Staff Nurse - Salford Renal Unit

Job overview

Renal Services at Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust are expanding with opportunities across our Haemodialysis Service and we want you!

We have opportunities within Ward H3 which is Acute Renal Hub for Greater Manchester West & within Haemodialysis Services based at Salford, Bolton & Wigan.

This expansion means an increase in staffing across our dialysis service at Band 5 and we are seeking Registered Nurses both experienced, new to renal and newly qualified to join us and our growing multi-disciplinary teams.

Registered or Student Nurses wanting to take your career to the next level in Renal this is the place for you. You will gain a wealth of knowledge and highly transferable skills from exposure to a variety of Renal conditions, supporting lifelong treatment pathways designed to ensure maximum independence and minimal disruption to patient independence and quality of life such as management of the acutely unwell adult, Haemodialysis, Peritoneal Dialysis, Home Dialysis, Venepuncture, Canulation, Blood Cultures, Intermediate Life Support, Chronic Kidney Disease, Vascular Access & Transplant.

Main duties of the job

Registered Nurses working within our services have progressed to higher banded roles within the service including within Specialist Nursing roles and Advanced Practitioner roles as we are passionate to support and grow our workforce to maximize potential to benefit Patients, Staff and the wider Service.

• Experienced nurse leadership to support you and your team when you need it.
• A Unit based, experienced MDT to provide a fully holistic approach to patient care.
• Specialist Renal Education Programmes for all new starters and advanced programmes once experienced.
• Flexibility – Full and part time contracts are available with a range of shifts covering earlies, lates, twilights and nights.
• Rotations – if you want the chance to spread your wings beyond Dialysis and get some acute renal experience, we will work through how we can support this with you and other teams across our Directorate.

Working for our organisation

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire – to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please note an NMC PRN Pin is not a full NMC Pin and would not fulfil the essential criteria for this role.

The NCA can no longer accept applications from International Nurses and Midwives who are yet to complete all competencies needed to receive a full NMC PIN to practice in the UK as we have paused our OSCE programme indefinitely. To learn more about how you can gain a full NMC PIN to be eligible to apply for our vacancies in the future, please see the NMC website: [...]/

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk

We that people find interviews daunting and the conventional interview approach, of unseen questions, often impacts performance on the day. We are therefore piloting sending interview questions, to candidates, in advance.

This vacancy is within one of our pilot areas therefore if you are invited for interview you will receive your interview questions in advance of your interview date. Feedback on this process will also be requested to help our teams understand and evaluate your recruitment experience.

Person specification

Registration & Qualifications

• NMC Registration

• Further education

Knowledge, Skills & Experience

• Evidence of involvement in teaching and mentoring learners

• Post registration renal experience

We understand the importance of balancing work and home life. We are committed to supporting flexible working for our people wherever possible and all our colleagues are given the opportunity to discuss potential for flexible working. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) serves a diverse population, and each Care Organisation works hard to ensure all services are accessible and fair.

We respect the value of difference. So, our aim is to employ a workforce representative of the communities we serve. Regardless of age, disability, gender, marital status, trans status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, religion or belief, all are welcome.

As a Disability Confident Employer, guaranteed interviews are also available to disabled applicants when essential role requirements have been met.

If you require any reasonable adjustments to the application process, please contact [email protected]

For posts advertised on a fixed term contract basis, we will offer secondments only for NHS appointments. Fixed term contracts will be only be offered for external non-NHS appointments.

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Please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any time should we receive sufficient applications or if it is filled via the internal redeployment process.

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