Acute Inpatient Registered Nurse - RN - Dialysis

Location: Northside Atlanta - 1000 Johnson Ferry Rd NE, Atlanta, GA 30342 & Northside Cherokee - 450 Northside Cherokee Blvd, Canton, GA 30115. PURPOSE AND SCOPE: The professional registered nurse Inpatient Services RN CAP 1 is an entry level designation into the Clinical Advancement Program (CAP). This position is accountable and responsible for the provision and coordination of clinically competent care including assessment, planning, intervention and evaluation for an assigned group of patients. This may include delegation of appropriate tasks to direct patient care staff including but not limited to RNs, LVN/LPNs and Patient Care Technicians. As a member of the kidney disease health care team, this position participates in decision-making, teaching, leadership functions, and quality improvement activities that enhance patient care outcomes and program operations.

Responsibilities

Provision and coordination of clinically competent care including assessment, planning, intervention and evaluation for an assigned group of patients; Performs ongoing, systematic collection and analysis of patient data pre – during – post treatment for assigned patients and documents in the patient medical record; Assesses, collaborates and documents patient/family’s basic learning needs to provide initial and ongoing education to patients and family; Directs and provides safe effective patient care for assigned patients for all modality specific treatment procedures; Assesses daily assigned patient care needs and collaborates with direct and ancillary patient care staff as needed; Initiates and coordinates communication with FKC and Non-FKC dialysis providers and appropriate contracted facility personnel as needed; Performs the implementation, administration, monitoring, and documentation of patient's response to prescribed intradialytic transfusions; Administers medications as prescribed and documents appropriate medical justification and effectiveness; Initiates and assists with emergency response measures; Serves as a resource for health care team, participates in staff training and orientation of new staff as assigned; May be assigned to assist in an Outpatient facility on an as needed basis; Required to complete CAP requirements to advance

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing; Current appropriate state licensure; Current or successful completion of CPR BLS Certification; Must meet the practice requirements in all states in which he or she is employed; Entry level for RNs with less than 2 years of Nephrology Nursing experience as an RN; Minimum 9 months experience as a Registered Nurse; Successful completion of all FKC education and modality specific training requirements for new employees; Must have a minimum of 9 months experience as an RN; 6 months experience in acute dialysis as an RN

Nice to have

12 months of Registered Nurse experience (preferred); 6 months acute dialysis experience (preferred); Hemodialysis and/or ICU experience (preferred)