Registered Nurse - Dialysis

About the role

Join a team where your work matters—every moment, every patient, every community. At SSM Health, you'll be empowered to grow, supported to thrive, and inspired to make a lasting impact. Provides direct nursing care in settings where patients require complex assessments and intervention, in accordance with established policies, procedures and protocols of the healthcare organization.

Responsibilities

• Serves as a dialysis clinical resource and supervises care delivered by support staff.
• Assesses daily dialysis patient care needs and develops and distributes patient care assignments.
• Collaborates with interdisciplinary team to ensure quality outcomes for the dialysis patient.
• Evaluates the effectiveness of dialysis treatments and identifies any issues that affect desired patient outcomes.
• Participates in quality improvement activities to include collection of data for the dialysis unit's Quality Assurance Performance Improvement (QAPI) plan and maintains ownership of regulatory compliance requirements.
• Responds to complaints about patient care and manages through established channels.
• Works with internal and external resources to maintain machine maintenance and partnership with home dialysis departments.
• Performs surveillance and testing of dialysis water treatment equipment and dialysis water (such as chlorine, pH, water cultures) to ensure that these machines are operating within the parameters set within the manufacturer guidelines.
• Demonstrates a working knowledge of dialysis laboratory tests and dialysis medications.
• Demonstrates clinical competence and knowledge in cannulation of dialysis access and proper care and use of central lines.
• Demonstrates an in-depth understanding of infection control and prevention of transmission of blood borne pathogens.
• Provides patient education/teaching applicable to the patient's medical condition.
• May provide input for hiring, training, directing, developing, and evaluating staff.
• Applies the existing body of evidence-based practice and scientific knowledge in health care to medical-surgical nursing practice, ensuring that nursing care is delivered based on patient’s age-specific needs and clinical needs as described in the department's Scope of Service.
• Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Education: Graduate of accredited school of nursing or education equivalency for licensing
• Experience: Minimum one year of registered nurse experience
• Physical Requirements: Constant use of speech to share information through oral communication
• Physical Requirements: Constant standing and walking
• Physical Requirements: Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs
• Physical Requirements: Frequent sitting, reaching and keyboard use/data entry
• Physical Requirements: Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors
• Physical Requirements: Frequent use of smell to detect/recognize odors
• Physical Requirements: Frequent use of hearing to receive oral communication, distinguish body sounds and/or hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.
• Physical Requirements: Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs
• Physical Requirements: Occasional lifting/moving of patients
• Physical Requirements: Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting, gripping and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements
• Physical Requirements: Occasional driving
• Physical Requirements: Rare crawling and running
• Licenses: Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA)
• Licenses: Registered Nurse (RN) - Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR)
• Licenses: Registered Nurse (RN) - Missouri Division of Professional Registration
• Licenses: Registered Nurse (RN) - Oklahoma Board of Nursing (OBN) or compact state RN
• Licenses: Registered Nurse (RN) - Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services or compact state RN

Schedule

• Location: Beaver Dam
• Shifts: 3 per week
• Every 3rd Saturday required
• Work Shift: Day Shift
• Scheduled Weekly Hours: 32