Registered Nurse (RN) | Dialysis

Sioux Center Health; Yankton (SD); On-site; USD 93,125,760 - 138,972,288; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Student Loan Repayment

Job summary

Avera Sacred Heart Hospital is seeking a Registered Nurse to provide dialysis nursing care. The role involves administering dialysis, patient education, and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams within the hospital setting.

The position supports an on-site dialysis ward, with rotating schedules including weekends/holidays. A valid RN license in the state is required, with additional nephrology certifications preferred.

Qualifications

• Active RN license in the state of practice upon hire.

Responsibilities

• Provides dialysis treatments and maintains proficiency in procedures.
• Oversees and delegates to department staff as needed.
• Ensures water room equipment operation and safety standards are followed.
• Documents patient records per policy and regulatory requirements.
• Coordinates care with Medical Director, nephrology staff, patients and families.

Education

RN license

Job description

Work Schedule: Primarily days with rotating weekends and holidays (United States of America)

Location: Avera Sacred Heart Hospital

Worker Type: Regular

Pay Range: $32.50 - $48.50 (actual pay dependent upon experience)

Position Highlights

HOURS: MWF, 5am-5pm; Tu/Th/Sat, 5am-3pm; Every 3rd Saturday rotation

Student Loan Repayment: This position may be eligible for Avera’s Student Loan Repayment Program, which helps you pay off your loans and save money. Each month an extra payment of $167 (up to $10,000) from Avera will help pay down your principal balance faster.

A Brief Overview

Provides care and treatment to patients on maintenance dialysis. Dialysis treatment is provided within the scope of nursing practice. Home dialysis nurses provide major portions of self‑care and home dialysis training for dialysis patients and/or their caregivers.

What You Will Do

• Performs and maintains knowledge and proficiency in technical skills for dialysis treatments.
• Provides oversight and delegation to department staff.
• Understands and ensures compliance related to water room equipment operation and function.
• Complies with established departmental policies and procedures, scope of care, performance improvement activities, safety, environmental and infection control standards.
• Documents in the patient record according to departmental policy/procedure.
• Promotes and maintains documentation and an environment that is in compliance with state, federal, and regulatory agencies, including CMS/ESRD‑Renal Network, and Quality Assurance and Process Improvement efforts.
• Coordinates care of patients in collaboration with Medical Director, Nephrologist, patients, families, other nursing staff and all ancillary departments.
• Acts as a patient/family advocate. Collaborates with the patient, family, and health care providers in providing patient care.
• Identifies patient/family learning needs. Develops, implements, and evaluates an educational plan for patients. Provides patient education related to, but not limited to, the dialysis process and procedures related to that process, including care and management of dialysis accesses.

Essential Qualifications

The individual must be able to work the hours specified. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential job function satisfactorily including having visual acuity adequate to perform position duties and the ability to communicate effectively with others, hear, understand and distinguish speech and other sounds. These requirements and those listed above are representative of the knowledge, skills, and abilities required to perform the essential job functions. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions, as long as the accommodations do not cause undue hardship to the employer.

Required Education, License/Certification, Or Work Experience

• Registered Nurse (RN) – Board of Nursing. An active license in the state of practice upon hire.

Preferred Education, License/Certification, Or Work Experience

• Certified Hemodialysis Nurse (CHN) – Board of Nephrology Examiners Nursing and Technology (BONENT) upon hire or
• Certified Peritoneal Dialysis Nurse (CPDN) – Board of Nephrology Examiners Nursing and Technology (BONENT) upon hire or
• Certified Dialysis Nurse (CDN) – Nephrology Nursing Certification Commission (NNCC) upon hire or
• Specialty Certification – The American Society of Histocompatibility & Immunogenetics (ASHI) upon hire
• Dialysis experience or critical care experience
• 1–3 years nursing experience if functioning as a home dialysis nurse and an additional 3 months experience in each of the specific modalities (hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis) for which the nurse will provide self‑care training

Expectations and Standards

• Commitment to the daily application of Avera’s mission, vision, core values, and social principles to serve patients, their families, and our community.
• Promote Avera’s values of compassion, hospitality, and stewardship.
• Uphold Avera’s standards of Communication, Attitude, Responsiveness, and Engagement (CARE) with enthusiasm and sincerity.
• Maintain confidentiality.
• Work effectively in a team environment, coordinating workflow with other team members and ensuring a productive and efficient environment.
• Comply with safety principles, laws, regulations, and standards associated with, but not limited to, CMS, The Joint Commission, DHHS, and OSHA if applicable.

Benefits You Need & Then Some

Avera is proud to offer a wide range of benefits to qualifying part‑time and full‑time employees. We support you with opportunities to help live balanced, healthy lives. Benefits are designed to meet needs of today and into the future.

• PTO available day 1 for eligible hires.
• Up to 5 % employer matching contribution for retirement.
• Career development guided by hands‑on training and mentorship.

Avera is an Equal Opportunity Employer – Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, Veteran Status, or other categories protected by law. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation for help with your online application, please call 1‑605‑504‑4444 or send an email to [e-mail].