Registered Nurse; RN | Dialysis

Location: Avera Sacred Heart Hospital

Worker Type: Regular

Work Shift: Primarily days with rotating weekends and holidays (United States of America)

Pay Range: $32.50 - $48.50

Actual pay rate depends upon experience.

• Hours:
  
  MWF 5am-5pm;
  Tu/Th/Sat 5am-3pm; every 3rd Saturday rotation
• Student Loan Repayment:
  This position may be eligible for Avera's Student Loan Repayment Program. Each month an extra payment of $167 (up to $10,000) will help pay down your principal balance faster.

Provides care and treatment to patients on maintenance dialysis. Dialysis treatment is provided within the scope of nursing practice. Home dialysis nurses provide major portions of self‑care and home dialysis training for dialysis patients and/or their caregivers.

• Perform and maintain knowledge and proficiency in technical skills for dialysis treatments.
• Provide oversight and delegation to department staff.
• Understand and ensure compliance related to water room equipment operation and function.
• Comply with established departmental policies and procedures, scope of care, performance improvement activities, safety, environmental and infection control standards.
• Document in the patient record according to departmental policy/procedure.
• Promote and maintain documentation and an environment that is in compliance with state, federal, and regulatory agencies, including CMS/ESRD-Renal Network, and Quality Assurance and Process Improvement efforts.
• Coordinate care of patients in collaboration with Medical Director, Nephrologist, patients, families, other nursing staff and all ancillary departments.
• Act as a patient/family advocate. Collaborate with the patient, family, and health care providers in providing patient care.
• Identify patient/family learning needs. Develop, implement, and evaluate an educational plan for patients. Provide patient education related to, but not limited to, the dialysis process and procedures related to that process, including care and management of dialysis accesses.

The individual must be able to work the hours specified. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential job function satisfactorily, including having visual acuity adequate to perform position duties and the ability to communicate effectively with others, hear, understand and distinguish speech and other sounds. These requirements and those listed above are representative of the knowledge, skills, and abilities required to perform the essential job functions.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions, as long as the accommodations do not cause undue hardship to the employer.

• Registered Nurse (RN) – Board of Nursing. An active license in the state of practice upon hire.

• Certified Hemodialysis Nurse (CHN) – Board of Nephrology Examiners Nursing and Technology (BONENT). Upon hire.
• Certified Peritoneal Dialysis Nurse (CPDN) – Board of Nephrology Examiners Nursing and Technology (BONENT). Upon hire.
• Certified Dialysis Nurse (CDN) – Nephrology Nursing Certification Commission (NNCC). Upon hire.
• Specialty Certification – The American Society of Histocompatibility & Immunogenetics (ASHI). Upon hire.
• Dialysis experience or critical care experience.
• 1-3 years nursing experience if functioning as a home dialysis nurse and an additional 3 months experience in each of the specific modalities (hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis) for which the nurse will provide self‑care training.

• Commitment to the daily application of Avera's mission, vision, core values, and social principles to serve patients, their families, and our community.
• Promote Avera's values of compassion, hospitality, and stewardship.
• Uphold Avera's standards of Communication, Attitude, Responsiveness, and Engagement (CARE) with enthusiasm and sincerity.
• Maintain confidentiality.
• Work effectively in a team environment, coordinating workflow with other team members and ensuring a…