dressings.
* Liaising with the trained renal team at the Royal Berkshire Hospital.
There is some flexible working, but care must be provided within the hours of approximately 9 am to 2 pm.
Requirements
* Must hold a current valid UK driving licence – essential for traveling to patients’ homes across East & West Berkshire.
* No personal care to patients – only dialysis‑related care is required.
Job Details
* Seniority level: Mid‑Senior level
* Employment type: Part‑time
* Job function: Health Care Provider
* Industries: Hospitals and Health Care
Location & Benefits
Reading sits on the River Thames and is served by excellent road and rail links to London, Oxford and Southampton. The town offers outstanding leisure and shopping facilities, a thriving cultural scene, and some of the best state and private schools in the UK, making it a wonderful place to live, work and play.
The CQC rates care provided by the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust as Good.
Our CARE values: Compassionate, Aspirational, Resourceful, Excellent.
Contact
For further details or informal visits:
Name: Barbara Harris
Job title: Lead Nurse for Renal Home therapies
Email: barbara.harris@royalberkshire.nhs.uk
Telephone: 0118 3228555
Name: Sister Joanna Tilbury
Email: joanna.tilbury@royalberkshire.nhs.uk
Name: Sister Patrica Nare
Email: patricia.nare@royalberkshire.nhs.uk
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