Staff Nurse; Haemodialysis - Benyon​/Huntley & Palmer Ward

Band 5 Staff Nurse (Haemodialysis) - Benyon/Huntley & Palmer Ward

The Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust, one of the largest hospital foundation trusts in the country, is keen to recruit enthusiastic and motivated nurses at various stages of their careers.

If you are a registered nurse, a final year student nurse or are interested in returning to practice, we can offer exciting opportunities at RBH Berkshire Kidney Unit working in one of our Haemodialysis units.

We are seeking professional and caring staff nurses to help us continue to provide high quality care for all our patients. In return we will offer continued support and development as well as a safe and enjoyable place to work. We are looking for staff who are able to work flexibly over a range of shift patterns within the units. If you are not able to work flexibly, please state in your application what hours are you able to work.

Please highlight what's motivated you to apply to join the Royal Berkshire Hospital Renal unit and how your skills and experience match up to our vision to deliver high quality, compassionate care.

The Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest District General Hospitals in the country. The hospital achieved Foundation Trust status on 1st June 2006. It was the first Foundation Trust in the South Central Strategic Health Authority.

The Trust has a successful track record of delivering high quality acute medical and surgical services for 500,000 patients across West Berkshire, an area extending from Newbury in the west to Henley-on-Thames in the east, and including Wokingham and parts of Hampshire to the south and parts of Oxfordshire to the north. The Trust is Reading's biggest employer.

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:Com passionate,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.

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details of the role.

• Registered Nurse - part 1
• Current NMC registration
• Educated to degree level or working towards

• Experience (through placement or employment ) of working in an acute clinical environment
• Experience in speciality may be an advantage

• Information technology literate.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Huntley and Palmer Dialysis Unit, North Block, London Road