Registered Nurse (RN) | Home Dialysis

Location: Avera Dialysis-Sioux Falls. Primarily days with night, weekend, and holiday on-call involvement.

Position Highlights

• Maybe eligible for $10,000 sign on bonus!
• Monday-Friday 8am-5pm with occasional night, weekend, and holiday on-call involvement.
• Student Loan Repayment: Position may be eligible for Avera’s Student Loan Repayment Program, which helps pay off loans with an extra $167 monthly payment (up to $10,000) to reduce principal balance faster.

About the Role

Provides major portions of self-care and home dialysis training and monitoring for dialysis patients and/or their caregivers. Be part of a multidisciplinary team built with compassion and the goal of moving health forward for you and our patients.

Responsibilities

• Assesses patient pre-therapy to determine if patient meets selection criteria.
• Identifies patient/family learning needs; develops, implements, and evaluates an educational plan for patients.
• Provides patient education related to the dialysis process, procedures, care, and management of dialysis accesses.
• Monitors and evaluates patients, on a minimum of a monthly visit, to problem-solve and mentor patients and families to safely deliver home therapy.
• Problem-solves and facilitates appropriate resources for patients on home therapy.
• Coordinates care of patients in collaboration with Medical Director/Nephrologist, patients, families, other nursing staff, and ancillary departments.
• Maintains accurate documentation and computer skills.
• 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 compliant with state, federal, and regulatory agencies, including CMS/ESRD-Renal Network, and Quality Assurance and Process Improvement efforts.
• Facilitates patient supply re-order.

Requirements

• Ability to work the specified hours.
• Visual acuity adequate to perform position duties.
• Ability to communicate effectively, hear, understand, and distinguish speech and other sounds.

Qualifications

• Required:
  • Registered Nurse (RN) – active license in the state of practice (upon hire).
  • 1-3 years of nursing experience.
• Preferred:
  • Certified Hemodialysis Nurse (CHN) – Board of Nephrology Examiners Nursing and Technology (BONENT) (upon hire).
  • Certified Peritoneal Dialysis Nurse (CPDN) – Board of Nephrology Examiners Nursing and Technology (BONENT) (upon hire).
  • Certified Dialysis Nurse (CDN) – Nephrology Nursing Certification Commission (NNCC) (upon hire).
  • Specialty Certification – The American Society of Histocompatibility & Immunogenetics (ASHI) (upon hire).
  • Dialysis experience or critical care experience.

Expectations

• Commitment to Avera’s mission, vision, core values, and social principles to serve patients, their families, and the community.
• Promote Avera’s values of compassion, hospitality, and stewardship.
• Uphold Avera’s standards of Communication, Attitude, Responsiveness, and Engagement (CARE).
• Maintain confidentiality.
• Work effectively in a team environment, coordinating workflow with other team members.
• Comply with safety principles, laws, regulations, and standards (e.g., CMS, The Joint Commission, DHHS, OSHA).

Pay

The pay range for this position is $32.50 - $48.50 per hour, dependent upon experience.

Benefits

• PTO available from day one for eligible hires.
• Up to 5% employer matching contribution for retirement.
• Career development guided by hands-on training and mentorship.