Critical Care Registered Nurse

Critical Care Registered Nurse at ScionHealth summary :

As a Critical Care Registered Nurse at ScionHealth, you will provide professional nursing care to critically ill patients, focusing on those in need of renal replacement therapy. You will be responsible for assessing patient conditions, implementing dialysis orders, and collaborating with medical teams to ensure optimal patient outcomes. This vital role requires strong communication skills, attention to detail, and adherence to safety protocols in a fast-paced, acute care environment.

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 :

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