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Job summary

Main area
Renal
Grade
Band 7
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Mon - Fri with occasional on call shifts in the evening and weekend)
Job ref
343-8114025-RB-SK
Employer
Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
St Helier Hospital
Town
Carshalton
Salary
£55,524 - £62,652 pa Inclusive of HCAS
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
19/08/2026 23:59
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Ward Manager

Band 7

At Epsom and St Helier Hospitals, above all we value respect.  We put respect at the heart of all we do, by living up to our shared behaviours of kindness, professionalism, positivity and teamwork.  This enables us to provide great patient care and make ESTH a great place to work.  When you sign up to work with us, you sign up to this and we welcome applicants who share our values.

 

Job overview

We are offering a ward manager role  on  our Renal wards.
Can you Provide Clinical Expertise and visible leadership and support for the Renal acute care unit and Renal Wards. Enable staff to ensure that the fundamentals of care are correctly and actively in place and that highest standards of holistic care are achieved in the delivery of care and treatment.  Directly manage the ward areas and the nursing staff. The expectations of this role will be met by professional leadership, skilled and expert practice and management, direct clinical care, education and training.  Develop and update guidelines and related practice in line with current research.
Monitor standards of care, manage  selection, deployment, training and development of staff and students. Assesses and develops and implements specialised nursing packages of care and is responsible for maintenance of standards by all members of the multi-disciplinary team. Create and support an environment of lifelong learning and continuous professional development. Provides highly specialised nursing advice to ensure appropriate treatment and care is delivered to the patient at all times. Refers and orders specialised tests in line with agreed protocols and clinical governance guidelines To assist in the development of evidence based practice in the renal service.

Main duties of the job

To have responsibility for the following aspects of care and management:

·       Ensure that all care delivered is evidence based and that guidelines are up to date.

·       Monitor standards of care using fundamentals of care audit framework.

·       Selection, deployment, training and development of staff and students

·       Assess, develops and implement specialised nursing packages of care in collaboration

 with the multi-disciplinary team to maintain standards.

·       To create and support an environment of lifelong learning and continuous

professional development

·       Refers and orders specialised tests in line with agreed protocols and clinical governance guidelines.

·       To assist in the development of evidence based practice in the renal service.

·       Delivers specialist haemodialysis treatments including HDF & SLED in acute setting.

·       Delivers specialist respiratory care acute  CPAP,Optiflow and Bipap

·       Educational strategies that ensure patient care needs are met.

·       Provides highly specialised nursing advice to ensure appropriate treatment and care is delivered to

the patient at all times in line with NICE guidelines and UK Kidney association guidelines.

·       Is accountable for the provision, organisation and direction of the nursing care for the patient

 in his/her care.

Working for our organisation

St George’s, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey. Our sites include St George’s Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC). 

 After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.

At gesh we are committed to supporting flexible working arrangements. Applicants are encouraged to discuss any flexibility they may need during the recruitment process.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached supporting document which contains more information about the Nursing role at Epsom and St Helier.

Person specification

Education

Essential criteria
  • Completed Renal Course
Desirable criteria
  • Renal Experience

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Previous experience in a Renal ward settings
Desirable criteria
  • Previous experience in a band 6 position
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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
Theresa Breslin
Job title
Matron
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
02082963531

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