Dialysis Registered Nurse

About the Role

As a Registered Nurse at Methodist Hospital Texsan, you’ll have all the staffing support, technology, and resources you need to deliver safe, high-quality care—so you can focus on what you do best. You will be responsible for delivering high-quality, patient-centered care in line with the requirements of the department and the standards of practice for the relevant state and specialty. Collaborating with medical providers and the care team, you will provide personalized, comprehensive, and compassionate care, following established nursing models such as "Assess, Perform, Teach, and Manage." You will also act as an advocate for patients, families, and caregivers, embodying the organization's vision, mission, and values to ensure an outstanding patient experience and positive clinical outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Assess the patient's condition during admission and each scheduled shift, promptly identifying and reporting any changes in patient status.
• Perform procedures, monitoring, or other functions as ordered by the medical provider(s), and ensure thorough and timely documentation of care administration in the patient's medical record.
• Administer prescribed medications, monitor the patient for therapeutic response, and take appropriate action in the event of an unintended response to the medication.
• Provide exceptional care by responding promptly to patient requests, proactively anticipating patient needs, and resolving them.
• Educate patients, families, and caregivers about the patient's medical condition, treatment plan, medications, possible side effects, and follow-up measures, ensuring complete understanding by translating complex medical terminology.

Requirements

• Graduate of an accredited diploma, associates, or baccalaureate degree registered nursing program required.
• Minimum of six (6) months of clinical experience as a licensed Registered Nurse required.
• Recent RN experience within Dialysis required.
• Current Registered Nurse License in the State of Texas or Multi-State Compact License (Employees with RN Compact License are required to obtain Texas RN License within 90 days of hire date).
• Current American Heart Association BLS Certification required.

Benefits

Methodist Hospital Texsan offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career, and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health, and telemedicine services.
• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services.
• Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage, and leaves of absence.
• Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support, and financial wellbeing counseling.
• Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships, and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing.
• Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection, and consumer discounts.

About Methodist Hospital Texsan

Methodist Hospital Texsan is a 120-bed acute care hospital. We remain one of South Texas’s premier heart and orthopedic hospitals. We are certified in chest pain and heart failure with comprehensive cardiac services. Our orthopedic services, including the Joint Replacement Academy and the Center for Spine, hold some of the best clinical results in the industry. We achieve this by using state-of-the-art technology, such as our robotics program.

• First hospital in San Antonio to receive the Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval for Chest Pain Certification.
• Awarded the Heart Care Center National Distinction of Excellence, the highest recognition a hospital can receive.
• ICU awarded the Silver Beacon Award for Excellence.
• Recognized as a Level IV trauma center.
• 30-bed Inpatient Rehab Unit received the Rehabilitation Stroke Certification from the Joint Commission.
• Deemed one of Modern Healthcare’s Best Places to Work in Healthcare for 3 years in a row.
• Recipient of the 2019 Guardian of Excellence Award® by Press Ganey.