Employer The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Hillingdon Hospital Town Uxbridge Salary £51,883 - £58,544 per annum (incl. of HCAA) Salary period Yearly Closing 20/06/2025 23:59 Interview date 03/07/2025
Clinical Nurse Specialist - Advanced Kidney Care
NHS AfC: Band 7
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The Trust only accepts applications made through this site, please register when you click APPLY at the end of this advertisement. The Trust is able to offer hospital accommodation, pension scheme, on-site nursery (through third party provider), together with salary sacrifice schemes (including child care vouchers, ride to work) and a range of national and local staff discounts (subject to availability).
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Job overview
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 peer
support 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 complex
situations 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.
Working for our organisation
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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for a full list of role requirements and main responsibilities.
Person specification
Person specification
* NMC Registered Nurse
* Working toward a relevant degree (level 6)
* Teaching and Assessing qualification or equivalent teaching experience
* Post registration experience in a relevant area with experience of change management.
* Non-Medical Prescribing qualification or willingness to work towards
* Significant post registration experience in specialty area and experience in either junior specialty role or team leader/ward management role
* Experience with managing patients relevant to specialist area
* Ability to work within a team and independently
* Has attained a relevant Degree (level 6)
Once a sufficient number of applications have been received the vacancy may be closed prior to the published closing down date. All contracts are issued under Agenda for Change Terms & Conditions of employment and all posts are subject to appropriate job matching or evaluation process, where indicated. Applications are welcome from all sections of the community to ensure our workforce is representative of the population. Please note that all candidates at risk in London and going through the NHS London Redeployment scheme are to be given priority as part of the recruitment process where their application meets the essential criteria for the role.
Please note: If you do not meet the requirements for the role or have specific registration where required then your application will be automatically rejected.
If you do not hear fromwithin 2 weeks of the closingdate please assume you are unsuccessful.
The Hillingdon Hospital will use the information provided primarily for the purposes of managing your employment within the Trust.
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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.
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