Registered Nurse

CH01 CHE Fresenius Medical Care (Schweiz) AG; Canberra; On-site; AUD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Fresenius Medical Care Australia is seeking a registered nurse with nephrology expertise to join our haemodialysis team. You will participate in patient care planning, education and safety within a multidisciplinary environment.

The successful candidate will hold current AHPRA registration and a practising certificate, with a commitment to quality improvement and patient-centred care across all shifts.

Qualifications

• Registered nurse with AHPRA registration.
• Current practising certificate.
• Understanding of quality improvement processes and risk management obligations.
• Clinical nephrology nursing competence (or working towards).
• Ability to reflect on nursing practice and apply learning.
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills within a multidisciplinary team.
• Demonstrated organisational, decision-making and problem-solving skills; self-directed.
• Ability to educate staff and patients.
• Knowledge of nephrology nursing issues affecting practice.

Responsibilities

• Participates in design, planning, delivery and evaluation of patient care within the haemodialysis setting.
• Protects patient rights by adhering to Privacy Principles and delivering high-quality care.
• Responsible for own professional development and provides education to colleagues, patients and visitors.
• Ensures a safe, secure and healthy working environment for staff and visitors per policy.
• Actively participates in quality improvement by reporting incidents, hazards and opportunities for improvement.
• Completes clinical and mandatory competencies annually.
• Performs defined management functions when required.
• Maintains accurate patient information in TDMS and complies with confidentiality and Privacy Policy.

Skills

AHPRA registered nurse

Interdisciplinary teamwork

Patient education

Education

Nursing qualification with AHPRA registration

Current practising certificate

Tools

TDMS

Job description

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 multidiscipinary 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.

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.

About Fresenius Medical Care

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.