Dialysis Registered Nurse

NITELINES USA, INC

Dialysis Registered Nurse

San Antonio, TX
Full Time
Paid
  • Responsibilities

    Established in 1994, NiteLines USA has successfully delivered contract support services to more than 144 government institutions and medical treatment facilities across the country. Work with a dedicated and caring organization and start doing your life's best work.

    Pay: $43.00 per hour.

    Hours: Multiple shifts available.

    Benefits:

    • Health insurance.
    • Dental insurance.
    • Vision insurance.
    • 401k
    • 11 paid federal holidays.
    • Paid sick leave.
    • Paid vacation.

    Locations: Brooke Army Medical Center

    Duties:

    • Dialysis Expertise: Proficiently performs hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, and continuous veno-venous hemofiltration (CVVH) in critical care and outpatient settings, operating various dialysis equipment models (fixed & portable, CRRT machines, peritoneal dialysis cyclers). Maintains knowledge of AAMI standards for water treatment, including RO systems, testing, disinfection, and interpreting/reporting results.
    • Critical Care Nursing: Provides professional nursing care to critically ill patients, including assessment, identification of urgent/emergent needs, and independent modification of care plans per protocols/physician orders to meet dynamic patient conditions.
    • Emergency Response: Initiates resuscitation measures during emergencies, including CPR and medication administration (electrolytes, vasopressors, cardiac medications), assists with procedures like cardioversion and line insertion, and proficiently uses monitoring equipment and airway adjuncts.
    • Renal Failure Management: Delivers comprehensive nursing care to acute and chronic renal failure patients (inpatient/outpatient), including vital signs monitoring, dialysis initiation/termination, physical assessment, order management, lab collection, and documentation. Proficient in vascular access cannulation and care (AV fistula/graft/catheter).
    • Medication Administration: Administers medications and blood products according to policies, including IV iron, ESAs, vitamin D analogs, chemotherapy agents, and biologics.
    • Patient Education & Care Coordination: Provides individualized education on renal disease management (self-care, fluids, medications, dialysis, transplant, access care) and general health maintenance. Participates in interdisciplinary care conferences, recommends dialytic prescription modifications, coordinates care among providers, and maintains patient records.
    • Dialysis Machine Preparation: Sets up dialysis machines, performs function tests, primes dialyzers, and prepares dialysate per physician orders.
    • Quality & Safety: Maintains licensure/certifications, completes required training (emergency drugs, blood products, infection control, patient safety, safe handling of dialysis agents/chemotherapy), participates in process improvement, and follows established standards/protocols to ensure safe/quality care.
    • Mentorship: Assists in training fellows, residents, students, and other nursing staff in the care of dialysis patients.

    Qualifications:

    • Associates degree of nursing. Graduate from a college or university accredited by Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN), the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE).
    • BLS and ACLS certification.
    • Must maintain a current, active, and unrestricted license from any U.S. State, District of Columbia, U.S. territory or U.S. jurisdiction to provide healthcare within the scope of practice for a specific health care discipline.
    • The RN shall have at least one (1) year of full-time experience working as a Hemodialysis RN in the last 2 years, post-graduation, in an acute or chronic dialysis setting. Shall complete the BAMC Telemetry test and Chemotherapy training within the first 60 days of employment.
    • Skill setting up, operating, and monitoring specialized medical equipment: IV infusion pumps, cardiac monitoring devices.
    • Monitor patient responses to treatment.

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