Consultant Nephrologist

Employment Type: Permanent Part Time

Hours: 25 hours per fortnight

Location: Werribee Mercy Hospital

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Contact: Associate Professor Peter Lange, Email: PLange@mercy.com.au

We are seeking an enthusiastic consultant nephrologist to join our team of nephrologists and our broader multidisciplinary at Werribee Mercy Hospital. Werribee Mercy Hospital is located in the Outer West of Melbourne and 20 minutes from Melbourne's CBD. The hospital is located in the highest growth area in Melbourne and home to a culturally diverse community. Werribee Mercy Hospital is a major metropolitan hospital with a diverse and challenging casemix and provides acute adult services across medicine, surgery, maternity, critical care, ambulatory care as well as mental health.

Nephrology provides a consultative service to General Medicine.

The role will encompass the following:

- clinical support time to provide medical governance leadership in the portfolio

- renal on call/ recall with associated inpatient sessions

- support for the satellite renal dialysis unit

Where there’s life, there’s Mercy.

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For over a century, our incredible teams have provided care for people when they need it most. Our people feel great pride in this, and they value the security and stability we offer. But it also means so much opportunity - to build on all that’s gone before, to grow your impact and gain experience that’s hard to find elsewhere.

As a for-purpose organisation with over 10,000 dedicated, compassionate people, we continue to offer more services and deeper care than ever before. With Mercy, you’ll have the chance to make an impact and gain experience that’s hard to find elsewhere.

At Mercy Health, it’s all about taking what we have and making it better.

To do that, we need you.

Join us as at Mercy Health, and help our teams deliver even greater outcomes.

About the opportunity

• Provide delivery of nephrology inpatient sessions and oncall/recall

• Contribute to service evaluation, development and research

• Display a commitment to ongoing learning and professional development in nephrology

What you’ll bring

You’re resilient, compassionate and have a whole lot of heart. Most importantly, you are committed to delivering exceptional patient-centred care.

To thrive in this role, you will have:

• Excellent clinical, time management, organisational and communication skills, with the ability to adapt and problem solve.

• A compassionate, flexible and positive approach to effective patient care and management.

• The ability to nurture friendly, respectful relationships and contribute to a collaborative team environment.

You will also be required to provide evidence of: SMedical registration with (AHPRA) Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Agency

• Specialist and General Registration with no restrictions with (AHPRA) Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Agency

• Fellowship in the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (FRACP), or equivalent

• Relevant experience in specialist nephrology services

• A current Police Record Check and Working with Children Check.

• Current COVID-19 certificate, proof of current influenza vaccination and other vaccination status consistent with public health orders.

Ready to help us shape the future of healthcare?

Join us and make a meaningful difference in people’s lives - and your career.

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Please contact us if you would like to find out more or communicate any requirements to ensure we provide you with a fair and equitable interview and selection process.

We acknowledge the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung peoples, traditional Custodians of the Land in which our Head Office is based, on traditional lands of the Kulin Nation and recognise their deep connections to the land, sea, and culture.

We extend this acknowledgment to the many Traditional Lands that we operate across Australia and pay our respects to Elders past and present.

The team at Mercy Health is as wonderfully diverse as the patients, residents, clients and communities we support. We’re proud to be recognised as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA). Mercy Health strongly encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and people of all ages, sexualities, genders, abilities and cultural backgrounds.

Ready to help us shape the future of healthcare?

Join us and make a meaningful difference in people’s lives - and your career.

Are you ready to apply for this role? Click Apply

Please contact us if you would like to find out more or communicate any requirements to ensure we provide you with a fair and equitable interview and selection process.

We acknowledge the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung peoples, traditional Custodians of the Land in which our Head Office is based, on traditional lands of the Kulin Nation and recognise their deep connections to the land, sea, and culture.

We extend this acknowledgment to the many Traditional Lands that we operate across Australia and pay our respects to Elders past and present.

The team at Mercy Health is as wonderfully diverse as the patients, residents, clients and communities we support. We’re proud to be recognised as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA). Mercy Health strongly encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and people of all ages, sexualities, genders, abilities and cultural backgrounds.