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Pathology Workforce Practice Educator
3 days ago
University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust (279) Brighton, United KingdomTo implement and deliver the National Pathology Workforce Rapid Intervention Plan. Support the ongoing requirement to increase the pathology laboratory scientific and support workforce from Band 2 5, delivering CoVID-19 testing in response to the continuing global pandemic. To wo ...
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Recruitment and Retention Lead midwifery
5 days ago
279 University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust Brighton, United KingdomTo have responsibility for and lead on the recruitment for Midwifery and Support Workers at University Hospitals Sussex including open days, assessments centre and provide professional advice and guidance on registration and training. · In conjunction with the Assistant Chief Nur ...
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Project Support Officer and Directorate
5 days ago
University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust (279) Brighton, United KingdomCommunication Act as the central conduit of information for the directorate to enable operational and transformational business. Be responsible for the coordination of directorate stakeholders when liaising with external stakeholders to ensure key programmes are delivered. Act as ...
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Vascular Assistant
5 days ago
University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust (279) Brighton, United KingdomRole Summary Perform preliminary arterial assessments of patients triaged by Vascular Scientist or Vascular Nurses. Responsible for the booking and administration of these patients. This may entail making minor modifications to the treatment plans within prescribed parameters and ...
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Personal Assistant
3 days ago
Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust Brighton, United KingdomWe're seeking a Personal Assistant to provide comprehensive administrative, secretarial and PA support to the Area Director, Deputy Area Director and Area Head of Nursing and Governance, undertaking a range of activities to ensure focus on key priorities; to support a professiona ...
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Vascular Assistant
6 hours ago
279 University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust Brighton, United KingdomAn exciting opportunity has arisen to work with the UHS Vascular Nurse Specialist (VNS) team looking after outpatients with lower limb arterial disease and Aortic Aneurysms. · The role is varied, being both clinical and administrative. The role will involve some travel between si ...
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Administrative Assistant
4 days ago
Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust Brighton, United KingdomTo work as part of the trust-wide AHP Professional Leadership Team to provide a proactive secretarial/administrative service, dealing with first line enquiries and delivering a range of administrative support that is carried out to a high standard. · **Professional Leadership Tea ...
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Serious Incident Lead
4 days ago
Sussex Partnership NHS FoundationTrust Brighton and Hove, United KingdomAn exciting opportunity has arisen within the Nursing Governance Team for a Serious Incident (SI) Lead. · As a Serious Incident (SI) Lead, you will be responsible for undertaking Serious Incident reviews - overseeing the whole reporting of the investigation / review, and recommen ...
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Patient Access Clerk
5 days ago
379 University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust Brighton, United KingdomWe require a highly motivated, flexible and enthusiastic individual with excellent customer service skills to join our administration team working in a friendly, positive and supportive environment within the Cancer Directorate. The available post will be based at the Sussex Canc ...
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Patient Access Clerk
6 hours ago
279 University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust Brighton, United KingdomWe require a highly motivated, flexible and enthusiastic individual with excellent customer service skills to join our administration team working in a friendly, positive and supportive environment within the Cancer Directorate. The available post will be based at the Sussex Canc ...
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Outpatient Booking Clerk
2 days ago
Juice Personnel Brighton, United Kingdom**Role Summary** · **This role is working through Juice Personnel as a temporary worker in an NHS team.** · This is a multi-skilled role whereby the post-holder will be required to gain an up-to-date knowledge of outpatient clinics to make, amend, and cancel outpatient appointmen ...
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Renal Booking Administrator
5 days ago
University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust (279) Brighton, United KingdomRole Summary This is a multi-skilled role whereby the post-holder will be required to gain a strong knowledge of outpatient clinics to make, amend, and cancel outpatient appointments in line with the patient access policy, and according to waiting time and clinical urgency. The p ...
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One Call Assistant Coordinator
2 days ago
Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust Lancing, United KingdomJob Summary To act as a key point of contact for the OneCall service, ensuring that patients, other members of the public, external stakeholders and colleagues within the Trust receive a courteous and supportive response to a range of queries and requests for information. This wi ...
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Practice Educator
2 days ago
University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust (279) Worthing, United KingdomSupport promotion of rotational programmes internally and externally to encourage recruitment. Work alongside Band 7 educators within the division and other mentors, devising action plans for novice nurses to teach complex chemotherapy regimens and skills and experienced nurses C ...
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Gi Fds Advanced Clinical Practitioner
3 days ago
279 University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust Worthing, United KingdomWe have the opportunity to recruit two Advanced Clinical Practitioners for HCPC/RGN to our GI Faster Diagnosis team who will be responsible for clinical triage and review of GI patients referred into the 2 week suspected cancer pathway. The post holder will be leading and support ...
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Head of Finance
3 days ago
South Coast Nursing Homes Ltd Worthing, United KingdomSouth Coast Nursing Homes is an established and successful, family owned and managed, care home company based in Worthing, West Sussex. · We currently operate 9 homes across East and West Sussex. We have 414 beds having recently opened a brand-new Home in Central Worthing, named ...
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Practice Educator
2 days ago
279 University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust Worthing, United KingdomThis fixed term post will support two new exciting workforce development programmes which aim to upskill a cohort of nurses aspiring to become cancer nurses and another cohort with existing experience in cancer care to develop as Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialists (CNS) across UHS ...
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Assistant Director of Finance
5 days ago
279 University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust Worthing, United KingdomYou will be responsible for the management and performance of the Business Partnering function provided to a portfolio of Operational Directorates. · The role will involve providing high quality financial leadership to the business partnering team, working closely alongside Chief ...
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Cardiac Support Secretary
3 days ago
University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust (279) Worthing, United KingdomTyping of clinic letters/discharge summaries as appropriate within the specialty and other correspondence from audio dictation using Word and office automation. Prioritising work according to changing demands. Managing clinics by booking new and follow up appointments. Making cli ...
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Associate Director of Quality
5 days ago
Sussex Partnership NHS FoundationTrust Worthing, United KingdomWe are looking for an experienced director to embed quality improvement across the Trust as the method for change is fully supported by our Executive board and equally by our staff, patients and partners, who are excited about the prospect of not only thinking about but doing thi ...
Director of Nursing - Brighton, East Sussex, United Kingdom - University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust
Description
We are looking for an experienced and motivated haemodialysis nurse with the appropriate qualifications to join our well-established renal dialysis teams as an Advanced Nurse Practitioner (band 8a) on a full-time basis.
This role has been developed to work alongside and support the nursing and medical teams caring for patients receiving dialysis.
The Sussex Kidney Unit has a dialysis population of approximately 480 haemodialysis patients, whilst also looking after 60 patients on peritoneal dialysis and 35 patients on home haemodialysis.
Approximately 230 patients dialyse at the main dialysis unit in Brighton with the rest of the dialysis population receive dialysis at nurse led satellite units which are closer to their homes.
The post-holder will be based at Royal Sussex County Hospital and provide consultancy and service development support on-site and will visit one of the dialysis satellite units weekly.
The shift pattern would be a 9-day fortnight.
Patients and their families receiving dialysis have complex care needs, often complicated by the presence of other conditions.
The Advanced Nurse Practitioner for Dialysis will be an integral member of the renal management team supporting the service in the delivery of key performance targets.
They will be accountable for the provision of effective nursing care and proactive improvements to patient experience, service organisation and treatment outcomes in haemodialysis.
This includes supporting home dialysis and vascular access.
The post requires at least 50% clinical component of direct patient care and a combination of professional consultancy, education and training, service development, research, and audit.
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A t UHSussex we're proud to be at the heart of the NHS.
As one of the UK's largest acute Trusts, we're a leading example of the excellence, the ambition and the values that have embodied the NHS for over 70 years.
This can be seen in our wellbeing programme for staff which is extensive and designed to support you when you need it because we know that to look after others we must first look after ourselvesBuild a career with us:
As a university trust and a leader in healthcare research, we value learning, teaching and training so that we can be the best that we can be.
From the moment you start with us and throughout your career we will help you to grow and develop.The post holder will be working with patients receiving or in need of dialysis treatment and undertaking activities to:
~ Ensure patients receive dialysis treatment that is safe, competent, and clinically sound for their needs and co-morbidities.
~ Ensure patients and their loved ones have choices that support quality of life holistically, with consideration for their lifestyle, travel needs, transplant listing and advance care planning.
~ Review and change treatment plans including dialysis prescriptions and
~ Refer and follow-up multi-disciplinary review of patient care plans such as renal counsellor/ doctor/ dietician/ community services.
Due to the dimensions of the role and the clinical judgement required for best place, best care, it requires an individual who is an Independent Prescriber and has undertaken Physical Assessment training.
Maintaining long-term quality of life on dialysis is a complex multi-professional goal, which calls on patients to change socio-economic habits, lifestyle patterns and adhere to treatment.
This requires highly developed communication and negotiation skills, in addition to strong working knowledge and skills in renal replacement therapy and dialysis access.
The post holder will work closely as a team with the lead consultant for each dialysis department and members of the multi-disciplinary team.
The post holder will develop relationships with other hospitals including doctors, allied healthcare professionals (AHPs), GPs, community nurses, counsellors, hospices and social care to implement care management plans and devise pathways of care.
They will also give effective education to support patients to make informed choices in renal replacement therapy and dialysis withdrawal.
Physical assessment of adults or equivalent experience or willing to undertake.Significant experience in the dialysis setting
Car driver / owner
Counselling qualification
University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust (279)
Royal Sussex County Hospital
