Community Dialysis Health Care Assistant

Nottingham, England, United Kingdom

8/6/2025

We are looking to recruit energetic, enthusiastic and reliable individuals to work with a team of healthcare assistants visiting patients at home to prepare and set up the patients peritoneal dialysis machine or to set up manual peritoneal dialysis. Patients receive at least one visit per day from one of the team, including at weekends and in the evenings. The working pattern includes regular weekend work and late shifts. Shifts are between 8 am and 10 pm on a rota basis.

This is a busy but rewarding service, and the applicant needs to be a reliable individual.

Full training will be given to the successful candidates but renal experience is desirable.

It is essential that you have a full clean UK driving license and have access to a reliable car

Main duties of the job

We are a team of nurses caring for patients undergoing dialysis treatment at home.

We teach patients how to do their own dialysis at home and then monitor and support the patient and their family at home

In addition to the below summary, you need to familiarise yourself with the full job description and person specification documents as attached to this advert.

• Traveling to patients throughout Nottinghamshire, full driving license therefore required
• Setting up patients dialysis machine in their home
• Changing and organising patient dialysis stock
• Carrying out manual peritoneal dialysis fluid exchanges when requested.
  
  

With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.

Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!

We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Pippa Law Job title: CAPD/ Renal Home Therapies manager Email address: [email protected] Telephone number: 01159627705

Informal visits are welcomed.

Please feel free to contact Pippa Law or Davinder Konstandi to discuss the role informally in further detail.