Renal Post Transplant Clinic Sister

Job overview

Looking after Renal post transplant patients, monitoring their bloods, infection markers, medications.

Working closely with the Clinic Manager to make sure mandatory training is up to date, and PDRs are done in a timely manner.

General running of the clinics in the absence of the Manager.

Coordinating staff and patients to make sure the running of the clinics are smooth.

Closing Date: Please be advised that this job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested.

Successful applicants will be required to provide an immunisation and vaccination report, from either their current UK occupational health provider or their UK GP.

Main duties of the job

• Caring for Renal Post Transplant patients monitoring their bloods medications, infection status.
• Looking after their wounds if they have any, working closely with the Renal surgeons.
• General running of the Post transplant clinic.
• Transferring patient back to the referring units.
• Dealing with patients phone calls and emails enquiries.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Accountable for own actions in accordance with the Code of Professional Conduct. Will contribute to corporate objectives, acting within local, trust and statutory guidelines and policies at all times.
• Effectively communicate information regarding clinical decisions, policy and care pathways to patients/ carers and the multi-professional team.
• A skilled practitioner and clinical leader providing support to the management team, participating in service/policy development.
• Responsible for clinical assessment of a group of patients and management of a team, ensuring appropriate care is planned, implemented and evaluated/audited.
• Organisation of cross-departmental/organisational activities including HR, resource, and bleep holder responsibilities as appropriate.
• Demonstrate highly technical and/or practical skills to ensure optimum patient management including; complex patient monitoring, equipment management and frequent administration of invasive tests/procedures.
• Develop and educate staff, participating in supervision, mentorship and appraisal as required.
• Utilise and ensure others utilise IT systems to secure accurate and timely patient, workforce and resource data available.
• Manage expected and unexpected clinical events requiring varying levels of physical effort according to patient dependency/ clinical need.
• Support patients, carers and others during difficult situations arising in the clinical area, e.g imparting bad news or following an unexpected event
• Promote and monitor adherence to Health and Safety and Trust policy designed to protect healthcare staff and service users from known hazards.
• Maintain a clean, safe environment ensuring adherence to trust standards of cleanliness, hygiene and infection control at all times.

For further details of the role please see the attached job description.