APPLICATION DEADLINE: 07 April 2025
Band: Band 4
Salary: £31,944 to £34,937 a year per annum inc.
Job summary
We are excited to recruit a Band 4 Peritoneal Dialysis Nursing Associate to join our Renal Services Team at the Royal London Hospital. This role will focus on delivering high-quality, person-centred care to patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis (PD).
This post is suitable for staff who have completed their Nursing Associate training and wishes to provide the highest standard of individualised and holistic patient care. Any potential applicant should have in interest in Renal nursing and chronic services. PD experience is not essential for this post. Training in PD Nursing and Home Care Services will be provided.
Main duties of the job
The role will involve:
- Supporting the clinical nursing team to manage PD patients attending outpatient clinic.
- Supporting with connection and disconnection of inpatient from PD machines.
- Assisting the community PD nursing team with home visits.
- Patient education, teaching and supporting patients new to PD
- Working collaboratively with the Renal MDT for the care of PD patients
- Assessing patients, clinical observations and wound assessments/ simple wound care for patients attending PD outpatient’s clinic
- Maintaining accurate records and documentation, ensuring all activities align with legislation, policies, and best practices
Qualifications
Essential
- Professional Registration – Nursing Associate
Desirable
- Intravenous accreditation
Experience
Essential
- Minimum of 2 years band 3 Nursing assistant experience in an acute hospital setting
Desirable
- Evidence of a positive contribution to team work
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of NMC code of conduct.
- Able to recognise own limits and work within those limits of competence
- Moving and Handling
Desirable
- Demonstrate an understanding of current developments in the speciality
- Understanding of Clinical and Shared Governance and their implications to practice.
Skills
Essential
- Effective verbal communication
- Effective written communication support / promote planned change
- Able to work in a changing environment and to actively support planned change.
- Computer skills
Desirable
- Work under their own initiative with good organisational skills
- Ability to use problem solving skills and prioritise work.
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).
