Renal Specialist Nurse- Vascular Access

Job overview

Due to expansion within the service, an exciting opportunity has arisen within our renal specialist nursing team. The vascular access nurse specialist provides a key role in ensuring timely vascular access surgery and the maintenance of existing access.

Main duties of the job

This post requires multi-professional working across renal, radiology and vascular surgery teams to provide a seamless service to patients. We are seeking a confident individual with excellent organisational and communication skills. The ability to work autonomously and prioritise workload is essential.

The vascular access nurse also plays a lead role in local and national audit of the service.

We welcome applications from registered nurses who have at least 2 years’ recent haemodialysis experience at band 5 or above. This post is for 22.5 hours a week, working alongside the existing vascular access specialist nurse. This is an excellent development opportunity to progress your career in renal nursing.

A programme of induction will be provided with support and supervision from within the specialist nurse team

Please see attached Scope of Practice for full details.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

A full description of the role is available in the attachment: job description.

Please note this vacancy may close early should sufficient number of applications be received. Therefore, we advise to submit your application at the earliest opportunity.

Working for the Trust

Across our organisation, people are guided by values that were co-developed with staff: we are kind; we are open; and we pursue excellence.

Our values play into our ambition to develop a more diverse workforce, truly representative of our communities.  We welcome applications from everyone, while working with our Staff Networks - including our Race Equality, LGBTQ+, Disability and Carers Networks - to increase the number of applications we receive from different backgrounds.  If there is anything we can do to make our application process more accessible to you, please contact: yhs-tr.recruitment@nhs.net.

As part of seeking to become more inclusive, we will consider requests for flexible working from the start of your employment.  It may not be suitable for every role, but we will try and be supportive where we can.  We would encourage you to speak to the recruiting manager named within this advert to discuss any requirements you may have.

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