Dialysis Registered Nurse, Home Hemo & Peritoneal RN

About the role

USRC's greatest strength lies in recognizing and celebrating the differences in its diverse workforce. It strongly believes in recruiting top talent and fostering a diverse and inclusive work climate and culture across all levels of the organization.

Responsibilities

• Train patient (and/or care partner) in the practice of self-care Peritoneal Dialysis or Hemodialysis upon meeting federal and state regulations governing Registered Nurse qualifications.
• Conduct home visits to assess the patient's home environment per policy; initially and minimally annually thereafter.
• Routinely evaluate patient performance and assess the home environment more frequently as needed to improve care.
• Communicate results of patient assessment, reassessment, and ongoing monitoring to the physician, team members, and others as appropriate to the individual needs of the patient.
• Document all nursing services in the Electronic Medical Record including but not limited to training sessions, routine and non-routine in-person interactions, and phone conversations.
• Ensure clinic and patient supply inventory and usage is appropriate for patient prescriptions and place orders in timely manner to avoid fees and penalties.
• Continually seek to improve patient and quality outcomes through tracking and trending of program and patient performance, use of critical thinking skills and root cause analysis to improve patient and quality outcomes.
• Absorb and communicate emergency equipment and operational procedures.
• Communicate and regularly review Emergency Preparedness procedures with all home patients, including but not limited to emergency disconnection from dialysis equipment, what to do and who to contact if displaced from home.
• Coordinate home evaluation with technical services department to ensure that the necessary electrical, plumbing and drainage requirements for proper equipment operation are met prior to patient acceptance into home program.
• Ensure required and appropriate water sampling is complete per policy and product requirements. Monitor and report water sample and culture results.
• Administer medications as ordered by the physician.
• Perform on call nursing services, nights and weekends, on a rotational basis as needed or assigned.
• Assist in obtaining data for the continuous quality improvement activities.
• Complete and document monthly review of patient medication profiles.

Qualifications/Requirements

• Current RN license in applicable state, maintained as current and in good standing.
• 12 months of clinical experience in providing nursing care and 3 months of experience in the specific modality for which the nurse will provide home dialysis training, except in states with a more stringent requirement such as Texas, which requires at least 6 months experience in the specific home modality.
• 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.
• Ability to meet minimum hiring standards which may include additional background clearances and orientation requirements if applicable to the program assigned to for employment.