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Main area
Renal Healthcare Assistant predominately based in the community / hub RBH
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 3
Contract
Permanent: some rostered weekend working
Hours
Part time - 24 hours per week (requirement for rostered weekend working)
Job ref
193-8169680NCG
Employer
Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Royal Berkshire Hospital
Town
Reading
Salary
£25,760 - £27,476 pro-rata per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
31/08/2026 23:59

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Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust logo

Renal Home Therapy Healthcare Assistant (Part Time 24 hours p/w)

NHS AfC: Band 3

At the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust we put our patients at the heart of every element of health and care that we provide. The Trust works together as a community to deliver its vision which is “Working together to provide outstanding care for our community.”

Royal Berkshire Hospital are pleased to announce that following our CQC inspection we have been rated ‘Good’ with inspectors reporting that we have made significant improvements.  The Trust’s overall rating has also improved to ‘good’.  

We are Compassionate in our thoughts, words and actions

We are Aspirational and have a true desire to be dynamic and to innovate

We are Resourceful and responsible in the way we work and live

We are Excellent in our development, fairness and sharing best practice

At the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust, we value candidates who bring their unique personalities, skills, and experiences to the Trust. When completing your application, we encourage you to highlight your individual achievements and strengths, showing us how they align with the requirements outlined in the job description and person specification. While we recognise that some applicants may use AI tools during the process, please be mindful that AI-generated responses can often lack the personal detail and relevance needed to demonstrate your suitability for the role. AI generated content is discouraged by the Trust and may diminish the candidates chances of success.

Amazing things happen at the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust; delivered by amazing people so why don’t you come and join us.  We offer a range of learning and development for all employees may you be clinical or non-clinical.  

Please note: all vacancies automatically close when 50 applications have been received.

Job overview

Band 3 Renal Home Therapy Healthcare Assistant

This is a part-time post for 24 hours per week.

PLEASE NOTE: You will need to be able to travel to patients - you must therefore be a car driver / owner for this role (area covered M4 corridor Junction 4/5 - 14).

The Berkshire Kidney unit: University department of Renal Medicine cares for patients with Renal disease across Berkshire.

The Renal home therapy team based at the RBH site provide a variety of services both on-site and within the community. We are looking for an HCA to join our Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis (CAPD) team.

A unique role for an HCA - you  will be required to travel across East and West Berkshire, providing dialysis related care to patients in their own homes to our Assisted Automated Peritoneal dialysis (AAPD) patients.

Plus occasionally working within the Renal Home Therapy nursing team back at the RBH performing similar tasks for the wider Peritoneal dialysis patient cohort.

An opportunity to work both alone in the community and as part of the wider RBH Renal team.

Main duties of the job

Community visits involve set up, dismantling and disposal of dialysis machine and associated equipment performing both manual  automated Peritoneal dialysis, stock control, clinical observations, liaising with on-site nursing renal team and caring for the dialysis device.

Candidates need to be prepared to travel across East and west Berks using your own car - mileage will be reimbursed.

Candidates  must be self-motivated and confident in lone working plus have the ability to work within a team back at the RBH. 

As a lone worker you must uphold the trust CARE values. 

Basic IT skills essential.

No previous experience necessary as training will be provided.

Candidates need to be prepared to work with a diverse multi-cultured patient cohort who often have multiple disease processes. 

Duties back at the RBH are similar.

Predominately a lone working role, under the instruction of the trained Renal nursing  staff.

Working for our organisation

Reading sits on the river Thames and is served by great road and rail links to London, Oxford and Southampton. With excellent leisure and shopping facilities, and a thriving cultural scene, Reading is a wonderful place to live, work and play and provides excellent facilities for families, including some of the best state and private schools in the UK.

The CQC rated the care provided by the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust as Good.

Our "CARE" values: Compassionate, Aspirational, Resourceful, Excellent, reflect the type of Trust we aspire to be and you can join our dedicated and talented staff to make this happen.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The service provides a 365 days a year, requires rostered weekend working but actual working hours has some degree of flexibility, visits done between the 9-3 pm, e.g. hours per shift 4-6 hr depending on the roster.

The candidate will need to be able to travel to patients ( area covered M4 corridor Junction 4/5 - 14). Community visits involve set up, dismantling and disposal of dialysis machine and associated equipment performing both manual  automated Peritoneal dialysis, stock control, clinical observations, liaising with on-site nursing renal team and caring for the dialysis device. Duties back at the RBH are similar.

Predominately a lone working role, under the instruction of the trained Renal nursing  staff. Care is usually performed in the patient's own homes, with occasional need to perform the renal skills in nursing home or respite establishments depending on where the patient is residing.

All appropriate training provided and competency based assessments will need to be completed, plus a period of supervised practice before any lone working can take place. Previous caring experience will be  an advantage but not essential.

PLEASE NOTE: This healthcare assistant role does NOT involve any personal care such as washing, dressing and feeding.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Able to evidence a general level of education
  • Must be able to communicate effectively in English using both verbal and written means of communication.
  • Caring and motivated
  • Car driver / owner

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Reliable work / study record
  • Lone and team working
Desirable criteria
  • Previous caring experience

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Apprenticeships logoNo smoking policyCare quality commission - GoodArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employerStonewall equality policy. Equality and justice for lesbians, gay men, bisexual and trans people.Florence Nightingale FoundationNational Preceptorship for Nursing Quality Mark 2024

Applicant requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Application numbers

This vacancy will automatically close when 50 applications have been received.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Barbara Harris
Job title
Lead nurse for Renal homeTherapies
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01183228555
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