Registered Nurse

** Posting Date
** 01/05/ Silver Parkway, Fenton, Michigan, 48430, United States of America Approximately 10% of all dialysis patients reside in a SNF and are transported to dialysis three times a week placing a significant burden on patients and adding significant avoidable costs to the health care system. DSD Services teammates will have access to all the capabilities and resources DaVita has to offer, and will work to quickly leverage these to develop the infrastructure and rapidly grow the new service line.

Teammates must be comfortable working autonomously and have demonstrated the ability to collaborate with cross-functional resources across the organization.
** What you can expect:
** In this role, you take responsibility for the complete ongoing care of each patient to ensure their dialysis treatment stays on track.  DSD RNs will troubleshoot, and make sound decisions for our patients related to their dialysis treatment and will occasionally partner alongside the SNF staff to coordinate care.

The dialysis den is located on-site at a Skilled Nursing Facility located at 512 Beach St Fenton, MI 48430. The schedule is likely to be 3 days per week and the den is currently open on Mon, Wed and Fri. There is NO on-call for this modality.
** Patient education.
** RNs by training, are Educators.  As a DSD Services RN, you will be provided the opportunity to conduct impactful and meaningful education to patients and their families in the SNF setting.
** Direct Patient Care:
** The RN’s primary responsibility is to independently demonstrate best practice techniques and deliver optimal dialysis care.  The role includes supervising Dialysis Technician who are tasked with delivering tandem care to meet the capacity and efficiency goals of the program.
** Complexity
- ** DSD Dialysis care is a complex but fulfilling service line.  Meeting and/or exceeding clinical outcomes are the goals and multitasking is an expectation to meet the needs of the service, the patients and our SNF partners.
** Autonomy and Critical Thinking.
** Provide comprehensive patient care in an independent setting. Plan to be on your toes at all times. You use your mind constantly. You apply your "core" nursing skills to assess, diagnose and implement complete care plans as you look at the whole patient. There's a lot to track and manage and the joy comes in witnessing how your care impacts patients' lives.
** You must have:
*** Current Registered Nurse (RN) license in the state of practice;
Minimum of 12 months' of RN experience.
* ** Previous Chronic Hemodialysis, Acute Dialysis and/or Peritoneal Dialysis (PD) nursing experience
*** Associates Degree in Nursing (A.D.N) from accredited school of nursing required;
Bachelor of Science in Nursing (B.S.N);  three-year diploma from accredited diploma program may be substituted for nursing degree
* Basic computer skills and proficiency in MS Word and Outlook
** You might also have (a.k.a. nice-to-haves):
*** Training/Teaching/Healthcare Education background
* Certified Nephrology Nurse (CNN) or Certified Dialysis Nurse (CDN)
** What We’ll Provide:
** More than just pay, our DaVita Rewards package connects teammates to what matters most. Teammates are eligible to begin receiving benefits on the first day of the month following or coinciding with one month of continuous employment. Below are some of our benefit offerings.
* ** Comprehensive benefits:
** Medical, dental, vision, 401(k) match, paid time off, PTO cash out
* ** Support for you and your family:
** Family resources, EAP counseling sessions, access Headspace, backup child and elder care, maternity/paternity leave and more
* ** Professional development programs:
** DaVita offers a variety of programs to help strong performers grow within their career and also offers on-demand virtual leadership and development courses through DaVita’s online training platform Star Learning. #LI-KP1

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