Band 6 Clinical Nurse Specialist - Advanced Kidney Care

• Managing a caseload of patients with advanced chronic kidney disease
• Providing specialist assessment, education & support for patients & their families.
• Facilitating informed decision-making regarding kidney replacement therapies including haemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, kidney transplantation & conservative kidney management.
• Leading nurse-led clinics & conducting comprehensive patient assessments.
• Coordinating care across primary, secondary & tertiary services.
• Acting as a key worker & advocate for patients throughout their treatment pathway.
• Supporting advance care planning discussions as appropriate.
• Working collaboratively with nephrologists, palliative care teams, dietitians, pharmacists, psychologists, social workers & community healthcare professionals.
• Participating in service improvement, audit, research & quality initiatives.
• Providing education & support to nursing colleagues and the wider multidisciplinary team.

• Registered Adult Nurse with NMC registration.
• Excellent communication, counselling & interpersonal skills.
• Experience of complex patient assessment & care planning.
• Ability to work autonomously whilst contributing effectively within a multidisciplinary team.
• Evidence of continuing professional development.
• Strong organisational & caseload management skills.
• Commitment to delivering personalised, patient-centred care.
• Valid UK driving license and ability to drive to provide education & support to patients in the community

Essential

• *Registered Nurse with valid NMC registration
• *Educated to degree level or equivalent experience.
• *Portfolio of certified / accredited post registration professional development.

Desirable

• *Health Assessment post graduate qualification / willingness to work towards

Essential

• *Post registration experience with evidence of knowledge and development for the associated area of specialist practice.
• *In depth knowledge of specialist procedures required for role, with willingness to undertake further training/ education to achieve agreed level of competence.
• *Knowledge of standards and policies associated with role.
• *Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary and cross agency work environment.
• *Demonstrable understanding of the national / NHSE diagnostic/ therapeutic expectations / strategy around endoscopy services and can relate this to the role.
• *Demonstrable understanding of clinical governance / patient safety process's -- can relate this to the role in relation to their personal/professional accountability.

Essential

• *Excellent written, verbal communication skills
• *Ability to follow complex instructions consistently in relation to the delivery of endoscopy practice.
• *Consistently professional, collaborative, and compassionate in their approach to colleagues/ patients
• *Effective people skills including high degree of self-awareness / self-regulation.
• *Ability to understand, interpret and critically analyse information/ data and develop skills in reporting of video capsule images.
• *Ability to recognise limits of own competence and seek advice/ support escalating concerns as required.
• *Ability to apply, evaluative and reflective techniques to personal practice, events, and activities.
• *Ability to plan, prioritise workload in response to service need
• *Ability to explain the requirement to balance clinical caseload and developing skills, knowledge, and competence.
• *Ability to work towards autonomous enhanced practice through exposure, supervised practice to a preset level of clinical competence.
• *Ability to apply, evaluative and reflective techniques to personal practice, events, and activities.
• *Ability to contribute to service development
• *Acts to support and enable teamwork.
• *Cheerful outlook towards supporting organisational / service changes, learning and continuous quality improvement