Staff Nurse

Job overview

The King’s Lynn Dialysis Unit is located at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital King’s Lynn, Norfolk and you will be employed by Cambridge University Hospital working in partnership with Fresenius Medical Care and the job will require some flexibility to cover the other satellite dialysis units of Addenbrookes Hospital at times when needed.

The 17 station satellite unit compromises of 15 stations and 2 isolation rooms, dialysing a mixture of long term dialysis dependent patients from in and around the West Norfolk area and inpatients from the Queen Elizabeth Hospital King’s Lynn.

The service runs from 07:00 – 23:30 Monday – Saturday.

Prior experience is desirable but not essential. We have a competency based learning programme and an experienced team to support learning.

Main duties of the job

To provide a high standard of safe individualised, holistic and evidence-based patient focused care in consultation with the patient, relatives and the multidisciplinary team.

Working for our organisation

Come Nurse with us…

Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the country. It comprises Addenbrooke’s Hospital and the Rosie Hospital. We provide accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge and regional and national specialist services. It’s a great place to nurse, work and live.

You will work on a vibrant hospital campus with a friendly community feel; we have excellent facilities to practise your skills and abilities to support your career pathway and development. Our values of Together – Safe, Kind, Excellent support the delivery of outstanding care. We have a fully electronic patient record system that is improving health-care quality; this is transforming services, improving patient safety and clinical outcomes.

CUH is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community – a place where we can all be ourselves. We value our differences and fully advocate and support an inclusive working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential. We want to ensure our people are truly representative of all the communities that we serve. We welcome applications for all positions in the organisation irrespective of people’s age, disability, ethnicity, race, nationality, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity status or social economic background.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.

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Closing date is midnight on 8th September 2024

Interviews are due to be held on 2nd October 2024

Why choose Cambridge University Hospitals?

• Our values and reputation for outstanding care
• Opportunities to experience a range of specialities
• Career and development opportunities
• Preceptorship and mentoring programmes delivered by a dedicated clinical education support team
• Research experience and opportunities
• Lovely location and quality of life
• Excellent schools/colleges and transport links (road, rail and air)

Benefits to you

At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.

On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only café, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH.

CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part-time working, job-share, term-time working and flexible start and finish times.

Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.

We welcome applications from the Armed Forces

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Current registration with NMC on part one or two of the register
• Newly Qualified or working towards registering with the NMC

Desirable criteria

• Teaching and assessing qualification
• Other post-basic, health-related courses evidence of continuing professional development and its application

Experience

Essential criteria

• Proven clinical practice (direct dialysis experience is desirable but not essential)
• Experience of utilising reflective practice

Desirable criteria

• Experience of mentoring junior staff
• Experience of teaching junior staff
• Experience of shift: shift ward management in absence of senior colleagues
• Clinical Supervision
• Dialysis Experience

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Code of Conduct and guidelines of professional practice
• Good theoretical and practical knowledge of nursing within the clinical area
• Health and Safety awareness
• Quality issues and Clinical Governance
• Awareness of Trust and Ward/Department policies
• Awareness of need to demonstrate a professional appearance and behaviour

Desirable criteria

• Awareness of risk management procedure
• An understanding of the professional nursing agenda
• Awareness of broader issues within the Trust and NHS

Skills

Essential criteria

• Proven verbal and written communication
• Skills with all members of the healthcare team, colleagues, patients and relatives
• Practical application of Trust documentation standards
• Self motivated
• Ability to take initiative when required and liaise with the appropriate manager/bleep holder
• Maintenance of confidentiality
• Identify problems and recommend solutions
• Time management
• Ability to plan, organise and prioritise workload
• Awareness and respect for colleagues’, patients’, relatives’ cultural and emotional needs
• Able to remain calm and work effectively in pressured situations
• Willingness to adapt to change as the organisation develops

Desirable criteria

• Ability to achieve competency in Trust computer systems
• Ability to induct and orientate new staff to clinical area and to identify the key learning needs of less experienced staff
• Practical skills teaching
• Able to demonstrate practical application of health and safety in relation to acuity and patient/nurse ratio
• Effective management of equipment and resources

Essential criteria

• The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of safe, kind, excellent
• Flexible approach to working in line with service requirements
• Employer certification / accreditation badges

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