Job Description
Description
ScionHealth is committed to a culture of service excellence as demonstrated by our employees' adherence to the service excellence principles of Pride, Teamwork, Compassion, Integrity, Respect, Fun, Professionalism, and Responsibility.
As our most acute level of care, our specialty hospitals offer the same critical care patients receive in a traditional hospital or intensive care unit, but for an extended recovery period. Our clinicians play a vital role in the recovery process for chronic, critically ill and medically complex patients.
As a Dialysis Registered Nurse / RN you will:
The Dialysis Registered Nurse / RN provides professional nursing care to patients of the Hospital and under the license of the Hospital in need of renal replacement therapy
This position reports directly to the Dialysis Program Manager or Dialysis Supervisor for the respective facility
Documents patient's physical assessment, vital signs, patients treatment reviews and observations in patient medical records; brings issues to the attention of the physician and primary nurse
Documents, evaluates and implements dialysis orders
Analyzes patient assessments, dialysis orders, laboratory results and discusses issues with the nephrologist
Communicates emergencies, patient life-threatening complications, and related incidents to supervisor, hospital staff, and the patient's physician
Provides initiation and discontinuation of the prescribed renal replacement therapy, including but not limited to formulating a plan per physician orders, verifying safety measures are in place and complied with, administering medications or other appropriate treatments, and documenting all activity appropriately on the hemodialysis flow sheet or hospital EMR
Qualifications
Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree in Nursing preferred
Current Registered Nurse / RN license in the state of practice required
Current CPR certification through American Heart Association
Minimum 1 year dialysis experience in an acute care or chronic setting preferred
Basic computer skills and proficiency in MS Word and Outlook required
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