Job Title: Dialysis RN
Profession: Registered Nurse
Specialty: Dialysis
Duration: 13 weeks
Shift: Day 4x10-Hour
Hours per Shift: 07:00 - 17:30
Experience: Minimum 1 year required
License: Active license required to apply
Certifications: BLS required, ACLS preferred
Must-Have:
- Required Work Setting Experience: Acute Care Inpatient Dialysis
- Required Patient Care Experience: Acute renal failure, Acute Kidney Injury, Hemodialysis, Peritoneal dialysis
- Required Dialysis Treatment Skills/Experience: Administration of blood/blood products during treatment, Administration of Mannitol/albumin/23.4% NaCL, Blood flow rates, Dialysate flow rate, Peritoneal catheter malfunction, Vascular access malfunction, Venous pressure
- Required Professional Knowledge and Skills: Airway management, Blood glucose monitoring, Infection control
- Required Symptom Management Skills/Experience: Air emboli, Cardiac arrest, Chest pain, Clotted access/poor blood flow rate, Disequilibrium syndrome, Filter blood leak, Fluid overload, Hyperkalemia, Hypotension, Muscle cramps, Pyrogenic reaction, Seizures
Description:
The position is for a Dialysis RN with a shift of four 10-hour days from 07:00 to 17:30.
The candidate will be required to take overnight calls two to three times a month, with a one-hour response time for emergencies only.
Every third Saturday will be required for on-call duty until Monday at 07:00.
Sundays are closed, with weekend nurses available for on-call duties.
The average daily census will be between three to six patients in a two-room, four-bed unit.
The position requires a minimum of one year of experience in dialysis and first-timers are accepted.
Every other weekend will be required.
The necessary certifications include BLS and preferably ACLS.
The candidate must be willing to take calls as needed and should not float within the scope to meet facility needs.
Candidates will need to discuss schedule requests with management for accommodations.
Local candidates are accepted with no radius restrictions.
Additionally, candidates must ideally have no more than five days of requested time off.
The client may call off up to 36 hours during the 13-week assignment without compensation for those hours.
There are specific required skills in initiating and setting up dialysis treatment, as well as troubleshooting machine alarms.
Experience with B. Braun Dialog systems is preferred.
Teaching hospital and community hospital experiences are also preferred.
This is a critical care nursing position requiring a strong understanding of dialysis treatments and patient symptom management.