• Home Dialysis Service - RMH Kidney Care Service (KCS
• Royal Melbourne Hospital Royal Park campus, Parkville.
• Part Time, 40 hours per fortnight

The Royal Melbourne is one of Victoria’s largest hospitals providing a comprehensive range of health services including acute, sub-acute, general, and specialist medical services throughout inpatient and community based facilities. We are also a proud part of the world renowned Melbourne Biomedical Precinct, working in collaboration to advance research for continuous improvement of clinical care.

We are looking for passionate and dedicated individuals to join our Kidney Care Home Dialysis Service team. This is a Part Time position, working 40 hours per fortnight, based at Royal Melbourne Hospital Royal Park campus, Parkville.

Your Opportunity:

The role of the Registered Nurse at Home Dialysis Services is the provision of patient and family oriented renal services that promote independence in the home setting. In this role, you will primarily be responsible for patient education in home haemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis, including PD and Home Haemodialysis training in the home.  You will be required to participate in outreach nurse clinics and home visits in metropolitan and rural areas.  You will also facilitate the coordination of pre-dialysis and post-education care via face to face or telephone consultation and will assume responsibility for primary patient caseload management.

About You:

The nurse in this position will be an active member of the home dialysis team and will contribute to quality improvement in all areas of service delivery

• Post-graduate qualification in Renal nursing and minimum 2 years of PD and HDx nursing experience
• Ability to be innovative and resourceful
• Ability to adapt best practice health care models into professional nursing practice.
• Current Australian Driver’s license
  

Benefits:

• A rewarding career offering great prospects for career diversity and professional advancement including mentorship and leadership programs.
• Comprehensive Health & Wellbeing Programs including; On-site staff gym, Staff Medical Service, Employee Assistance Program, Peer Support Program - run by our dedicated employees.
• Salary packaging options, monthly ADOs (That’s an additional day off every month!).

Interested?

Find out more about The Royal Melbourne Hospital https://www.thermh.org.au  If you have any questions or require more information, connect with us.  We look forward to hearing from you.

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