Dialysis Nurse
About The Position
St. Luke’s Health – Memorial Lufkin is a 279-bed facility and member of CommonSpirit Health, a national nonprofit health system serving East Texas. The Dialysis Nurse is a Registered Nurse who delivers compassionate, high-quality, individualized care to support patients’ well-being and recovery. The role involves patient assessment, skilled nursing procedures, care-plan implementation, and collaboration with an interdisciplinary team to promote optimal patient outcomes. The nurse assesses patients on admission and throughout care, addresses physical, psychological, and spiritual needs, and communicates relevant changes to physicians. The nurse develops, directs, evaluates, and documents individualized care plans, patient and family education, and safe transitions and discharge planning. The role also prepares patients for treatments, surgeries, and diagnostic studies; follows patient-safety protocols; reassesses patients after interventions; and adjusts care as needs change. The nurse gives and receives bedside shift reports, delegates tasks as appropriate to coworker experience and patient acuity, and maintains a safe patient-care and work environment. The position supports quality, safety, and patient-satisfaction goals and requires prompt reporting of patient-safety concerns and hazards.
Requirements
- Associate of Nursing, upon hire or 1–3 years.
- At least one year of RN experience, upon hire.
- Texas Registered Nurse license, upon hire.
- Basic Life Support (CPR), within 14 days.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor of Nursing, upon hire.
Responsibilities
- Complete admission and ongoing assessments of patients and provide nursing care for their physical, psychological, and spiritual needs.
- Notify physicians of assessment changes requiring attention and significant changes in patient condition.
- Design, direct, evaluate, and document individualized plans of care, patient and family teaching, and safe transition-of-care and discharge plans.
- Coordinate with other clinical disciplines to meet specialized patient-care and discharge needs.
- Prepare patients physically, psychologically, and spiritually for treatments, surgeries, and diagnostic studies.
- Implement patient-safety initiatives and protocols, including medication-safety practices, physician orders, and consult notifications.
- Reassess patients at appropriate intervals following interventions, notify physicians as needed, and adjust nursing care to meet changing needs.
- Give and receive bedside shift reports, provide comprehensive reports to the oncoming shift, and delegate tasks as needed according to coworker experience, abilities, and patient acuity.
- Maintain a safe patient-care and work environment and promptly remove used or soiled equipment and linen to appropriate locations.
- Incorporate organizational and national goals to improve quality, patient safety, and satisfaction, and immediately report safety or hazard concerns.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
Associate degree
