Responsibilities
- Supervises, mentors the Patient Care Technicians (PCTs) and directs the day-to-day patient care.
- Supervises and performs direct patient care including but limited to taking and monitoring vital signs, pre-evaluation, initiation, monitoring, termination, access homeostasis, and post evaluation of dialysis
- Responsible for documentation, physical nursing assessment of patients, administering dialysis Medications, and transcribing physician orders assessing dialysis adequacy, drive catheter reduction.
- Assist with patient scheduling.
- Monitoring and reviewing lab results, ordering and following up of labs through Ascend, ensures correct lab tubes are utilized for prescribed lab samples, ensure that all labs are packaged for shipping correctly,
- Reports alert/panic and abnormal lab results to the physician.
- Communicates all emergencies, patient life-threatening complications, and related situations to the attention of the medical director, physician, and Clinic Manager. Maintains competency with all emergency operational procedures. Ensures verification and availability of adequate emergency equipment.
- Assesses patients’ response to hemodialysis treatment therapy, making appropriate adjustments and modifications to the treatment plan as prescribed by the physician, assessing target weights.
- Ensures compliance with safety and infection preventative measures, performing safety and infection audits on a routine basis.
- Ensuring patient safety and monitoring adverse Event Occurrences.
- Educates patients and Family members on all aspects of End-Stage Renal Disease.
- Collaborates with other disciplines to ensure patient outcomes are being met, instructs patients on pre and post dialysis care.
- Provides ongoing continuous education to patients regarding their renal disease, vascular access and dialysis therapy, fluid management, dietary modifications, medication compliance, discuss modality awareness and transplant awareness.
- Participates in all required staff meetings.
- Participation in care conferences and in QAPI.
- Other duties, as assigned.
Minimum Experience Required
One Year as a Dialysis Nurse
Job Type: Part-time
Pay: $33.00 - $37.00 per hour
Expected hours: 20 – 30 per week
Benefits:
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
Medical specialties:
Physical setting:
Standard shift:
Weekly schedule:
- Monday to Friday
- Weekends as needed
Work Location: In person