Renal Transplant Sister/Charge Nurse | St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 23 May 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £51,488 - £57,802 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 22 June 2024 |
| Location: | Tooting, SW17 0QT |
| Company: | st georges nhs trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6314025/200-6314025-MA-SC |
Summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a senior Sister/Charge Nurse to join our Renal Transplant outpatients’ service.
We are looking for an experienced renal nurse who is an enthusiastic and highly motivated individual and has a strong sense of team spirit to lead our friendlyteam.
Renal experience is essential as well as sound leadership and change management skills. Your role will include coordinating the day to day running of the service as well as providing clinical support to patients in the nurse led clinics. In addition, you will work alongside the Transplant Surgeons and Nephrologists, while also supporting and managing all staff. Cross covering other renal transplant specialist nurses, such as Lead Donor and Recipient Coordinators and Lead Nurse is an opportunity which will be given to enhance your knowledge and skills as well as improving patient experience.
As a Band 7 you will:
· Be a clinical expert in all aspects of renal transplantation.
· Lead the team and be a role model in line with St Georges trust values.
· Lead on quality improvement projects within the service.
· Have excellent communication skills
Develop practices in line with BTS and RA guidelines
We are a tertiary centre for renal patients and have close links with St Helier Hospital Renal Transplant Services and Royal Sussex County Hospital Renal Transplant Services. Our transplant service achieved a milestone in 2019 when over 170 kidney transplants were performed. Our patients’ outcomes are some of the best in the UK and we continuously strive to improve and expand our service.
The successful candidate will have an opportunity to be part of the integration preparations and service expansion of the two Renal Units (St George’s and Epsom St Helier Hospital) This is an exciting time to join our renal team at St Georges.
· To be responsible for the coordination and management of the Renal Transplant Clinic in conjunction with the multidisciplinary teams.
· To ensure the smooth running of the Transplant Clinic and ensure that patients always receive high quality care.
· To provide education/information and support to relatives and carers and staff.
· To ensure that positive attitudes prevail in the transplant programme.
• To maintain a highly effective communications network.
· To expand and develop the role of the transplant clinic nursing staff in clinical practice.
· To ensure that administrative and support services are designed to meet the highest standards of care delivery.
· To provide a visible, accessible, and authoritative presence for whom patients and their families can approach for advice and support.
· To provide professional and personal support to nursing and admin staff within the transplant area and to create a service that is patient focused and incorporates all elements of Clinical Governance.
· To take specific responsibility for staff recruitment and development, managing financial resources and improving the quality of clinical services.
· To provide professional and educational support to other areas within the renal service.
· To initiate or support audit/ research projects within the service.
· To lead the team in implementing quality improvement changes.
· To develop transplant information leaflets, appropriate for patient education.
· To be familiar with current legislation on transplantation. Act as a specialist resource on renal transplantation within the Trust.
This advert closes on Thursday 6 Jun 2024
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