Band 6 Clinical Nurse Specialist - Advanced Kidney Care

Job summary
Part Time -- 30 Hours per Week

We are delighted to offer an exciting opportunity for a Band 6 Advanced Kidney Care (AKC) Clinical Nurse Specialist to join our dedicated and supportive renal team.

We are looking for an exceptional nurse with substantial experience and a passion for delivering high-quality, patient-centred care.

As an Advanced Kidney Care Clinical Nurse Specialist, you will work closely with the Lead AKC Nurse to manage a designated caseload of patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). You will play a key role in empowering patients to make informed decisions about their treatment by providing both face-to-face and virtual education, delivering nurse-led clinics, and supporting patients as their kidney function declines.

What We Offer
This is a rewarding opportunity to develop your specialist skills within a highly supportive renal service. You will be encouraged to continue your professional development while making a meaningful difference to the lives of patients living with kidney disease.

If you are passionate about nursing and committed to delivering exceptional patient care, we would be delighted to hear from you.

Main duties of the job
Responsibilities include:

• Managing a caseload of patients with advanced chronic kidney disease
• Providing specialist assessment, education & support for patients & their families.
• Facilitating informed decision-making regarding kidney replacement therapies including haemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, kidney transplantation & conservative kidney management.
• Leading nurse-led clinics & conducting comprehensive patient assessments.
• Coordinating care across primary, secondary & tertiary services.
• Acting as a key worker & advocate for patients throughout their treatment pathway.
• Supporting advance care planning discussions as appropriate.
• Working collaboratively with nephrologists, palliative care teams, dietitians, pharmacists, psychologists, social workers & community healthcare professionals.
• Participating in service improvement, audit, research & quality initiatives.
• Providing education & support to nursing colleagues and the wider multidisciplinary team.

Essential Criteria

• Registered Adult Nurse with NMC registration.
• Excellent communication, counselling & interpersonal skills.
• Experience of complex patient assessment & care planning.
• Ability to work autonomously whilst contributing effectively within a multidisciplinary team.
• Evidence of continuing professional development.
• Strong organisational & caseload management skills.
• Commitment to delivering personalised, patient-centred care.
• Valid UK driving license and ability to drive to provide education & support to patients in the community

About us
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.

Details
Date posted: 02 September 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 6
Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Part-time, Flexible working
Reference number: 304-1102837
Job locations: Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Mindelsohn Way, Birmingham, West Midlands, B15 2TH, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Registered Nurse with valid NMC registration
• Educated to degree level or equivalent experience.
• Portfolio of certified / accredited post registration professional development.

Desirable

• Health Assessment post graduate qualification / willingness to work towards

Experience
Essential

• Post registration experience with evidence of knowledge and development for the associated area of specialist practice.
• In depth knowledge of specialist procedures required for role, with willingness to undertake further training/ education to achieve agreed level of competence.
• Knowledge of standards and policies associated with role.
• Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary and cross agency work environment.
• Demonstrable understanding of the national / NHSE diagnostic/ therapeutic expectations / strategy around endoscopy services and can relate this to the role.
• Demonstrable understanding of clinical governance / patient safety process's -- can relate this to the role in relation to their personal/professional accountability.

Additional Criteria
Essential

• Excellent written, verbal communication skills
• Ability to follow complex instructions consistently in relation to the delivery of endoscopy practice.
• Consistently professional, collaborative, and compassionate in their approach to colleagues/ patients
• Effective people skills including high degree of self-awareness / self-regulation.
• Ability to understand, interpret and critically analyse information/ data and develop skills in reporting of video capsule images.
• Ability to recognise limits of own competence and seek advice/ support escalating concerns as required.
• Ability to apply, evaluative and reflective techniques to personal practice, events, and activities.
• Ability to plan, prioritise workload in response to service need
• Ability to explain the requirement to balance clinical caseload and developing skills, knowledge, and competence.
• Ability to work towards autonomous enhanced practice through exposure, supervised practice to a preset level of clinical competence.
• Ability to apply, evaluative and reflective techniques to personal practice, events, and activities.
• Ability to contribute to service development
• Acts to support and enable teamwork.
• Cheerful outlook towards supporting organisational / service changes, learning and continuous quality improvement

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).