Nursing - Peritoneal Dialysis (PD) Sister / Charge Nurse

  • Department Renal
  • Salary £38,682.00 – £46,580 per annum
  • Closing Date 03/02/2026
  • Location The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital
  • Grade NHS AfC: Band 6
  • Job ref 223-PDS-055
  • Pension NHS Pension
  • Holidays Generous Holiday Allowance
  • NHS discount Eligible for NHS Discounts
  • Contract Secondment: 12 months
  • Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week

Job overview

 

This post is for internal candidates to The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust. If you are not currently working within The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, your application will not be reviewed and automatically rejected at shortlisting stage. Please be aware of this when submitting your application.

An exciting opportunity has arisen to be part of the Peritoneal Dialysis (PD) team on a 12 month secondment. We are looking for an enthusiastic individual who is interested in training and supporting people to safely manage their home dialysis therapy whilst ensuring a high standard of care. 

Recent renal nursing and PD experience is essential. The post involves 7 day a week working with occasional on call duties. The post holder needs to be able to work within the acute hospital setting as well as carrying out community home visits. 

The post holder is required to work independently as well as part of a team. 

 

 

Main duties of the job

 

The post holder will manage a group of patients, ensuring their therapy achieves national adequacy standards and adjusting their management in collaboration with the medical and wider renal teams. 

The post holder will be responsible for training patients and care givers to safely manage their dialysis at home, with continuing training and education within the community on home visits.

The role involves working closely with the wider renal multidisciplinary team and monitoring patients treatment. 

The post holder is required to work independently managing and prioritising their own work load, as well working collaboratively within the PD team. 

 

Working for our organisation

 

The Peritoneal Dialysis (PD) Team is a small, friendly team supporting patients to safely manage their home dialysis therapy, ensuring their therapy achieves national adequacy standards and adjusting their management in collaboration with the medical and wider renal teams.    

 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For full duties and responsibilities please refer to the attached document entitled Job Description.

 
 

The well-being of our staff is of the upmost importance to us.  If you are offered a role at our Trust, and fall into the increased and higher risk categories as set out by Public Health England (PHE) and NHSI/E, your line manager will complete an risk assessment with you.  This will be completed in conjunction with the latest guidance from Public Health England in relation to Covid-19.

By submitting your application to Trac, you are giving your consent for parts of your application data to be transferred to the NHS Electronic Staff Record (ESR) and other secure, internal NHS Workforce systems. This is to support and manage your recruitment and employment within your employing organisation. 

If successful, by completing the NHS Jobs application form you authorise the Trust to obtain any previous NHS service details including all electronically held sickness information, via the Inter Authority Transfer process on the national ESR.

If the role requires a qualification/professional registration, you will need to provide proof during the recruitment process. By submitting your application you are giving the Trust permission to check the qualification certificates provided back to the source provider. Please note that a sample of all applicant’s qualifications will be checked with the educational institution or provider.

In the event of a high response to this advertisement, this post will be closed. Early applications are advised.
 
Unfortunately we do not accept CVs or keep them on file. If you are unable to apply online please contact the person named in the advertisement for the post you are interested in.
 
We are committed to offering an interview to all applicants with a disability who meet the minimum criteria for the above position and will support reasonable adjustments wherever possible.  In addition, whilst all applicants will be judged on merit alone, we particularly welcome applications from candidates who are male, from black and minority ethnic backgrounds or who have a disability, as these are currently under-represented in our workforce.
 
We are committed to equal opportunities in employment. The policies and practices of the Trust aim to promote an environment that is free from all forms of unlawful or unfair discrimination and values the diversity of all people. At the heart of our policy, we seek to treat people fairly, flexibly and with dignity and respect.

Thank you for your interest in The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, we look forward to receiving your application for employment.

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