Pediatric Nurse II- Dialysis

Children's Wisconsin•Milwaukee, WI

85d•Onsite

About The Position

Children's Wisconsin is a nationally recognized health system dedicated solely to the health and well-being of children. We provide primary care, specialty care, urgent care, emergency care, community health services, foster and adoption services, child and family counseling, child advocacy services and family resource centers. We are seeking individuals dedicated to helping us achieve our vision of the healthiest kids in the country. This is a part-time opening for a Pediatric Nurse within our Dialysis Unit Care team.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited school of nursing in order to meet the recommended entry level for a professional nurse (or equivalent academic and/or professional experience).
A license to practice professional nursing in the State of Wisconsin. Candidates must show proof of license on or before first day of employment.
Current CPR certification - Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providers through American Heart or American Red Cross is required.
2 years nursing experience

Nice To Haves

Dialysis experience in HD and PD preferred

Responsibilities

Performs as a partner in the Dialysis Unit care management team.
Provides coordination and management of patient care to pediatric patients and families within a continuum of care.
Delegates patient care activities as appropriate within a care management assignment.
Functions within professional and hospital standards.
Performs essential nursing functions.
Assumes direct care responsibilities of a Dialysis Pediatric Nurse.
Shares in the on-call rotation with other dialysis nursing staff.
Applies principles of growth and development in obtaining assessment data.
Communicates in a manner most appropriate for the child and family.
Identifies and acts upon overt and covert cues of physical, psychosocial and cognitive parameters for an individual.
Makes independent nursing decisions and integrates the medical plan of care.
Understands and satisfies the needs of the neonatal, infant, toddler, pre-school, school-age, adolescent and/or adult patient in regard to their growth and development process.
Collaborates with physicians and others to implement care management plans.
Assesses progress of patient toward established nursing outcomes.
Records variances.
Communicates with the care team when outcomes are not met.
Involved in regulatory preparedness for Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) regulations and continuous effort to maintain a state of readiness for ongoing compliance for unannounced surveys.
Understands and applies basic learning principles to both children and adults.
Is aware of available resources.
Familiar with content in teaching plans.
Executes teaching plan.
Utilizes available resources, both written and consultant.
Evaluates effectiveness of own teaching.
Is accountable for the completion of teaching.
Participates in Home Visits for patients that have or will train to perform home dialysis treatments to assess home environment and reassess need for re-training.
Administers hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis.
Participates in Home Visits for any new peritoneal patients, or patients experiencing frequent infections or a recent move to location.
Must be able to demonstrate knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served.
Must demonstrate knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span and possess the ability to assess data reflective of the patient's status and interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each patient's requirements relative to his/her age-specific needs, and to provide the care needed as described in the department's policies and procedures.
May participate in needs assessment.