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Renal Healthcare Assistant

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University Hospitals of Leicester

Lincoln Dialysis Unit

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, motivated Renal Health Care Assistant.

You must have experience working in the NHS and hold an NVQ3 or equivalent. Good written and oral communication skills and the ability to work within a team is essential. Training in haemodialysis will be given and we promote an environment in which you can develop further skills.

You must be able to work flexible shift patterns to suit the needs of the unit.

The unit is open from 07:00-23:00 Mon - Sat. Shift pattern includes 3 X 10hrs and 1 X 7.5hrs.

Support the Qualified nurses in providing safe and effective care to patients receiving Haemodialysis.

Undertake clinical duties including cannulation, commencing and disconnecting dialysis treatment under the direction of a registered nurse.

Ensuring adequate stock levels are maintained within the department.

Work as part of a multidisciplinary team.

We are one of the biggest and busiest NHS trusts in the country, incorporating the General, Glenfield and Royal Infirmary hospitals. We have our very own Children’s Hospital and run one of the country’s leading heart centres.

Our team is made up of more than 17,000 staff providing a range of services primarily for the one million residents of Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

We work with partners at the University of Leicester and De Montfort University providing world-class teaching to nurture and develop the next generation of doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals, many of whom go on to spend their working lives with us.

Our purpose is to provide ‘Caring at its best’ and our staff have helped us create a set of values that embody who we are and what we’re here to do. They are:

• We focus on what matters most
• We treat others how we would like to be treated
• We are passionate and creative in our work
• We do what we say we are going to do
• We are one team and we are best when we work together

• Provide clinical and non-clinical support to the Multi Professional team under the direction of an appropriate Registered Health Care Professional.
• Deliver direct and indirect care as delegated under the direction and supervision of an appropriate Registered Health Care Professional.
• Support the delivery of effective healthcare to patients/ service users by undertaking duties as identified by the Multi Professional Team.
• Undertake specified and unsupervised aspects of care and therapeutic intervention as delegated by the Registered Health Care Professional within an agreed protocol, sphere of responsibility and after completing appropriate competency based training agreed by the Trust.

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