Float Pool - Dialysis Nurse

Idaho Falls Community Hospital is looking for a Dialysis Nurse Specialist to join our team!

The Inpatient Dialysis Nurse provides specialized nursing care to hospitalized patients requiring acute or chronic dialysis treatments. This role supports patients across a variety of clinical conditions, collaborates closely with interdisciplinary teams, and ensures safe, effective delivery of hemodialysis within the inpatient setting.

At Idaho Falls Community Hospital, helping our community get better is our number one priority. We are committed to providing compassionate, emergency care 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Idaho Falls Community Hospital is proud to have a state‑of‑the‑art Emergency Department, a stroke and diagnostic cardiac center, and a trauma center.

Our work environment is collaborative, purpose driven, and people centric. Our culture is unique and it is what makes people excited to come to work each day. If you are looking for a career where you can make a difference, we have a place for you on our team.

• Deliver safe, high quality hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis treatments for hospitalized patients, including those who are acutely ill, hemodynamically unstable, or experiencing renal complications related to surgery, infection, trauma, or chronic disease.
• Perform comprehensive pre‑treatment assessments, evaluating vital signs, fluid status, lab values, vascular access function, and overall readiness for dialysis.
• Monitor patients continuously during treatment, identifying early signs of complications such as hypotension, arrhythmias, cramping, access malfunction, or changes in mental status, and intervening promptly using established clinical protocols.
• Manage all aspects of vascular access, including assessment of AV fistulas and grafts, sterile care of central venous catheters, cannulation, decannulation, and troubleshooting issues such as infiltration, clotting, or poor flow.
• Coordinate care with nephrologists and the broader inpatient team, ensuring timely communication of patient status, treatment outcomes, and any concerns requiring medical attention.
• Document all aspects of dialysis care accurately and thoroughly in the electronic medical record, including assessments, interventions, patient responses, machine parameters, and post‑treatment evaluations.
• Educate patients and families on dialysis procedures, fluid and dietary restrictions, access care, and expectations for ongoing renal treatment, adapting explanations to the patient’s level of understanding.
• Prepare, operate, and maintain dialysis equipment, ensuring proper setup, calibration, disinfection, and troubleshooting in accordance with manufacturer guidelines and infection control standards.
• Adhere to strict infection prevention protocols, including aseptic technique, PPE use, water quality standards, and environmental cleaning requirements specific to dialysis.
• Support transitions of care, collaborating with case managers and outpatient dialysis teams to ensure continuity for patients returning to chronic dialysis or initiating long‑term renal replacement therapy.

Taking care for our community starts with taking care of our own team. Idaho Falls Community Hospital is proud to offer its employees competitive and comprehensive benefit packages.

• Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
• Paid Time Off (vacation, holidays and sick days) and Medical Paid Time Off
• Retirement Plans (401K with up to 6% match)
• Earned Quarterly Bonus Program
• Education Reimbursement Program
• Discount for medically necessary procedures performed at Idaho Falls Community Hospital and Mountain View Hospital

Please note benefits are based on eligibility according to full-time, part-time or PRN status classification.

Education: Bachelor’s degree in nursing.
Active Registered Nurse (RN) license in the state of practice, demonstrating full compliance with state nursing regulations and professional standards.
Current BLS certification required;
ACLS certification may be required depending on facility protocols and patient acuity.

Experience: Minimum of one year of direct nursing experience, ideally in acute care, critical care, nephrology or dialysis. Candidates with experience managing medically complex patients or working in high acuity hospital units are especially well prepared for this role.
Dialysis experience strongly preferred
, including familiarity with hemodialysis principles, fluid management and renal pathophysiology. Willingness to learn and adapt to specialized dialysis procedures is essential for those new to the specialty.