Registered Nurse RN Apheresis

Banner Health•Tucson, AZ

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Apheresis RN works in Banner University Medical Center – Tucson’s newly established apheresis program, delivering inpatient apheresis treatments and receiving cross-training to provide hemodialysis. The role may include mentoring and precepting nurses transitioning into the specialty. The nurse assesses, plans, implements, evaluates, and documents patient care in accordance with organizational policies and professional nursing standards. Responsibilities include coordinating and supervising care, collaborating with patients, families, physicians, and multidisciplinary teams, and providing age- and developmentally appropriate care. Service-specific competencies include stem cell mobilization regimens and common side effects, apheresis collections, therapeutic plasma exchange, therapeutic cytoreduction, extracorporeal photopheresis, research-associated collections, and new procedures as developed. This is a full-time position of 36 hours per week, worked as three 12-hour day shifts from 7:00 AM to 7:30 PM. Availability to work holidays and weekends is required.

Requirements

Graduation from an accredited nursing program with an Associate's, Bachelor's, or Master's degree in Nursing, or completion of a specialized nursing diploma program that includes at least two years of specialized training and/or experience.
Current, valid RN license in the state of practice, temporary RN license in the state of practice, or compact RN licensure for the current state of practice.
BLS certification.
Must maintain clinical performance competencies appropriate to the practice area through annual validations.
The job overview states qualified candidates must have a minimum of two years of RN apheresis experience.

Nice To Haves

Apheresis or dialysis nursing experience.
Experience in the clinical area for which the nurse is applying.
Bachelor’s degree.
Professional certification.
Additional related education and/or experience.

Responsibilities

Assess patients' physical, psychological, social, spiritual, educational, developmental, cultural, and discharge-planning needs; review histories, diagnostics, and laboratory data; and report abnormal results to appropriate caregivers.
Develop and revise individualized plans of care and discharge plans with input from patients, families, and the multidisciplinary health-care team.
Provide and coordinate care based on physician orders, nursing plans, policies, professional standards, and regulatory requirements; delegate and supervise care as appropriate.
Evaluate patients' and families' responses to care and teaching, monitor progress toward goals, and revise care plans as needed.
Document assessments, plans, interventions, patient responses, and physician orders accurately and promptly in the patient record.
Provide evidence-based care and participate in research activities within clinical practice when applicable.
Participate in shared leadership, education, orientation, role development, precepting, and mentoring of facility personnel, patients, students, families, and visitors.
Contribute to excellent patient outcomes and improvement of nursing quality indicators through timely, effective, efficient, equitable, and safe care.
Complete and maintain competencies for apheresis services, including stem cell mobilization, apheresis collections, therapeutic plasma exchange, therapeutic cytoreduction, extracorporeal photopheresis, research collections, and new procedures.
Communicate and collaborate with staff, physicians, patients, families, external health-care providers, and clergy regarding patient care and support.
Provide inpatient apheresis treatments and cross-train to provide hemodialysis.