Clinical Nurse Pediatric Hemodialysis

Phoenix Children's; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 80,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

On-call differential

Weekend differential

Job summary

Phoenix Children's is seeking an experienced Clinical Nurse for its Outpatient Hemodialysis clinic in Phoenix. The clinic operates 6 AM - 5 PM and serves four patients at a time. Must have at least 1 year of dialysis experience or 2 years RN inpatient experience, or 1 year RN with HD CCHT.

On-call and weekend differentials apply. New grads are not considered. Responsibilities include nursing assessments, ongoing patient education, coordinating care with families, and supervising team members to

Qualifications

• Completes nursing assessment of patient conditions and factors to determine treatment plan adherence.
• Continually evaluates patient responses to care and documents progress for clinical teams.

Responsibilities

• Completes nursing assessment of patient conditions and factors to determine initial treatment plan adherence.
• Continuously evaluates patient responses to care, teaching, and discharge plans, and documents progress.
• Contributes to team by performing activities within regulatory standards and documentation.
• Provides orientation to the unit, hospital systems, and processes to patients and families.
• Supervises care activities of assigned team members and delegates tasks appropriately.
• Works with care teams to plan and coordinate patient health status and care rounds.

Skills

Nursing assessment

Patient education

Team supervision

On-call duties

Education

RN license

Job description

Department: PCH-MAIN | Hemodialysis-Outpatient

Location: Phoenix

Shift: Mon-Fri, Sat, (Days Vary), Days, 5am-3:30pm

Category: Nursing

Posting #: 1051162

Employee Type: Full-Time

Position Summary

Phoenix Children's is hiring an experienced Clinical Nurse for our Outpatient Hemodialysis clinic! The clinic is open from 6 AM - 5 PM; The clinic supports 4 patients at any one time throughout the day. Nurses will provide education, and care for the patients who come multiple times a week for treatment. Incumbent must have at least 1 year of dialysis experience or 2 years RN inpatient experience or 1 year RN experience along with HD CCHT (Tech) experience to be considered. Experience with Fresenius 2008 T machines highly preferred. Call responsibilities required. On call and weekend differential do apply. Must have at least 1 year of experienced as an Hemodialysis trained RN. New Grads will not be considered.

Position Duties

• Completes nursing assessment of patient conditions consistent with age and condition, including physical, psychological, social, developmental, and educational factors, to determine initial level of compliance with treatment plan per policy and unit guidelines. Performs ongoing patient and family assessments and identifies variations from diagnoses.
• Continually evaluates patient responses to care, teaching, and discharge plans. Documents patient progress in appropriate charts and shares observations and assessment outcomes with healthcare team and families to ensure timely communication and understanding of patient health status, progress, and ongoing needs.
• Contributes to team effort by accomplishing required activities within established parameters to ensure compliance with all applicable medication, storage and documentation standards, regulations, and requirements.
• Provides orientation to the unit, hospital systems, and processes to patients and family members to ensure familiarity with unit’s policies and requirements.
• Supervises patient care activities of assigned team members and delegates activities appropriate to knowledge, skill, and competency. Provides timely feedback and review of care delivery to ensure maintenance of patient safety, infection control procedures, therapeutic environment, and team members’ performance level, maintaining confidentiality as appropriate.
• Works collaboratively with patient care team and family members to establish and implement plan of care to ensure coordination of activities and ongoing communication of patient health status. Participates in patient care rounds and patient care conferences as appropriate.
• Fosters a positive learning environment by modeling best practices and patient-centered care while providing guidance, training, and support to students and new employees through mentorship, clinical instruction, and knowledge sharing
• Performs miscellaneous job related duties as requested.

Phoenix Children's Mission, Vision, & Values

Mission

To advance hope, healing and the best healthcare for children and their families

Vision

Phoenix Children's will be the leading pediatric health system in the Southwest, nationally recognized for exceptional care, innovative research and advanced medical education.

We realize this vision by:

• Offering the most comprehensive care across ages, communities and specialties
• Investing in innovative research, including emerging treatments, tools and technologies
• Advancing education and training to shape the next generation of clinical leaders
• Advocating for the health and well-being of children and families

Values

• We place children and families at the center of all we do
• We deliver exceptional care, every day and in every way
• We collaborate with colleagues, partners and communities to amplify our impact
• We set the standards of pediatric healthcare today, and innovate for the future
• We are accountable for making the highest quality care accessible and affordable