Registered Nurse - Dialysis

DCH Health Care Authority•Tuscaloosa, AL

14d•Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse works on the Dialysis Services team, providing compassionate, high-quality care at DCH Regional and DCH Northport campuses. The Regional unit is a fully staffed, 24-hour service operating seven days a week, with eight dialysis bays. The Northport unit operates Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, with dedicated call coverage and five bays. Nurses and Certified Dialysis Technicians provide hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, and bedside treatments for patients throughout the organization. The role plans, coordinates, and directs quality nursing care while maintaining professional nursing standards and fostering positive therapeutic relationships with patients and families. The nurse assesses patients, plans and documents education and care, evaluates outcomes, coordinates with families and care teams, delegates appropriately, and supports patient and workplace safety. The position also supervises specified licensed and non-licensed team members and contributes to performance-improvement activities. Schedules vary, and every other weekend is required. Physical presence onsite is essential. The work may involve exposure to bodily fluids, disease, infection, laboratory chemicals, hazardous materials, and cleaning solutions, and requires use of common protective and safety equipment. The role involves medium physical work, including prolonged standing and walking, and may require lifting, pushing, pulling, or carrying objects.

Requirements

Current approved Alabama Board of Nursing RN license or multi-state license, or ability to obtain one before starting.
Current American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross Basic Life Support (BLS) Provider training.
At least an associate degree; a BSN is preferred.
Ability to read, write legibly, speak, and comprehend English.
For Dialysis, ACLS from the American Heart Association or American Red Cross is required within six months of the start date.
Ability to demonstrate leadership, make decisions affecting others, and take responsibility for outcomes.
Ability to communicate clearly and accurately, delegate to team members and students, and receive delegation.
Ability to address conflict and stressful situations, communicate with different personalities, and participate in face-to-face discussions.
Ability to use electronic mail, telephone, and texting; work in groups and in structured and unstructured situations; and meet time pressures and deadlines.
Ability to tolerate possible exposure to bodily fluids, disease, infection, laboratory chemicals, hazardous materials, and cleaning solutions, and to wear common protective and safety equipment.
Ability to perform medium work, exerting up to 50 pounds occasionally, up to 30 pounds frequently, and up to 10 pounds constantly to move objects.
Ability to tolerate prolonged standing and walking; reach reasonable distances; stand, walk, kneel, bend, sit, and stoop; and run in an emergency.
Ability to exert muscle force to lift, push, pull, and carry objects; coordinated finger movement and fingertip perception of temperature, texture, shape, and size; and stamina for prolonged shifts.
Normal hearing and vision, or hearing and vision corrected to within normal range.
Ability to perform duties with or without reasonable accommodation; physical presence onsite is essential.
Availability to work schedules that vary and every other weekend, including Saturday and Sunday.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN).

Responsibilities

Assess each assigned patient on admission and on an ongoing basis, including physical, psychological, social, spiritual, cultural, pain, nutritional, functional, developmental, age-related, and discharge-planning needs.
Plan, provide, and document patient and significant-other education based on relevant patient factors and identified learning barriers.
Evaluate and regularly reevaluate patient care, coordinating care planning with patients, families, providers, and other disciplines to achieve patient-centered outcomes.
Assign and delegate nursing care to team members according to patient needs and team-member capabilities.
Apply safety principles when providing care.
Accurately document observations, care provided, and changes to the care plan.
Provide accurate handoff reports and participate in unit-based huddles.
Participate in performance-improvement activities, including serving on teams, assisting with measures, and supporting and implementing improvements.
Perform initial and annual competencies as required for the job class.
Supervise LPNs, PCAs, PCAs/US, US, Ortho Techs, and other non-licensed staff.
Meet performance, patient and employee satisfaction, financial, and compliance standards; follow DCH policies, procedures, and Behavioral Standards.
Help maintain safety for patients, visitors, and employees by identifying unsafe practices and taking appropriate action to reduce risks and hazards.
Use electronic mail, time and attendance software, learning management software, and the intranet.
Perform other duties as assigned.