Registered Nurse (RN) | Dialysis | PRN

Position Highlights

Hours: PRN/fill in as needed

A Brief Overview

Provides care and treatment to patients on maintenance dialysis. Dialysis treatment is provided within the scope of nursing practice. Home dialysis nurses provide major portions of self-care and home dialysis training for dialysis patients and/or their caregivers.

What You Will Do

• Performs and maintains knowledge and proficiency in technical skills for dialysis treatments.
• Provides oversight and delegation to department staff.
• Understands and ensures compliance related to water room equipment operation and function.
• Complies with established departmental policies and procedures, scope of care, performance improvement activities, safety, environmental and infection control standards.
• Documents in the patient record according to departmental policy/procedure.
• Promotes and maintains documentation and an environment that is in compliance with state, federal, and regulatory agencies, including CMS/ESRD-Renal Network, and Quality Assurance and Process Improvement efforts.
• Collaborates with the patient, family, and health care providers in providing patient care.
• Identifies patient/family learning needs. Develops, implements, and evaluates an educational plan for patients. Provides patient education related to, but not limited to, the dialysis process and procedures related to that process, including care and management of dialysis accesses.

Essential Qualifications

• The individual must be able to work the hours specified.
• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential job function satisfactorily including having visual acuity adequate to perform position duties and the ability to communicate effectively with others, hear, understand and distinguish speech and other sounds.

Required Education, License/Certification, Or Work Experience

• Registered Nurse (RN) - Board of Nursing
• An active license in the state of practice

Preferred Education, License/Certification, Or Work Experience

• Certified Hemodialysis Nurse (CHN) - Board of Nephrology Examiners Nursing and Technology (BONENT)
• Certified Peritoneal Dialysis Nurse (CPDN) - Board of Nephrology Examiners Nursing and Technology (BONENT)
• Certified Dialysis Nurse (CDN) - Nephrology Nursing Certification Commission (NNCC)
• Specialty Certification - The American Society of Histocompatibility & Immunogenetics (ASHI)

Experience

• 1-3 years nursing experience if functioning as a home dialysis nurse
• An additional 3 months experience in each of the specific modalities (hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis) for which the nurse will provide self-care training

Expectations and Standards

• Commitment to the daily application of Avera’s mission, vision, core values, and social principles to serve patients, their families, and our community.
• Promote Avera’s values of compassion, hospitality, and stewardship.
• Uphold Avera’s standards of Communication, Attitude, Responsiveness, and Engagement (CARE) with enthusiasm and sincerity.
• Maintain confidentiality.
• Work effectively in a team environment, coordinating work flow with other team members and ensuring a productive and efficient environment.
• Comply with safety principles, laws, regulations, and standards associated with, but not limited to, CMS, The Joint Commission, DHHS, and OSHA if applicable.