- Conduct formal consent interviews with donor families, ensuring clarity and respect
- Increase organ and tissue donation consent rates across Victoria
- Guide families through acute grief and bereavement while offering organ and tissue donation
- Deliver clear, sensitive information about end-of-life processes to families
- Work closely with families and health services across Metropolitan Melbourne
- Lead sensitive conversations and obtain formal consent
- Provide ongoing support throughout the donation process
- Facilitate remembrance activities and provide supportive materials
- Identify, assess, and resolve problems with a solution-focused mindset
- Maintain detailed documentation and follow-up

Requirements

- Registered Nurse with Donation Specialist Nurse experience
- Current registration with AHPRA
- Tertiary qualifications in Critical Care Nursing
- Experience in grief and bereavement in a healthcare setting ideally
- Exceptional communication skills and empathy
- Emotional resilience and a calm, supportive approach
- Ability to handle sensitive conversations professionally and compassionately
- Ability to work independently and identify, assess, and resolve problems
- Advanced negotiation skills
- Ability to communicate appropriately in time-critical circumstances




- Solid organisational skills and attention to detail in documentation and follow-up
- Intermediate computer skills
- Current driver’s licence
- Ability to travel to all Metropolitan Melbourne health services

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in conducting formal consent interviews and guiding families through grief and bereavement while ensuring clarity and respect. Possesses strong communication, negotiation, and problem-solving skills essential for supporting organ and tissue donation processes.

Highest-signal resume keywords

- Registered Nurse
- Donation Specialist Nurse Experience
- Current Registration With AHPRA
- Tertiary Qualifications In Critical Care Nursing
- Exceptional Communication Skills

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

- Grief And Bereavement Experience
- Documentation And Follow-Up
- Problem Identification And Resolution
- Advanced Negotiation Skills
- Intermediate Computer Skills

Soft Skills

- Empathy
- Emotional Resilience
- Calm And Supportive Approach
- Ability To Handle Sensitive Conversations
- Strong Organisational Skills

Certifications & Qualifications

- Current Driver’s Licence

Industry Keywords

- Organ And Tissue Donation
- End-Of-Life Processes
- Healthcare Setting
- Metropolitan Melbourne
- Consent Interviews

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📌 Donation Conversation Specialist (Melbourne)
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📍 Melbourne