Staff Nurse Renal Haemodialysis: Sponsorship Available

Barts Health NHS Trust

Job summary

We are offering an opportunity for an enthusiastic and motivated individual to join the haemodialysis service as a Band 5 staff nurse. We are looking for experienced nurses with a minimum of one-year post qualifying experience in a clinical environment. Further experience in dialysis is desirable but not essential.

Bart’s Health is home to one of the UK’s largest renal & haemodialysis unit, offering nurses the unique opportunity to work across a wide variety of clinical specialties and to advance their professional development. Our world class services include Medical, Surgical, Critical Care, Transplantation, Community Dialysis, Acute Dialysis, Research, Palliative Care, Renal Assessment, Living Donation, Acute Kidney Injury and Chronic Kidney Disease, based at our brand new hospital building, The Royal London, Whitechapel.

Main duties of the job

The aim of this post is to develop renal nurses within the clinical area. Thepost holder will provide direct care to renal patients under the supervision of senior colleagues whilst acquiring and developing the specialist skills andknowledge to meet the needs of this patient group. Need to work flexiblehours to meet service need. Shift rotation between days and nights.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Registered Nurse or equivalent with live NMC registration

Experience

Essential

  • Acute experience as a qualified nurse
  • Personal and people development
  • Understanding of own Knowledge and Skills and ability to identify learning needs and interests of nursing team
  • Communication-Ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team and provide leadership to the team
  • Ability to support others in maintaining health, safety and security
  • Ability to identify and assess the potential risks involved in work activities and processes for self and others

Desirable

  • Demonstrable haemodialysis experience

Knowledge

Essential

  • Able to recognise own limits and work within those limits of competence
  • Is aware of how to identify and reduce risks with regards to health and wellbeing
  • Ability to demonstrate enthusiasm towards teaching and sharing knowledge

Skills

Essential

  • Intravenous accreditation
  • Moving and Handling
  • Ability to prioritise clinical work effectively
  • Can show a non-judgmental approach to patient care
  • Ability to carry out essential and appropriate nursing care and procedures
  • Demonstrate awareness of the nursing care needed in Renal
  • Ability to work within set timeframes working to priorities and deadlines

Other

Essential

  • Ability to use and maintain resources efficiently and effectively and encourage others to do so
  • Ability to self-reflect, carry out tasks of own job and identify what s/he needs to learn to able to improve current job performance
  • Ability to take an active role in agreed learning activities and keeps a record of them
  • The ability to communicate with patients in an empathetic manner regarding their treatment and procedures.
  • Can demonstrate an enthusiastic, approachable and friendly manner
  • Ability to communicate effectively, both written and verbal
  • Ability to treat everyone with whom s/he comes into contact with dignity and respect
  • Experience of Equal Opportunity policies and procedures
  • Can prove a basic computer literacy in Windows and IT systems
  • Ability to store data/information safely and correctly
  • Ability to work flexible hours to meet service requirements
  • Sufficient to perform the duties of the post with any aids and adaptations

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 18 October 2026

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