Registered Nurse (RN) - ECC Emergency Care

Registered Nurse (RN) - ECC Emergency Care at ScionHealth summary :

A Registered Nurse (RN) in the Emergency Care Center (ECC) provides critical care and renal replacement therapy for patients with chronic illnesses. The nurse is responsible for assessing and documenting patient conditions, implementing dialysis orders, and ensuring safe administration of treatments under the supervision of healthcare professionals. This role requires a Bachelor’s degree in Nursing, a current RN license, and experience in dialysis care.

Description

ScionHealth is committed to a culture of service excellence as demonstrated by our employees' adherence to the service excellence principles of Pride, Teamwork, Compassion, Integrity, Respect, Fun, Professionalism, and Responsibility.

As our most acute level of care, our specialty hospitals offer the same critical care patients receive in a traditional hospital or intensive care unit , but for an extended recovery period. Our clinicians play a vital role in the recovery process for chronic, critically ill and medically complex patients.

As a Dialysis Registered Nurse / RN you will :

• The Dialysis Registered Nurse / RN provides professional nursing care to patients of the Hospital and under the license of the Hospital in need of renal replacement therapy.
• This position reports directly to the Dialysis Program Manager or Dialysis Supervisor for the respective facility.
• Documents patient's physical assessment, vital signs, patients treatment reviews and observations in patient medical records; brings issues to the attention of the physician and primary nurse.
• Documents, evaluates and implements dialysis orders.
• Analyzes patient assessments, dialysis orders, laboratory results and discusses issues with the nephrologist.
• Communicates emergencies, patient life-threatening complications, and related incidents to supervisor, hospital staff, and the patient's physician.
• Provides initiation and discontinuation of the prescribed renal replacement therapy, including but not limited to formulating a plan per physician orders, verifying safety measures are in place and complied with, administering medications or other appropriate treatments, and documenting all activity appropriately on the hemodialysis flow sheet or hospital EMR.

Qualifications

Keywords :

Registered Nurse, Dialysis Nurse, Emergency Care, Renal Replacement Therapy, Critical Care, Patient Care, Healthcare, Chronic Illness, Acute Care, Nursing