Registered Nurse RN

Posting Date: 06/22/ Ecorse Rd, Romulus, Michigan, 48174, United States of America

You can make an exceptional difference in the lives of our patients and their families dealing with end-stage renal failure or chronic kidney disease. If you desire to deliver care in an empathetic, compassionate way—the way you'd want your own care to be—this is the place to serve.

• Schedule:
  
  4:30am - 7:00pm, 3 days per week including rotating Saturdays with Sundays off!
• Oversee a group of 12 dialysis patients with partnership of up to 3 fully trained PCTs
• Compensation increases as you complete different levels of training, and take on more responsibility!
• Paid Dialysis Training provided
• 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, pet insurance, and more
• You must have a flexible schedule and be able to work 15-16 hour shifts including weekends and holidays as well as float to other clinics in the region to pick up shifts (locations to include Belleville, Dearborn, Livonia, Westland, Allen Park, Southgate, Riverview and our Schaeffer Highway clinic).

• 30%:
  Supervises and performs direct patient care including but not limited to taking and monitoring vital signs, initiation and termination of dialysis, documentation, physical assessment of patients and patient treatments, taking and transcription of physician’s orders, drawing and documentation of ordered laboratory work
• 20%:
  Provides dialysis therapy, including but not limited to formulating dialysis plan per physician orders, weight and rate of ultrafiltration, verifying safety measures are in place and complied with, administering medications or other appropriate treatments, discontinuing dialysis according to established procedure, documenting all activity appropriately
• 20%:
  Analyzes patient assessments, laboratory data and, when concerns are noted, brings issues to the attention of the physician. Notes signs of trauma, patients' general physical and mental condition, reviews dialysis orders, documents observations in patient medical records. Communicates all emergencies, patient life-threatening complications and related incidents to supervisor, Medical Director, Regional Operations Director, Facility or Group Facility Administrator
• 15%:
  Assesses patient and family learning readiness and provides appropriate information on renal disease, prescribed dialysis treatment, and medical regimen and its impact on the patient's state of health and well-being. Participates in the development and implementation of the patient's short- and long-term plan of care and monthly progress note

• Associate 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
• You might also have experience in the following that can be helpful but not required:
  Intensive Care Unit (ICU), Critical Care Unit (CCU), Emergency Room (ER), or Medical Surgical (Med Surg) experience
• Certified Nephrology Nurse (CNN) or Certified Dialysis Nurse (CDN)

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