Registered Nurse - Chiltern Renal - Haemodialysis Unit
East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust
Luton, LU5 5WZ
Salary
£32,073 to £39,043
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
6 September 2026
6 days left
Job description
We are recruiting for a Registered Nurse - Haemodialysis who share/s our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary s...
Recognises and reflects on barriers to effective communication and modifies communication in response.
Assess, plan, implement and evaluate the care needs of patients on haemodialysis with the involvement of patients and their relatives/carers.
Participate in internal shift rotation in order to provide outpatient during Unit opening hours .
Participate within a team of nurse and support workers in providing continuity of patient care.
Assist in maintaining good communication links with the Multidisciplinary Team, Specialist Nurses and allother relevant personnel.
Develop competence and skills required in order to safely use and maintain equipment utilised in themanagement of renal patients.
Develop competence in haemodialysis skills, such as cannulation, evaluation of patient access, and patient fluid assessment.
Undertake on-call haemodialysis provision training when gained the clinical expertise to support this for haemodialysis patients at the Lister Hospital
At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Teaching Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We run the following hospitals
- The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
- New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
- Hertford County, Hertford
- Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse or equivalent with live NMC registration
Desirable
- Recognised teaching and assessing qualification
Previous Experience
Desirable
- Minimum of six months hemodialysis experience as qualified nurse
- Experience of mentoring junior/unqualified staff
Skills
Essential
- Ability to plan, deliver and evaluate interventions and/or treatments
- Ability to prioritise and organize workload
- Ability to develop own skills and knowledge
- Demonstrate an ability to listen and comprehend
- Ability to manage potentially difficult situations
- Physiological assessment of acutely unwell patient
Desirable
- Propose service developments
Knowledge
Essential
- Awareness of current professional issues
- Ability to support and mentor learners
- Patient focused - committed to ensuring a positive hospital experience for patients and the relatives/carers
Desirable
- Understanding of critical care
Other requirements
Essential
- Understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion
- Role model our Trust values everyday
- Include: value the diversity and experience of our community, colleagues and partners, creating relationships and climates that provide an opportunity to share, collaborate and grow together
- Respect: create a safe environment where we are curious of the lived experience of others, seek out best practice and re open to listening hearing new ideas and change
- Improve: committed to consistently delivering excellent services and continuously looking to improve through a creative workforce that feels empowered to act in service of our shared purpose
How to apply
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Provenance
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First seen
21 August 2026
Last checked
25 August 2026
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