Senior Sister/Charge Nurse- West Suffolk Dialysis Unit

Job overview

West Suffolk Dialysis Unit is one of CUH’s satellite dialysis units. It forms an integral part of CUH Renal Services which comprises of 2 inpatient wards and an acute dialysis unit.

We have 4 off site satellite dialysis units: Cambridge Dialysis Centre in Cambridge; Hinchingbrooke Hospital; Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Kings Lynn; and West Suffolk Hospital.

The West Suffolk Dialysis Unit is a 13 station unit including 2 side rooms. It runs a 6 day service (Mon-Sat) from 07:00-23:00 . The unit runs 3 shifts a day every day.

Our off site units are nurse led units supported by the renal consultant teams. West Suffolk Unit is supported by the renal consultant team at West Suffolk Hospital. They have local low clearance services and low clearance team based at Cambridge Dialysis Unit. Our anaemia nurse team, vascular access and home therapies team are also based at Cambridge Dialysis Centre.

You will be employed by Cambridge University Hospital working in partnership with Fresenius Medical Care.

Governance and peer support is provided within CUH renal services in the form of quarterly meetings, regional guidance and conferences and operational and senior nurse oversight and support.

The role requires an experienced expert dialysis nurse who would like to lead, develop and support their nursing team to deliver safe, effective care and treatment for a regional cohort of patients.

Main duties of the job

To lead and manage an off-site outpatient dialysis unit

To lead and co-ordinate a multidisciplinary team to ensure an optimum level of safe and effective patient care within budgetary resources

To assess care needs, to develop, to implement and evaluate programmes of care

To be responsible for all aspects of staff management and recruitment in line with HR policy

To participate in a full range of shifts, ensuring a visible presence in the ward area

To be responsible for all aspects of clinical governance and risk management within the ward area.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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

Due to Home Office immigration rules, a full time permanent vacancy cannot be filled by individuals on a Student visa. Therefore, please be advised that if you are a Student visa holder, we will not be able to offer you a full time permanent contract unless you have:

-    applied for a Graduate visa -    or you will have successfully completed your course and have applied for a Graduate visa before the anticipated start date of your employment -    or the Trust has agreed that they will Sponsor you as a Skilled Worker and you will complete your studies within 3 months of the anticipated start date of employment

If you require sponsorship for a Visa to work in the UK, to avoid disappointment, please check you are not applying from a Red list country - Code of practice for the international recruitment of health and social care personnel in England - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

This vacancy will close at midnight on 27 January 2025

Interviews are due to be held on 6 February 2025

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.