Registered Nurse - RN - Dialysis
About The Position
The Registered Nurse is part of the Home Therapies dialysis health care team and helps provide quality home dialysis patient care in accordance with company policies, procedures, training, and applicable regulations. The role serves as an onsite patient educator and case manager, primarily in a clinic setting, and includes initial home visits with another staff member present. Paid one-on-one training and education are provided. The nurse trains and supports patients and their families in peritoneal and home hemodialysis therapies, assesses patient readiness and home suitability, monitors treatment response, and coordinates with physicians and other company teams. The role also supports quality improvement, staff training, documentation, laboratory processes, equipment operation, and emergency procedures. Travel between assigned facilities and community locations is required; travel to regional, Business Unit, and Corporate meetings may also be required.
Requirements
- Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing (R.N.).
- Current appropriate state licensure.
- Successfully complete a training course in the theory and practice of dialysis therapies.
- Competence operating all Home Therapies-related equipment.
- Successfully complete CPR certification and maintain it as required.
- Icd-9 coding training.
- Demonstrated teaching abilities.
- Employees must take the Ishihara Color Blindness test as a condition of employment; failing the test does not preclude employment, and reasonable accommodations may be considered.
Nice To Haves
- Minimum of one year of medical-surgical nursing experience preferred; ICU experience preferred.
- Minimum of one year of dialysis experience preferred; peritoneal experience preferred.
Responsibilities
- Provide safe and effective training and oversight for home dialysis therapies in accordance with facility policies, procedures, and applicable regulations.
- Rotate with other licensed staff to ensure adequate coverage; participate in staff orientation and training as assigned and attend required staff meetings.
- Provide quality patient care and contribute CQI information to the Clinical Manager; participate in monthly CQI meetings and process improvement activities.
- Help identify and evaluate candidates for the Home Therapies Program, including assessment of their home environment.
- Train patients and their families or significant others in the safe operation and maintenance of home therapies equipment.
- Educate patients and families about ESRD, the Kidney Options Program, renal dialysis, access care, home dialysis therapy, and related health conditions.
- Assess patient and family readiness and ability to perform dialysis at home, and evaluate the suitability of the home environment for ongoing therapy.
- Deliver home therapy support care and assess patient responses to treatment using established protocols.
- Communicate patient-related issues to physicians and report adverse events and equipment or technology problems to management and physicians, with appropriate documentation.
- Coordinate patient transfers to the hemodialysis clinic when needed and appropriate.
- Review, transcribe, and enter physician laboratory orders into the Medical Information System; follow policies and regulations for specimen collection, packaging, delivery, and results reporting.
- Maintain competency in emergency procedures and initiate CPR and other emergency measures for cardiac or respiratory arrest in the medical office.
- Administer prescribed medications, follow applicable algorithms, document medical justification when indicated, and maintain controlled-substance records as required by law.
- Operate and troubleshoot home dialysis equipment, including assisting patients by telephone; direct patients in preventive maintenance of equipment and water systems as appropriate.
- Coordinate delivery, operation, and maintenance of home therapy equipment with the company products division.
- Admit new patients and document required information, including orders, lab results, vital signs, treatment parameters, patient status, and treatment-related data in the Medical Information System.
- Ensure company patient admission, transfer, and discharge policies are implemented; complete required monthly and annual reporting.
- Perform other related duties as assigned.
Benefits
- Paid one-on-one training and education provided.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
Associate degree
