Job summary
Employer heading
Transplant Nurse - Renal Services
Band 7
Job overview
We are excited to be in the position to advertise Senior Nurse opportunities with renal services and to provide leadership in key areas.
We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated individual to join our senior team as a Transplant Nurse. LTHTR Renal services are the largest centre in the Northwest and is a tertiary centre within a diverse geographical area, with a large transplant program which is not replicated in many other units.
You will be instrumental in ensuring the transplant nursing team and admin support team are adequately resourced, supported and developed to deliver excellent care with compassion in line with the Trust’s Values & Nursing & Midwifery Professional Framework. Leading and developing the transplant team by being a visible and strong role model providing leadership and direction to the team, capitalising on research and development opportunities, providing clinical supervision and advice for staff and students to support them in reaching their full potential.
The role will provide the successful candidate with a diverse caseload enabling consolidation of existing knowledge and expansion of skills in the nursing management of patients with kidney disease. The role will involve collaboration with MDT members to ensure high quality care and effective service provision remains.
We welcome all enquiries.
Main duties of the job
Our regional Renal service covers 1.6 million people, looking after over 1300 dialysis and transplant patients across a large geographical area including 4 trusts and 6 satellite dialysis units.
To work as an autonomous Clinical Nurse Specialist.
To provide expert advice related to specific conditions or treatment pathways.
Focus on improving patient care and service development
To assess patients holistically, plan, implement and evaluate evidence-based care
To provide specialist advice to patient families and carers and the wider multidisciplinary team
To contribute to the development of the workforce through delivering education and training.
To lead service development within the team
To participate in research activity and clinical audits in own specialist area
To work collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team to ensure the cohesive management of patients.
To act as a key worker for designated patients as appropriate across the patient’s pathway
Working for our organisation
We have 10,000 fantastic people working hard to deliver quality services to our patients. Whatever your role, you help look after 370,000 people in our local area & give specialist care to 1.5 million people across Lancashire & Cumbria.
Working with us gives you the knowledge and sense of pride that every activity you do genuinely does make a difference to support our patients & staff, ensuring we keep thriving & delivering outstanding healthcare right across our local towns.
You’ll have access to varied development opportunities, learn new skills, meet fab people & do things you’d never have done. You’ll learn about working in a hospital, interacting with people from all different roles to build skills & enhance your career path.
You’ll make an impact, be challenged to think differently, be bold & help innovate to keep improving things. Everything we do centres around patient care and enhancing their experience which means your role is pivotal and something really to be proud of
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For full details and job overview please see attached Job description and person specification information.
Person specification
Qualifications & Education
Essential criteria
- Appropriate NMC Registration
- Mentorship qualification
- Post Registration Qualifications relevant to the role
- Diploma or Degree in Nursing
Desirable criteria
- Level 3 ILM (Institute of Leadership and Management) or equivalent
- Successful completion of a leadership and development programme equivalent to the Internal Band 6 Leadership and Development programme.
Knowledge & Experience
Essential criteria
- Able to perform clinical duties commensurate to that of the role
- In depth experience of working in renal nursing
- Ability to Implement changes within nursing practice
- Knowledge of Clinical Governance and Safeguarding and the relevance of these to practice
- Knowledge of relevant policies and procedures
- Knowledge of ethical issues
- Evidence of clinical competence in area of speciality eg surgery
Desirable criteria
- Experience of managing a clinical area
- Knowledge of the PDPR Process
- Evidence of working at Band 6
- Experience of budgetary management
Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Lisa Morris
- Job title
- Matron - Renal Services
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07842 634350
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