Job Summary
The Registered Nurse is responsible for the care and support for patients suffering from acute and chronic renal failure. The Registered Nurse must be able to perform all aspects of the nursing process under the Professional Nursing Law. The Dialysis Nurse works with the Nephrologist and Nephrology Nurse Practitioner to coordinate and provide care to dialysis patients. This position will require participation in an on-call rotation. (Night, Weekend or as defined by individual patient needs).
Responsibilities
• Ensures nephrology orders are complete in the electronic medical record. Enters all treatment data into the designated medical record thoroughly, accurately and in a timely manner. • Areas of practice are diverse and could include, but not limited to, the fields of hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, and continuous renal replacement therapies. • Administers medications as prescribed. • Performs the implementation, administration, monitoring, and documentation of patient's response to prescribed intradialytic transfusions, including appropriate notification of adverse reactions to physician and appropriate blood supplier. • This RN participates in decision-making, teaching, and leadership functions. Actively participates in quality improvement activities that enhance patient care outcomes and program operations. • Performs ongoing, systematic collection and analysis of patient data pre – during – post treatment for assigned patients and documents in the patient medical record, adjusts, or modifies the treatment plan as indicated and notifies appropriately credentialed physician, patient’s primary nurse and others as may be indicated. • Actively participate in the interdisciplinary plan of care. Recognizes aspects and implications of patient status that vary from normal and reports to or collaborates with appropriate health team members for input including but not limited to manager, appropriate physician, and acute primary nurse. • Assesses daily assigned patient care needs and collaborates with direct and ancillary patient care staff as needed. • Directs and provides safe effective patient care for assigned patients as prescribed for all modality specific treatment procedures. • Initiates and coordinates communication with outpatient dialysis providers and appropriate hospital personnel as needed to provide continuity of patient care. • Actively participates in quality outcome review. Reports to Infection Prevention meeting monthly culture reports on machines. • Ensures familiarity with emergency policy to initiate and assist with emergency response measures. • Promotes infection control, equipment, and environmental safety. • Assesses, collaborates, and documents patient/family’s basic learning needs to provide initial and ongoing education to patients and family. • Instructs hospital/facility staff on aspects of specialized care related to renal replacement and apheresis therapies. • Collaborates with the interdisciplinary team to update the nursing assessment and plan of care for assigned patients. • Initiates, documents, and completes ongoing QAI activities including monthly reports as directed by manager or designee. • Participates in all required staff meetings as scheduled. • Performs all other duties as assigned by manager within state, federal and contractual standards.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
Minimum of two years’ experience as a Registered Nurse. Minimum of one-two years’ experience as a Dialysis Nurse. Experience in Critical Care preferred. CPR and ACLS mandatory. Light Work: Frequent lifting and/or carrying of objects weighing up to 10 lbs. with a maximum lifting of 25 lbs.
Education
• Associate's Degree (Required)
Credentials
• Registered Nurse (Required)
Work Schedule: Varies
Status: 72 hrs per pay
Location: Mon Health Medical Center Main Campus
Location of Job: Mon Health Medical Center
Talent Acquisition Specialist: Tara D. Larew tara.larew@vandaliahealth.org