Registered Nurse Haemodialysis Unit

Registered Nurse - St Albans Haemodialysis UnitNHS AfC:
Band 5

Main area Heamodialysis Grade NHS AfC:
Band 5 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Twilight and on call) Job
-UPL-8243048

Site St Albans Renal Unit Town St Albans Salary £32,073 - £39,043 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 02/10/2026 23:59 Interview date 22/10/2026

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

Our values - We want our staff to believe in, demonstrate and live our values in everything we do. Our values are:

Include
We value the diversity and experience of our community colleagues and partners, creating relationships and climates that provide an opportunity to share, collaborate and grow together.

Respect
We create a safe environment where we are curious of the lived experience of others, seek out best practice and are open to listening and hearing new ideas.

Improve
We are committed to consistently delivering excellent services and continuously looking to improve through a creative workforce that feels empowered to act in service of our shared purpose.

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

To be responsible for the care of patients undergoing dialysis, assessing individual patient care needs. To develop, implement and evaluate plans of care for a group of patients dialyzing at an in-centre or at our satellite units in accordance with agreed policies and professional guidelines.

In the absence of senior staff, taking responsibility for the delegation and supervision of appropriate work to other qualified staff, healthcare support workers and students. To work flexibly to meet the needs of the service and participate in the hemodialysis on-call rota.

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.

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

To 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, the nurse will plan, implement and evaluate care based on our model of nursing ensuring that the needs of each individual patient.

Be responsible for the accurate recording of clinical observations and data relating to patients care, ensuring that progress is maintained and reviewed.

Be able to present and discuss relevant issues with senior colleagues and the multidisciplinary team.

To communicate with patients and families with empathy and reassurance regarding assessment, care and treatment.

Recognise when situations are beyond own scope of competence and inform the shift leader promptly.

To utilise equipment and resources safely and efficiently and to take appropriate action to ensure that equipment is maintained in line with ward/unit policy.

To participate in the mentorship and teaching of junior, unqualified and student nurses ensuring that senior colleagues are made aware of any identified learning needs or difficulties.

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…