Registered Nurse

DaVita is hiring a Registered Nurse to serve our dialysis patients and help manage our clinical teams at our St. Louis Park Dialysis Center in St. Louis Park, MN.

Dialysis experience not required. We will train you!

• Operational hours: MWF 5:30 AM - 10:30 PM / TTHS 5:30 AM - 3:30 PM

• Schedule:
  Work 3-4 days / week, 10 - 12 hours/day (every other Saturday, closed on Sundays!)

• Extensive training:
  First 9 - 12 weeks of employment, group and 1:1 hands-on training
• Training may take place in a facility other than your assigned home clinic

• 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
• Growth opportunities:
  Charge Nurse, Nurse Preceptor, Home Therapies
• You must have a flexible schedule and be able to work mornings, evenings, weekends, and holiday

• 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

• 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
• 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)

Wage Range for the role is $38.00-$52.00 per hour.

We are an equal opportunity workplace and comply with state and federal affirmative action requirements. Individuals are recruited, hired, assigned and promoted without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.