Dialysis RN Job Description
Dialysis RN
provides care appropriate to the patient population(s) served; Ability to demonstrate knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span and ability to assess data reflective of the patient's requirements relative to his or her population-specific and age specific needs.
Dialysis RN Duties & Responsibilities
To write an effective dialysis RN job description, begin by listing detailed duties, responsibilities and expectations. We have included dialysis RN job description templates that you can modify and use.
Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Making sure that all dialysis nurses follow proper protocol, and that all equipment is fully functional
Allowing nurses to have access to medications, medical supplies, and medical equipment
Maintaining medical inventory
Ordering supplies when needed
Accounting for medication use
Training nursing staff
Handling patient complaints or issues
Reporting to physicians as needed
Conducting and documenting patient assessments pre, during and post dialysis
Maintaining patient confidentiality of information
Dialysis RN Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Dialysis RN
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: CPR, BLS, ACLS, BC, VA, CRNI, PICC, CNN, BCLS
Education for Dialysis RN
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the dialysis RN job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Associate Degree in Nursing, Science, Healthcare, Patient Care, Directing, Reading, School of Nursing, Associates, Education, Graduate
Skills for Dialysis RN
Desired skills for dialysis RN include:
Interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each patients needs in relation to age
Possess the ability to assess data reflective of the patient’s status
Principals of growth and development through the life span
Comply with federal
English language and ability to communicate verbally and in writing
Local laws and regulations
State
Disease management software and systems as pertinent
Operation of all facility equipment and technology
Current practices related to the principles and techniques of dialysis by participating in all scheduled in-services
Desired experience for dialysis RN includes:
Initiating, monitoring and terminating dialysis
Performing hemodialysis treatments in accordance with approved facility policies and procedures
Recognizing changes in a patient’s condition and / or emergent situations and taking immediate and appropriate actions
Communicating patient problems to physicians and documenting whether or not new orders resulted from the physician
Transcribing and implements physician orders electronically enters orders in the MIS
Checking the patients' vital signs and talking with them to assess their condition
Dialysis RN Examples
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Dialysis RN Job Description
Job Description Example
Our growing company is looking for a dialysis RN. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for dialysis RN
- Evaluate patients' reaction to the dialysis treatment and medications
- Review the patients' lab work, home medications and activities and let the doctors know about changes in their patients' conditions
- Help patients follow-up with their transplant center
- Support the entire care team in delivering quality care in a considerate, respectful manner
- Discussing patient concerns
- Answering questions relevant to care
- Reviewing the patients' lab work, home medications and activities and let the doctors know about changes in their patients' conditions
- Ensure compassionate, professional delivery of all dialysis-related nursing services in a clinical setting
- Understanding of the basic and advanced principles of water treatment
- Prepares dialysate according to formulas and primes with saline or heparinized solution
Qualifications for dialysis RN
- Experience must be specific to the modality of Home Dialysis Training that the staff member will be providing, ie
- Must have successfully completed a training course in the theory and practice of dialysis therapy/ hemodialysis or PD
- Icd-9 coding TrainingDemonstrated teaching abilities using Adult Learning principles
- Six (6) months dialysis experience preferred
- ACLS, PALS, NRP (based on patient population)
- Minimum nine (9) months of RN experience
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Dialysis RN Job Description
Job Description Example
Our growing company is looking for a dialysis RN. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for dialysis RN
- Responsible for teaching patients and their families about healthcare practices for safety at home
- Accurately explains the dialysis procedure and the operation of the dialysis machine to new patients and answers any questions related to dialysis and health maintenance
- Uses proper techniques to access the dialysis site and correctly connects patient to dialysis machine
- Accurately collects, documents, and reports all patient data
- Provides skilled intervention to patients as applicable for any signs-symptoms of adverse reaction and/or change in patient’s condition
- Documents all patient care procedures performed during the dialysis treatment
- Recognizes and acts appropriately to any patient signs and symptoms indicating the possible onset of complications and/or adverse reactions of the dialysis treatment
- May participate in the development of patient care plans
- Adheres to all Maxim Dialysis Registered Nurse (RN) and worksite rules, policies and procedures
- Other Dialysis Registered Nurse (RN) duties as assigned
Qualifications for dialysis RN
- Minimum 1 year of acute inpatient dialysis experience
- Complexities -You multitask in myriad ways - put down one patient's chart, start another, work with a physician, run out to get a medication, respond to a supplier's request - with lots of loose ends to pull together and a lot of follow up
- Educator - Empower your patients by teaching them to administer their own dialysis and to take their health back into their own hands
- Autonomy -Provide comprehensive patient care in an independent setting
- Minimum of 12 months' of RN experience
- Dialysis Certification by the National Nephrology Technology Certification Board preferred
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Dialysis RN Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is searching for experienced candidates for the position of dialysis RN. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for dialysis RN
- Performs ongoing monitoring and evaluation of patient's status via EKG, pulse oximetry, and non invasive BP
- Recognizes and responds accordingly to emergency situations
- Assists in collecting specimens from arterial or venous sites for blood gases, coagulation and kidney function status
- Prepares sterile procedure table and drapes patient appropriately for all procedures
- Applies sterile dressings to percutaneous sites with catheters
- Handles patient care needs, monitoring and documentation for all hemodialysis procedures
- Operates monitoring equipment
- Assesses patient's condition pre-, intra-, and post procedure and discusses complications and plan of care with physician
- Reviews and interprets lab and EKG results
- Notifies physician of significant results
Qualifications for dialysis RN
- Sound knowledge of the medication and advance and high tech equipments utilized in the clinics
- Minimum of one year Dialysis Registered Nurse (RN) or related experience in the relevant field preferred
- Inpatient hemodialysis experience preferred
- Minimum one year current acute care Dialysis RN experience and/or outpatient Dialysis experience preferred but willing to train for Dialysis care settings
- 1 year full time registered nurse experience in a dialysis setting within the last 2 years
- Dialysis work experience
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Dialysis RN Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is searching for experienced candidates for the position of dialysis RN. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for dialysis RN
- Maintains knowledge of hemodialysis catheters
- Utilizes knowledge of current and new procedure techniques and adapts patient care needs accordingly
- Utilizes and updates knowledge of indications, uses, adverse effects and administration of frequently use medications (Oral, topical and intravenous), including anticoagulants and thrombolytics
- Responds promptly to adverse events (e.g., vasovagal) when removing venous sheaths
- Provides pre-and post-procedure care to patients in hemodialysis
- Performs venipuncture, blood draws and administers antibiotics and infusion therapies ordered by the physician
- Facilitates the coordination of bed assignments and calls report to nursing units
- Assists in prepping and draping patients for venous line removals
- Ensures clear and concise discharge instructions to the patient as needed
- Obtains, reviews and implements medical orders of physician
Qualifications for dialysis RN
- Minimum of two years recent Registered Nurse or Licensed Practical Nurse experience, or three years recent experience as a Certified Dialysis Technician, Bonnet certification preferred
- Full range of body motion including handling and lifting patients, manual and finger dexterity, and eye-hand coordination
- Requires some exposure to communicable diseases and body fluids
- Minimum of 12 months' of RN experience required
- Chronic, Acute and/or HHD experience highly preferred
- Must be able to work Monday through Friday and be on call via telephone
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Dialysis RN Job Description
Job Description Example
Our innovative and growing company is looking to fill the role of dialysis RN. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for dialysis RN
- Reviews laboratory data and implements treatment changes as prescribed by policies and/or advises physician of pertinent findings
- Monitors and assesses changes in patient's condition and intervenes accordingly
- Charts all patient care activities in the active medical record
- Collaborates with other members of the health care team in developing, implementing, and evaluating the patient care plan
- Assesses patient and family learning readiness
- Administers treatments as indicated, including medications, oxygen and other therapeutic measures
- Rinses, primes and positions all appropriate equipment, attaches and installs all required tubing, prepares delivery system and bath, calibrates and performs machine checks & alarms, sets monitor alarms and performs system check as required
- Initiates and discontinues dialysis utilizing established access, including cannulae, external or internal vascular access
- Monitors and assesses for changes in patients who are hemodynamically unstable and intervenes accordingly
- Administers intravenous fluids and medications, blood and blood products
Qualifications for dialysis RN
- Current California license to practice nursing
- Continuing education to upgrade skills and maintain current knowledge of Nephrology nursing practice
- BONENT, Certified Dialysis Nurse (CDN) or Certified Nephrology Nurse (CNN) preferred
- Patient care skills as acquired through formal nursing education program
- Assessment skills as appropriate intervention techniques to resolve emergency situations such as cardiopulmonary arrest
- 1 year chronic dialysis experience