Registered Nurse

DaVita Kidney Care•Livonia, MI

8d•Onsite

About The Position

The RN will work on-site at DaVita's 6-chair Skilled Nursing Facility dialysis dens. The modality eliminates the need for patient travel to an outpatient dialysis facility. The home facility is on-site at Regency Livonia, located at 14900 Middlebelt Rd. Livonia, Mi 48154. Approximately 10% of all dialysis patients reside in a SNF and are transported to dialysis three times a week placing a significant burden on patients and adding significant avoidable costs to the health care system. DSD Services teammates will have access to all the capabilities and resources DaVita has to offer, and will work to quickly leverage these to develop the infrastructure and rapidly grow the new service line. Teammates must be comfortable working autonomously and have demonstrated the ability to collaborate with cross-functional resources across the organization. What you can expect:In this role, you take responsibility for the complete ongoing care of each patient to ensure their dialysis treatment stays on track. DSD RNs will troubleshoot, and make sound decisions for our patients related to their dialysis treatment and will occasionally partner alongside the SNF staff to coordinate care. Patient education. RNs by training, are Educators. As a DSD Services RN, you will be provided the opportunity to conduct impactful and meaningful education to patients and their families in the SNF setting. Direct Patient Care: The RN’s primary responsibility is to independently demonstrate best practice techniques and deliver optimal dialysis care. The role includes supervising Dialysis Technician who are tasked with delivering tandem care to meet the capacity and efficiency goals of the program. Complexity - DSD Dialysis care is a complex but fulfilling service line. Meeting and/or exceeding clinical outcomes are the goals and multitasking is an expectation to meet the needs of the service, the patients and our SNF partners. Autonomy and Critical Thinking. Provide comprehensive patient care in an independent setting. Plan to be on your toes at all times. You use your mind constantly. You apply your "core" nursing skills to assess, diagnose and implement complete care plans as you look at the whole patient. There's a lot to track and manage and the joy comes in witnessing how your care impacts patients' lives.

Requirements

Current Registered Nurse (RN) license in the state of practice
Minimum of 12 months' of RN experience
Associates Degree in Nursing (A.D.N) from accredited school of nursing required
Bachelor of Science in Nursing (B.S.N); three-year diploma from accredited diploma program may be substituted for nursing degree
Basic computer skills and proficiency in MS Word and Outlook

Nice To Haves

Previous Chronic Hemodialysis, Acute Dialysis and/or Peritoneal Dialysis (PD) nursing experience preferred
Training/Teaching/Healthcare Education background
Certified Nephrology Nurse (CNN) or Certified Dialysis Nurse (CDN)

Responsibilities

take responsibility for the complete ongoing care of each patient to ensure their dialysis treatment stays on track
troubleshoot, and make sound decisions for our patients related to their dialysis treatment and will occasionally partner alongside the SNF staff to coordinate care
conduct impactful and meaningful education to patients and their families in the SNF setting
independently demonstrate best practice techniques and deliver optimal dialysis care
supervise Dialysis Technician who are tasked with delivering tandem care to meet the capacity and efficiency goals of the program
Provide comprehensive patient care in an independent setting
assess, diagnose and implement complete care plans as you look at the whole patient