RN Dialysis Manager - Full-time / Part-time

The Manager of Dialysis Services is a registered professional nurse who directs and coordinates the overall activities of the Dialysis Unit to provide an optimum level of care within the unit. He/She guides patient-centered care by Joint Commission, physician orders, nursing and departmental guidelines, and other regulatory agencies.

Dialysis Duties/Competencies

Performs ongoing, systematic collection and analysis of patient data pre-, during, and post-treatment for assigned patients and documents in the patient medical record, adjusts or modifies the treatment plan as indicated, and notifies inpatient program manager, appropriately credentialed physicians, patient's primary nurse and others as may be indicated.

Ensures nephrology physician orders for assigned patients are received and entered in the medical record.

Enters all treatment data into the designated medical record thoroughly, accurately, and promptly.

Performs the implementation, administration, monitoring, and documentation of patient's response to prescribed intradialytic transfusions, including appropriate notification of adverse reactions to physician and appropriate blood supplier.

Promotes infection control, equipment, and environmental safety.

Minimum Education

Graduate of a school of Nursing with a current State license

Minimum: Associate Degree or Diploma Required

Certifications:

Basic Life Support (BLS) - required upon hire and continuously thereafter

Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) - required within 6 months of hire and continuously thereafter.

Licenses: TX or Compact State License (if lives outside of TX)