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An exciting opportunity has arisen for highly motivated individuals with at least 2 years recent renal/acute experience to join the  Chronic Kidney Disease Team.

As a Renal Specialist Nurse working within a nursing team you will be responsible for caring for patients with progressive chronic kidney disease, preparing them with individualised care and education for renal replacement therapies, transplantation or conservative management.

The department is open Monday to Friday 8am to 5pm. Closed weekends and bank holidays.

The advertised role is full time, there is some flexibility with working hours, although this will have to be within the departmental operating hours. Part time working may be considered if service needs are met.

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In the CKD department you will assist in the management of patients with all aspects of chronic kidney disease, you will be involved in coordinating care for patients with CKD 4 to 5, preparing  and educating them for dialysis, or conservative management. You will be involved in anaemia management for patients with CKD. You will also participate in clinics off site at Walsall and Cannock, either nurse-led or as part of the MDT. You will also be expected to do home visits to patients as required. You will be working closely with the Transplant Team and assist in transplant education and workup.

 You will need to be a competent/confident individual as you will be required to work autonomously and will manage your own caseload of patients.

You will work closely with members of the multidisciplinary team and therefore must be an excellent communicator and possess excellent organisational skills.

You will be expected also to dictate your own letters from clinic reviews and make referrals to other departments and services when necessary.

You will have evidence of relevant post registration education. The  V300 prescribing prescribing qualification is desirable. Otherwise evidence that you are working towards it. 

There are plenty of opportunities to learn and attend conferences where appropriate to expand your skills and learning. 

Gweithio i'n sefydliad

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve.  We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve the quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We’re passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.

We are delighted that we have been rated as “Good” by CQC. We have achieved numerous awards; The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.

The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.