KRS Nurse Practitioner

at  Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Services Ltd

ABOUT KIMBERLEY RENAL SERVICES

Kimberley Renal Services (KRS) includes 4 Renal Health Centres based in Fitzroy Crossing, Broome, Kununurra, and Derby and a mobile prevention unit.
The incidence of Kidney Disease in the Kimberley is one of the highest in Australia. Chronic Kidney disease (CKD) and End-Stage Kidney Disease (ESKD) incidence within the Aboriginal population of the Kimberley greatly exceeds the national burden of disease. Dialysis prevalence for this region has more than tripled in the last decade and is increasing at a much faster rate than in the rest of Western Australia (WA).
KRS and the regional Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services (ACCHS) have developed a renal strategic plan to help combat this health crisis. This has enabled many patients to return to the Kimberley from Perth, which is 2,500kms away, to receive their treatment.

ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY

Kimberley Renal Services now has an opportunity for a KRS Nurse Practitioner to join their KRS team in Kununurra on a permanent full-time basis.
Reporting to the KRS Senior Medical Officer, you will be working in a multidisciplinary framework within the Kimberley Renal Services Team, and with support from the Renal GP, KRS SMO and visiting nephrologist, contributes medical expertise to enhance regional efforts in the prevention, early detection and better management of chronic kidney disease, and to ensure optimum care for clients on renal replacement therapies within the Kimberley region

Some of your key responsibilities will include;

• Contribute medical expertise to the ongoing planning and development of the Kimberley Renal Service
• Support the ongoing development and refinement of clinical protocols for clients with kidney disease.
• Contribute medical expertise to the pre-dialysis work-up by the KRS team for clients approaching end stage kidney disease
• Contribute to the development and implementation of strategies for education and training of primary health care providers, families and communities across the Kimberley, to enhance prevention, early detection and better management of kidney disease
• Participate in the broader regional chronic disease effort, including education and health research, to further regional chronic disease knowledge and capacity

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• Contribute medical expertise to the ongoing planning and development of the Kimberley Renal Service
• Support the ongoing development and refinement of clinical protocols for clients with kidney disease.
• Contribute medical expertise to the pre-dialysis work-up by the KRS team for clients approaching end stage kidney disease
• Contribute to the development and implementation of strategies for education and training of primary health care providers, families and communities across the Kimberley, to enhance prevention, early detection and better management of kidney disease
• Participate in the broader regional chronic disease effort, including education and health research, to further regional chronic disease knowledge and capacit