Nursing - Renal Supportive Care Specialist Nurse

  • Department Renal
  • Salary £38,682.00 – £46,580 per annum
  • Closing Date 27/01/2026
  • Location The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital
  • Grade NHS AfC: Band 6
  • Job ref 223-RSC-038
  • Pension NHS Pension
  • Holidays Generous Holiday Allowance
  • NHS discount Eligible for NHS Discounts
  • Contract Secondment: 12 months (Fixed term for external applicants)
  • Hours 37.5 hours per week (12 month secondment to cover maternity leave - Monday to Friday working)

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.

This is a twelve month post  working at Shrewsbury and telford  renal dialysis units to cover maternity leave.

You  will be the Renal Supportive care Nurse providing palliatieve and end of life support to the reanl patients at Sath.

The post holder will manage a  caseload and will ensure that all renal patients referred with complex palliative needs receive high quality symptom assessment, psychological support and specialist advice to meet their individual care needs.  

Advanced care planning is an essential part of the role to ensure a smooth transition towards end of life care, this includes have delicate respect conversations with patients and their families.

The post holder will  have excellent communication skills & demonstrate high levels of clinical decision-making and will monitor and improve standards of care through supervision of practice, clinical audit, research and by teaching and providing support to professional colleagues. 

Previous experience essential as you will be the key person delivering this service.

 

Main duties of the job

 

  • To be able to communicate highly sensitive and complex information to professionals, patients and to those who are important to them. This communication could be about diagnosis, treatment or prognosis. Some of the communication can be contentious and will require high level communication skills.
  • To develop, negotiate and agree individualised plans of care with the patient, their carers and those important to them. 
  • Holistically assess patients, take and analyse a clinical history in a relevant, succinct and logical manner, and use this information to guide the level of intervention offered to patients.
  • Demonstrate in-depth knowledge of the options for achieving symptom control and be able to advise the primary health care team appropriately.
  • Advanced care planning

 

Working for our organisation

 

We are an organisation that strives to provide high quality, safe care for our patients in an environment which our staff are proud to work in. We believe that by adhering to our Vision (“To provide excellent care for the communities we serve”) and working with our Trust Values in mind (Partnering, Ambitious, Caring, Trusted) we can achieve the right results for the people that matter most – our patients and their families.

 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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

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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.

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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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