Outpatient Registered Nurse - RN
Core
Provide clinically competent care, including assessment, planning, intervention, and evaluation, for patients with End Stage Kidney Disease (ESKD) in an outpatient hemodialysis setting.
Role type
Outpatient Registered Nurse (RN)
Builds
Safe and effective delivery of hemodialysis therapy
Domain
Healthcare / Nephrology
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
Hemodialysis therapy administration, patient assessment, medication administration, emergency response, patient/family education, laboratory collection and processing, delegation to patient care staff
Preferred skills
Precepting new employees, quality improvement project participation
Technologies
Electronic medical records, hemodialysis machines
Responsibilities
Perform ongoing collection and analysis of patient data pre-, during-, and post-hemodialysis treatment; Assess and document patient/family learning needs to provide education; Direct and provide daily delivery of hemodialysis therapy; Administer medications as prescribed; Initiate or assist with emergency response measures; Ensure correct laboratory collection, processing, and shipping procedures; Identify expected outcomes and update nursing assessment and plan of care; Participate in education and quality improvement projects; Serve as a resource, leader, coach, mentor, and role model for new and incumbent employees.
Seniority
Entry-level to Mid-level (requires 2 years of Nephrology Nursing experience)