Peritoneal Dialysis Nurse - PRN

Children's Healthcare of Atlanta

About The Position

The Dialysis Registered Nurse provides professional nursing care to patients of the Facility and under the license of the Facility in need of renal replacement therapy. Functions effectively as a member of the dialysis team, supporting Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta mission. Proactively supports efforts that ensure delivery of safe patient care and services and promote a safe environment at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta.

Requirements

12 Months RN experience required
Minimum 3 months experience providing home hemodialysis and or peritoneal dialysis
Graduation from an accredited nursing school
Licensure as a Registered Nurse in the single State of Georgia or Multi-State through the Enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact
Basic Life Support (BLS) within 30 days of employment
Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)
Valid Driver's license with clean driving record at applicable location (Determined by department unit)
No minimally required knowledge, skills, or abilities

Nice To Haves

Prior experience leading teams
Minimum 6 months experience in providing nursing care to patients on maintenance dialysis

Responsibilities

Utilizes clinical decision support tools and resources to recognize issues, prioritize care, and modify plan of care as needed.
Performs nursing process across the continuum to deliver age and developmentally appropriate patient-family-centered care.
Integrates values and language preferences into healthcare delivery through a culturally sensitive process.
Utilizes clinical decision support tools and resources to recognize issues, prioritize care, and modify plan of care as needed.
Utilizes resources to plan and provide nursing care that is safe, effective, and financially responsible.
Utilizes appropriate documentation tools to record, measure, analyze, and retrieve healthcare data.
Provides patient and family education appropriate for identified learning needs
Participates in lifelong learning to maintain knowledge and competence that reflects current nursing practice.
Maintains professional records that provide evidence of competence and learning.
Self-evaluates professional practice in relation to performance, development, resiliency, and goals.
Takes action to achieve goals identified during performance review, resulting in change in practice and role performance.
Demonstrates the ability to perform and mentor for modalities hemodialysis and Peritoneal dialysis.
Consults, contributes to, and coordinates care with interdisciplinary healthcare team members.
Ensures quality customer service and effective communication with all customers and coworkers.
Engages in ethical practices utilizing principles from The Code of Ethics for Nurses.
Maintains therapeutic and professional relationships with appropriate role boundaries.
Contributes to a supportive and healthy work environment.
Demonstrates investment in others through teaching/coaching/helper roles.
Assists in maintaining equipment and supply inventory.
Participates in monitoring activities within work environment to maintain a culture of safety.
Identifies and communicates hazards and errors.
Ensure equipment is in working order to provide safe patient care.
Participates in quality and process improvement activities to improve patient outcome and workflows.
Completes orientation and Initial Assessment of Competency successfully by determined due date.
Completes mandatory education and annual competency assessment requirements as defined by unit and system by due date.
75% attendance at staff meetings, if applicable