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Be Part of Life-Changing Care - Dialysis Unit Nursing Role

Join our Haemodialysis Unit at Noarlunga Hospital as a Registered Nurse/Midwife Level 1, providing specialised care to patients with kidney disease in a supportive team environment. This ongoing, full-time position offers the opportunity to make a meaningful difference in patients' lives while developing expertise in dialysis treatment and management. Work with Southern Adelaide Local Health Network and enjoy competitive benefits, professional development opportunities, and the satisfaction of delivering life-sustaining care.

About the role: 

Reporting to the Nurse Unit Manager, this role is responsible for providing direct nursing care to patients undergoing haemodialysis treatment, monitor their responses, and manage dialysis equipment while collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to ensure safe and effective kidney care.

Duties for the role will include:

• Assess individual patient/client needs, plan, implement and/or coordinate appropriate service delivery from a range of accepted options including other disciplines or agencies,
• Provide direct person-centred nursing/midwifery care and/or individual case management to patients/clients on a shift-by-shift basis in a defined clinical area with increasing autonomy over time,
• Participate in quality improvement activities that contribute to patient/client safety, risk minimisation and safe work activities within the practice setting,
• Provide ward/team leader/coordination as required on a shift-by-shift basis. (A team leader is a RN assigned responsibility for supporting staff and coordinating patient/client care),
• Provide health promotion and education, to patients/clients or groups and carers to improve the health outcomes of individual,
• Provide, with increasing capacity over time, support and guidance to newer or less experienced staff, Enrolled Nurses, student nurses and other workers providing basic nursing care

About you:

• Registered or eligible for registration as a Nurse by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia and who holds, or who is eligible to hold, a current practicing certificate,
• Effective communication skills including, problem solving, conflict resolution and negotiation skills,
• Ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team,
• Ability to prioritise workload,
• Ability to be, creative, innovative and flexible when approaching issues within a healthcare setting,
• Demonstrated commitment to providing consumer/client and family centred care,
• Demonstrated competence in the relevant area of nursing practice in accordance with the relevant standards,
• Proven experience in delivering high quality and safe care consistent with the National Safety and Quality Health Care Service Standards. (Mandatory for all clinical positions.)

Please see the attached Role Description for additional information.

Want To Know More? Contact: Amanda Osborne, Interim Advanced Nurse Manager, 82045595, Amanda.Osborne@sa.gov.au

Application Closing Date: 11.55 pm Sunday 1 February 2025

Attachments:

• Registered Nurse- Role Description
• Australian applicant guidelines
• International applicant guidelines

Applicant Information:

• We also offer salary sacrifice benefits which provide the opportunity to save money by paying for some of your everyday expenses from your salary before it is taxed. Click here to find out more about salary packaging.
• The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.
• Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check and Immunisation compliance as indicated on the Role description.
• SA Health Services are required to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy in the workplace.
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply.  Job ref: 927945