Senior Staff Nurse (Renal Windsor) - FT 12 mths
Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust
Reading, RG1 5ANView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£39,959 to £48,117
Contract
Fixed-Term
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
27 October 2026
7 days leftJob description
Senior Staff Nurse (Renal Windsor) - FT 12 mths - Maternity Cover We are looking for forward thinking, dynamic and enthusiastic individual who has pro...
We are offering an opportunity for a motivated individual with the drive and enthusiasm to develop as a Senior Staff Nurse in Windsor Dialysis Unit. You will be fully supported in your development.
You must have a proven track record of progressive leadership and development. Be an effective role model, self-motivated, passionate in your job, is driven and adaptable to cope with continuously changing services.
You should possess excellent communication skills, be visible and accessible with quality and standards as your priority. You will need to be flexible, learn to be resilient in order to cope with the demands of the role. In addition you must be adaptable to change and influence your team members to enable you to implement and evaluate change in working environment.
For further details on the job role, please refer to the Job description and Person specification attached.
The Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest District General Hospitals in the country. The hospital achieved Foundation Trust status on 1st June 2006. It was the first Foundation Trust in the South Central Strategic Health Authority. The Trust has a successful track record of delivering high quality acute medical and surgical services for 500,000 patients across West Berkshire, an area extending from Newbury in the west to Henley-on-Thames in the east, and including Wokingham and parts of Hampshire to the south and parts of Oxfordshire to the north. The Trust is Reading's biggest employer.
Education, Qualifications & Training
Essential: - Registered Healthcare Professional (NMC); - First Level degree (HEI Level 6) or equivalent, in undergraduate base profession
Desirable
- Specialist post-graduate education
- Qualifications, or training relevant to speciality area / clinical practice
- Mentoring, Facilitating Workplace Learning or Clinical Supervision Qualification
- Leadership course / qualification
- Registered with NMC as an Independent / Supplementary Prescriber (if required within the service) or willing to undertake training
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable experience of managing a varying aspects of a patient's care within a Renal Speciality
- Experience of supervising, teaching, mentoring and developing staff
- Experience of working in partnership with all levels of staff, evidencing the ability to plan and co-ordinate the provision of care
- Able to demonstrate ability to deliver training and education to patients
Desirable: - Experience of developing and implementing policies and protocols; - Demonstrate an awareness of risk management
Skills, Knowledge & Abilities
Essential
- Demonstrable evidence clinical skills required within service / speciality
- Ability to analyse and interpret information from patient assessment and interventions, and freedom to act in managing patients 'care
- Clinical reasoning, problem-solving and decision-making skills
- Demonstrable ability to work in a busy environment and resilience when the service is under pressure.
- To be competent to deal calmly and professionally with patients, relatives and work colleagues in a confidential and sensitive manner
- Ability to work unsupervised and on own initiative, as well as part of a multi-disciplinary team
- Understanding of the theory and application of Clinical Governance
- Commitment to CPD practices for own development, and the development & support of others
- Demonstrates attitudes and behaviours which reflect the organisational CARE values and role model these to others.
Desirable: - Understanding of the principles of effective budgetary management
Other
Essential
- Evidence of well-developed IT sills using a wide range of programmes / packages
- Good time management skills and flexible approach to work.
- Able to meet the physical demands of the role such as moving and handling of patients, operating and maintaining clinical and training equipment.
- Able to apply and sustain mental effort required to carry out detailed work requiring high levels of concentration, attention to detail and effective time management.
- Ability to work under own initiative to add value and contribute to business success.
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First seen
14 October 2026
Last checked
16 October 2026
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