Dialysis Registered Nurse

Company: Employer
Location: Houston
Posted on: November 26, 2022

Job Description:

How you will change lives As a Registered Nurse (RN) at US Renal Care, you will be an integral part of a cross-functionalteam, working under the supervision of a Charge Nurse and assisting and supervising Patient Care Technicians (PCTs) to care for patients living with kidney disease. What you will be doing Patient care. You will work directly with patients to provide safe, comfortable, and high-quality dialysis treatment. Responsibilities include completing and documentingphysical assessments before and after treatments and monitoring patients during treatment. In addition, you will ensure quality renal care by completing monthly reviews of patient medication profiles and administering medications according to physician orders. Teamwork. You will be a critical member of the interdisciplinary team to provide all required patient assessments and care planning activities. You will also make sure center staffing requirements are maintained under the direction of the Administrator and according to state regulations for staffing ratios. You will assist with training as requested and lead staff in team concepts and promote a team environment. Safety & Quality. You will Initiate and terminate patient treatments to include connecting and disconnecting catheters and cleaning catheter sites per protocol. You will set up dialysis machines; report machine problems to biomedical technician and/or clinic's Administrator as appropriate. In addition, you will clean, disinfect and provide quality control of dialysis machines as required by policy and procedures. The RN will always be familiar with emergency equipment and all emergency operational procedures.
Salary: $map.get("vacancy_salary-text"). Date posted: 11/24/2022

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