Part time registered nurse - Fixed Term Contract

CH01 CHE Fresenius Medical Care (Schweiz) AG; Gold Coast City; On-site; AUD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Fresenius Medical Care is seeking a nephrology nurse to participate in planning, delivering, and evaluating patient care in haemodialysis. You will protect patient rights, uphold privacy, and contribute to a safe care environment. Ongoing professional development and staff education are required.

Essential competencies include AHPRA registration and current practising certificate, nephrology expertise, and strong teamwork and communication skills to support multidisciplinary care.

Qualifications

• Registration with AHPRA is required.
• Current practising certificate must be held.
• Demonstrated nephrology nursing knowledge or working towards it.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills in a multidisciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Participates in design, planning, delivery and evaluation of patient care in haemodialysis.
• Protects patient rights by adhering to privacy principles and high standards of care.
• Owns professional development and educates colleagues, patients and visitors.
• Maintains a safe and healthy environment for staff, patients and visitors as per WHS policy.

Skills

AHPRA registration

Current practising certificate

Nephrology nursing

Clinical communication

Team player

Quality improvement

Job description

Desirable

• Nephrology nursing theory and practice.
• Computer literacy.
• Demonstrated commitment to quality improvement initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

• Participates in the design, planning, delivery and evaluation of patient care within the haemodialysis clinical setting.
• Protects the rights of patients by adhering to Privacy Principles and providing an excellent standard of care.
• Responsible for own professional development and provides education to colleagues, patients and visitors.
• Ensures/promotes a safe, secure and healthy working environment to staff and a comfortable, safe environment for visitors and patients as detailed in the Workplace Health and Safety policy (FMEAU-28).
• Actively participates in the quality improvement process by reporting all incidents, hazards and opportunities for improvement.
• Completes clinical and mandatory competencies annually.
• Performs defined management functions when required.
• Maintains accurate patient information in medical records, including Therapy Data Management System (TDMS) and abides by confidentiality and Privacy Policy.

Essential Competencies

• Registered as a general nurse with AHPRA (Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency)
• Current practising certificate.
• Understanding of the Quality improvement process and risk management obligations
• Demonstrated clinical competence and expertise (or working towards) in nephrology nursing.
• Ability to continuously reflect on nursing practice and apply learning as appropriate.
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills including the ability to operate within a multidisciplinary team.
• Demonstrated organisational, decision-making and problem-solving skills, combined with the ability to be self-directed.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively perform staff and patient education.
• Knowledge of nursing, nephrology and other professional issues which impact on nursing practice within the specialty.

Creating a future worth living. For patients. Worldwide. Every day. Fresenius Medical Care is the world's leading provider of products and services for individuals with kidney disease of which approximately 4.5 million patients worldwide regularly undergo dialysis treatment. United by a shared purpose of creating a future worth living for chronically and critically ill people, we care for around 292,000 dialysis patients around the globe. In addition, we operate around 35 global production sites to provide products such as dialysis machines, dialyzers, and related disposables. We aim to continuously improve our patients’ quality of life by offering them high-quality products as well as innovative technologies and treatment concepts.