Float Registered Nurse

DaVita • Livonia, MI

2d • Onsite

About The Position

DaVita is seeking a Float Registered Nurse for its outpatient dialysis team to provide care to patients with end-stage renal disease or chronic kidney conditions. Dialysis experience is not required; paid dialysis training is provided. The position floats among regional clinics in Livonia, Westland, Romulus, Belleville, Dearborn, Allen Park, Southgate, Riverview, and the Schaeffer Highway clinic in Detroit.

Shifts are three days per week and may last 10–14 or more hours, with start times as early as 4:00 a.m. and end times as late as 9:30 p.m. The posting also requires schedule flexibility and the ability to work 16-hour shifts, including weekends and holidays. Saturdays rotate, and Sundays are off.

The nurse supervises and provides direct patient care, delivers dialysis therapy, assesses and documents patients’ conditions and treatments, communicates concerns and emergencies, and educates patients and families about renal disease and treatment. The role also participates in developing and implementing patient care plans.

Requirements

• Associate Degree in Nursing (A.D.N.) from an accredited school of nursing; a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (B.S.N.) or a three-year diploma from an accredited diploma program may be substituted.
• Flexible schedule and ability to work 16-hour shifts, including weekends and holidays.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in an Intensive Care Unit (ICU), Critical Care Unit (CCU), Emergency Room (ER), or Medical Surgical (Med Surg) setting.
• Certified Nephrology Nurse (CNN) or Certified Dialysis Nurse (CDN) certification.

Responsibilities

• Supervise and provide direct patient care, including monitoring vital signs, initiating and ending dialysis, documenting care, performing physical assessments, transcribing physician orders, and drawing and documenting ordered laboratory work.
• Provide dialysis therapy by formulating treatment plans according to physician orders, determining weight and ultrafiltration rate, verifying safety measures, administering medications or other treatments, discontinuing dialysis according to procedure, and documenting activity.
• Analyze patient assessments and laboratory data; bring concerns to the physician; observe and document signs of trauma and patients’ physical and mental condition; review dialysis orders; and communicate emergencies and life-threatening complications to the appropriate clinical and operational leaders.
• Assess patients’ and families’ readiness to learn and provide information about renal disease, prescribed dialysis treatment, and the medical regimen and its effect on health and well-being.
• Participate in developing and implementing patients’ short- and long-term plans of care and monthly progress notes.
• Float to clinics in the region, including Livonia, Westland, Romulus, Belleville, Dearborn, Allen Park, Southgate, Riverview, and Detroit.

Benefits

• Paid dialysis training.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• 401(k) match.
• Paid time off and PTO cash out.
• Family resources and EAP counseling sessions.
• Access to Headspace®.
• Backup child and elder care.
• Maternity and paternity leave.
• Pet insurance.
• Compensation increases with completion of training levels and increased responsibility.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: Associate degree