Summary of Duties

Responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:

• Collaborate with the Nephrology inter-professional team to support patients across the chronic kidney disease (CKD) continuum, including clinic management, modality education, and transition to dialysis, transplant, or conservative care.
• Provide comprehensive patient and caregiver education on CKD, dialysis modalities (home and in-centre), and kidney transplantation to support informed, shared decision-making.
• Conduct nursing assessments, monitor clinical status and laboratory results, and contribute to the development and implementation of individualized care plans.
• Coordinate and facilitate timely access to renal replacement therapy, including dialysis access planning, home dialysis therapies, and transplant evaluation.
• Collaborate with other Nurse Clinicians and communicate as needed with the transplant centres to support transplant assessment processes, including coordination of required testing/consults and follow-up of results.
• Collaborate with Nephrology Dialysis Access Coordinator to facilitate timely creation/implantation of dialysis body access and clinical care teams to facilitate treatment initiation when appropriate.
• Provide cross-coverage for Nephrology Nurse Clinicians as required to ensure continuity of care.
• Facilitate seamless transitions between MCKC, dialysis programs, and transplant services, ensuring effective communication of patient goals and care plans.
• Participate in quality improvement initiatives, program development, and implementation of best practices related to CKD management, modality uptake, and transplant access.
• Contribute to data collection and tracking related to goals of care, modality education and choice
• Act as a resource and mentor to nursing colleagues and contribute to staff education related to CKD, dialysis modalities, and transplant.
• Utilize electronic medical records and other systems to support documentation, communication, and tracking of patient care and outcomes.

Qualifications/Skills

• Current Ontario College of Nurses Certificate of Competence
• Member of RNAO
• BScN degree required
• CNeph(C) required
• Minimum of 5 years recent experience working with Nephrology patient population required with clinical expertise related to all dialysis modalities and transplant
• Knowledge of computers include MS Office Suite applications and related Nephrology software
• Recent adult education program development and teaching experience
• Advanced knowledge of consultation process as related to individuals, groups and/or systems
• Ability to integrate best practice guidelines into hospital policy and procedures
• Demonstrated leadership, organizational, process improvement and project coordination skills required
• Demonstrated communication/interpersonal, collaboration, team work, problem solving and decision making skills required