Outpatient Registered Nurse - RN
Core
Entry-level registered nurse providing direct patient care, hemodialysis therapy, and education to patients with End Stage Kidney Disease (ESKD) in an outpatient setting.
Role type
Entry-level outpatient registered nurse (nephrology)
Builds
Safe and effective delivery of hemodialysis therapy and patient education programs
Domain
Healthcare / Nephrology / Dialysis
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
Hemodialysis therapy administration, patient assessment and data collection, medication administration, emergency response, patient and family education, laboratory collection and processing, staff supervision (Team Leader), interdisciplinary collaboration
Preferred skills
Chronic/acute hemodialysis experience, transplant and treatment modality knowledge
Technologies
Electronic medical records, dialysis machines, laboratory processing systems
Responsibilities
Perform ongoing collection and analysis of patient data pre-, during-, and post-hemodialysis; assess and document patient/family learning needs; direct daily provision of hemodialysis therapy; administer medications per prescription; initiate emergency response measures; ensure correct laboratory collection and shipping; serve as a resource for the healthcare team and participate in staff training
Seniority
Entry-level, hands-on IC