Dialysis Registered Nurse, Home Hemo & PD

About the role

USRC's greatest strength lies in its commitment to recognizing and celebrating the diversity of its workforce. It strongly believes in attracting top talent and fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment across all levels of the organization.

Responsibilities

• Train patients (and/or care partners) in the practice of self-care for Peritoneal Dialysis or Hemodialysis, adhering to federal and state regulations.
• Conduct home visits to assess the patient's home environment, initially and minimally annually thereafter.
• Routinely evaluate patient performance and assess the home environment as needed to enhance care delivery.
• Communicate results of patient assessments, reassessments, and ongoing monitoring to physicians, team members, and other relevant parties.
• Document all nursing services in the Electronic Medical Record, ensuring accurate reflection of patient status and interventions.
• Participate in infection control monitoring, implementation, and reporting as required.
• Ensure clinic and patient supply inventory is appropriate and place orders in a timely manner to avoid fees and penalties.
• Continuously seek to improve patient and quality outcomes through tracking and analyzing program and patient performance.
• Absorb and document routine and non-routine laboratory test results and communicate critical values and urgent patient needs to the responsible physician or physician extender promptly.
• Review and document monthly patient medication profiles.
• Administer medications as ordered by the physician.
• Perform on-call nursing services, nights and weekends, on a rotational basis as needed or assigned.
• Coordinate home evaluations with technical services to ensure proper equipment operation and complete required water sampling.
• Monitor and report water sample and culture results.

Qualifications/Requirements

• Current RN license in applicable state, maintained as current and in good standing.
• At least 12 months of clinical experience in providing nursing care and 3 months of experience in the specific modality for home dialysis training, except in states with stricter requirements like Texas.
• Previous experience in providing nursing care to patients on maintenance dialysis preferred.
• CPR certification required prior to patient care assignment.
• Successfully complete the Home Therapy Nurse Orientation program and maintain annual demonstration of skills and competency applicable for the modality assigned.
• Demonstrated working knowledge of the English language and ability to communicate verbally and in writing.
• Basic computer skills; proficiency in all USRC clinical applications required within 90 days of hire.
• Meet any practice requirement(s) for the applicable state.