Pediatric Hemodialysis Clinical Nurse

Phoenix Children's Hospital; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 78,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

Phoenix Children's Hospital is seeking an experienced Clinical Nurse for our Outpatient Hemodialysis clinic, open 6 AM–5 PM. The clinic supports 4 patients at a time, with care delivered to patients visiting multiple times weekly.

Responsibilities include patient education, treatment, and collaboration with the healthcare team to deliver evidence-based nursing care aligned with hospital standards. On-call and weekend differential apply.

Qualifications

• 1 year of dialysis experience or 2 years RN inpatient experience or 1 year RN with HD CCHT experience to be considered
• Experience with Fresenius 2008 T machines highly preferred
• On-call and weekend differential apply

Responsibilities

• Completes nursing assessments and plans of care according to patient age and condition.
• Evaluates patient responses and documents progress for healthcare team and families.
• Ensures compliance with medication, storage and documentation standards.
• Provides unit orientation to patients and families on policies and processes.
• Supervises care delivery and provides feedback to team members.
• Collaborates with care team and families to coordinate care and plan of care.
• Mentors students and new staff in best practices and patient-centered care.
• Performs miscellaneous duties as requested

Skills

Dialysis experience

RN inpatient experience

HD CCHT (Tech)

Fresenius 2008 T machines

On-call readiness

Job description

Position Summary

Posting Note: 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.

This position works in collaboration with the healthcare team, patient and family to promote patient health through delivery of professional nursing care appropriate to patients age and condition as documented in the nursing and medical plans of care in accordance with evidence-based nursing and patient care practice standards and hospital goals, values and regulatory standards.

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