Registered Nurse (RN) | Acute Dialysis

Location :

Avera McKennan Hospital

Worker Type : Regular

Work Shift :

Primarily days with night, weekend and holiday on-call involvement (United States of America)

Pay Range :

The pay range for this position is listed below. Actual pay rate dependent upon experience.

$67,600.00 - $101,400.00

Position Highlights

May be eligible for a $15,000 sign on bonus with a 3 year contract commitment.

Student Loan Repayment : Position may be eligible for Avera’s Student Loan Repayment Program, which helps you pay off your loans and save money. Each month an extra payment of $167 (up to $10,000) from Avera will help pay down your principal balance faster.

You Belong at Avera

Be part of a multidisciplinary team built with compassion and the goal of Moving Health Forward for you and our patients. Work where you matter.

A Brief Overview

Acts as a clinical resource assuring implementation of program policy / procedures and regulatory compliance. Oversees and provides care to acute and chronic dialysis patients as well as coordination of day to day operations by managing staff assignments and duties.

What you will do

• Provides direct patient care to dialysis patients.
• Supervises and coordinates day-to-day operations of the unit to include staffing and patient scheduling. Duties are performed in such a manner as to ensure the unit operates in a safe and efficient manner.
• Assists leader in the review, implementation, and compliance of Avera policies and procedures, and requirement of outside regulatory agencies. Assists with submission of quality and regulatory reporting as directed. Assists with the collection and analysis of performance improvement data.
• Reviews patient treatment plan with direct caregivers and primary nurses. Offers suggestions / interventions to enhance efficiency and quality of care.
• Communicates and rounds with patients and staff as directed.
• Coordinates operations and procedures including biomedical matters, physician orders, supplies, primary nursing, and regulatory reporting as directed.
• Rounds with physicians and provides patient updates. Follows through with physician orders.
• Facilitates resolution of staff / family / patient concerns and reports to proper management as necessary.
• Utilizes order sets to timely order lab work. Monitors lab results and reports abnormal results to nephrologist.
• Assists the leader as requested with staff orientation and staff development, procedure development and revision, and patient education.

Essential Qualifications

The individual must be able to work the hours specified. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential job function satisfactorily including having visual acuity adequate to perform position duties and the ability to communicate effectively with others, hear, understand and distinguish speech and other sounds. These requirements and those listed above are representative of the knowledge, skills, and abilities required to perform the essential job functions. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions, as long as the accommodations do not cause undue hardship to the employer.

Required Education, License / Certification, or Work Experience :

Preferred Education, License / Certification, or Work Experience :

Expectations and Standards

Benefits You Need & Then Some

Avera is proud to offer a wide range of benefits to qualifying part-time and full-time employees. We support you with opportunities to help live balanced, healthy lives. Benefits are designed to meet needs of today and into the future.

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