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Job summary

Main area
Renal dialysis
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 5
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
361-7228411
Employer
East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Harlow Dialysis Unit
Town
Harlow
Salary
£31,049 - £37,796 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
10/09/2025 23:59

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East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust logo

Registered Nurse - Harlow Satellite

NHS AfC: Band 5

Here at  East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust,

Our mission is:
Providing high-quality, compassionate care for our communities

Our vision to 2030 is:
To be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service

 

Job overview

We are recruiting for a Registered Nurse who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients. 

East & North Hertfordshire NHS Trust is home to one of the UK’s largest renal & haemodialysis unit programmes, offering nurses the unique opportunity to work across a wide variety of clinical specialties and to progress their professional development.

At the heart of everything we do are our core values: Include, Respect, and Improve. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us. 

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will provide a high standard of nursing care to meet the needs of patients with supervision and support from senior colleagues.

You will identify clinical changes in patients and make safe and appropriate decisions in partnership with senior colleagues, seeking timely advice whenever necessary.

With decreasing levels of supervision, you will plan, implement and evaluate care based on our model of nursing ensuring that the needs of each individual patient.

The post holder will be responsible for the accurate recording of clinical observations and data relating to patients care, ensuring that progress is maintained and reviewed.

Working for our organisation

At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

We run the following hospitals:

  • The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
  • New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
  • Hertford County, Hertford
  • Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients.  We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees.  This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.  

Person specification

Qualifications / Training

Essential criteria
  • Registered Nurse or equivalent with live NMC registration
Desirable criteria
  • Recognised teaching and assessing qualification

Previous Experience

Essential criteria
  • Minimum of six months hemodialysis experience as qualified nurse
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of mentoring junior/unqualified staff

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Ability to plan, deliver and evaluate interventions and/or treatments
  • Ability to prioritise and organize workload
  • Ability to develop own skills and knowledge
  • Demonstrate an ability to listen and comprehend
  • Ability to manage potentially difficult situations
  • Physiological assessment of acutely unwell patient
Desirable criteria
  • Propose service developments

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Awareness of current professional issues
  • Ability to support and mentor learners
  • Patient focused – committed to ensuring a positive hospital experience for patients and the relatives/carers
Desirable criteria
  • Understanding of critical care

Other Requirements

Essential criteria
  • Understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion
  • Role model our Trust values everyday

Employer certification / accreditation badges

NHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardNHS Employers Diversity and Inclusion PartnersVeteran AwareApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyDisability confident employerStep into healthHappy to Talk Flexible WorkingDefence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - Gold

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

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.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Evelyn Craig
Job title
Nurse Team Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01279 978210
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