Registered Nurse - North Hills Dialysis Center

Job Title

Registered Nurse (RN)

The role of the Registered Nurse (RN) reports to the Nurse Manager in partnership with the Director of Clinical Services and Regulatory Affairs. This position is responsible for coordinating and ensuring the total nursing care of assigned patients including assessment, planning, implementation, and documentation. This position assists in the orientation of new staff and clinical supervision of nursing students. This position assists in achieving patient quality of care, national patient safety, regulatory agency, and budgetary goals.

This position is responsible for providing care to the home dialysis patient.

• Perform a comprehensive and accurate patient assessment using evidence-based assessment tools
• Provide nursing care according to plan and undertakes clinical practice skills in a competent and safe manner
• Identify changes in patient's condition and report to appropriate providers
• Monitor the care that patients receive
• Maintain patients' medical records through complete and accurate documentation
• Evaluates patient's progress toward expected clinical outcomes, including treatments and health education, in collaboration with the patient and the health care team

• Education:
  
  Must be a graduate of an accredited nursing program.
• Licensure and
  
  Certifications:
  
  Valid RN license & CPR, required. Auto liability insurance and valid Driver's License, required.
• Experience:
  
  This position is available to both new graduate nurses and experienced nurses.

Work Environment:
This position will spend 80% of the time walking and/or standing while pushing, pulling, lifting, and/or carrying up to 50 lbs. This position will spend 20% of the time sitting while performing work in a standard office environment. This position will be exposed to communicable diseases, bodily fluids, and radiation. This position serves a cultural and linguistically diverse patient population.