Staff Nurse - Guernsey Renal Unit

Employer: Guy\’s and St Thomas\’ NHS Foundation Trust Employer type: NHS Site: Guernsey Renal Unit Town: Guernsey Salary: £36,899 – £47,590 (Staff also receive a rental allowance and annual bonus) Salary period: Yearly Closing: 01/01/2025 23:59 Interview date: 08/01/2025 Guy’s and St Thomas’ is among the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services. Job overview Registered Nurses required at Guernsey Renal Unit. Have you considered a career in kidney care? Our dialysis team 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 benefiting from working for an acute London Trust with access to education, research, and networking, supporting your career progression and ambitions. We support all our 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. 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. Detailed job description and main responsibilities You will be responsible for carrying out clinical practice within the designated clinical areas, ensuring that high-quality, current evidence-based nursing assessment, care planning, implementation, interventions, and evaluations for 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 patient-oriented 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, and doctrines. Person specification Experience Clinical experience in acute hospital setting Supervision of junior staff Able to prioritise & meet deadlines Dialysis experience An understanding of audit and research-based nursing practice Experience of coordinating shifts Skills Maintaining dignity and respect of patients and colleagues Assessment and delivery of holistic/patient-centered care Basic computer skills Venepuncture/Cannulation Knowledge Registered Nurse Evidence of personal and professional development Knowledge of NSF and current nursing issues/initiatives Renal Course BSc Degree Guy’s and St Thomas’ celebrates, respects, and values the diversity of its staff and patients. We review our policies, procedures, and practices to ensure that all employees, patients, and carers are treated equitably according to their needs. Applications are welcomed from applicants with a disability. We can make reasonable adjustments and offer support and advice in a variety of ways throughout the application process. Equality of opportunity is our policy. Your e-mail address is important to us – We communicate to all job applicants via the e-mail address which has been provided on the application form. Please ensure that you check your e-mail on a regular basis. Please apply for this post by clicking \’Apply Online Now.\’ #J-18808-Ljbffr