Registered Nurse - RN - Dialysis Coordinator

Registered Nurse (RN) Dialysis Coordinator

Job Type: Full-Time | Days

Schedule: 8 hour shifts | 8am-5pm or 7am-4pm

Your Experience Matters at Canyon Vista Medical Center

Canyon Vista Medical Center is part of Lifepoint Health, a diversified healthcare delivery network with facilities coast to coast. We are driven by a profound commitment to prioritize your well-being so you can provide exceptional care to others. At Canyon Vista Medical Center, we are driven by a profound commitment to prioritize your well-being so you can provide exceptional care to others. Here, you're not just valued as an employee, but as a person. As a registered nurse (RN) joining our team, you're embracing a vital mission dedicated to making communities healthier. Join us on this meaningful journey where your skills, compassion, and dedication will make a remarkable difference in the lives of those we serve.

More about our team

At Canyon Vista Medical Center, our Dialysis Registered Nurses play a vital role in improving the lives of patients with acute and chronic kidney conditions. As part of a collaborative healthcare team, you will deliver specialized, patient-centered dialysis care while supporting individuals through some of their most critical health challenges.

Located in the beautiful high desert of Sierra Vista, Arizona, Canyon Vista Medical Center offers the opportunity to practice advanced nursing care in a community-focused environment where your expertise is valued, your voice is heard, and your contributions directly impact patient outcomes. Our commitment to providing exceptional specialty care close to home allows patients to receive the treatment they need while remaining connected to the people and community they love. Inspired by the hospital's focus on local access to specialized urologic and kidney-related services, patients can receive care without having to travel far from home.

How You'll Contribute

The Dialysis Program Coordinator is a Registered Nurse responsible for the coordination, implementation, operation, and growth of the hospital's inpatient dialysis program, with a primary focus on the Tablo Hemodialysis System. This position serves as both a direct patient care provider and program coordinator, performing dialysis treatments while overseeing program operations, regulatory compliance, quality improvement initiatives, staff education, equipment maintenance, and water quality management.

The Dialysis Program Coordinator functions as the organization's clinical and operational expert for acute dialysis services and Tablo therapy, collaborating with physicians, nursing leadership, interdisciplinary teams, and vendor partners to ensure safe, effective, evidence-based care for patients requiring renal replacement therapy.

This role is accountable for the overall success, sustainability, utilization, and regulatory readiness of the dialysis program.

Essential Functions

• Performs acute hemodialysis treatments utilizing the Tablo Hemodialysis System and other approved dialysis equipment.
• Conducts pre-treatment, intra-treatment, and post-treatment patient assessments.
• Initiates, monitors, manages, and discontinues dialysis treatments.
• Recognizes and responds appropriately to patient complications and changes in clinical condition.
• Collaborates with nephrologists, tele nephrologist, intensivists, hospitalists, and nursing staff regarding treatment plans and patient care needs.
• Provides patient and family education related to dialysis therapies and renal disease management.
• Documents treatments and patient responses accurately within the electronic medical record.
• Assists with dialysis scheduling and prioritization of patient treatments.
• Participates in call coverage and emergency dialysis services as needed.
• Serves as a resource and mentor to nursing staff involved in dialysis patient care.

Why join us:

We believe that investing in our employees is the first step to providing excellent patient care. In addition to your base compensation, this position also offers:

• Comprehensive Benefits: Multiple levels of medical, dental and vision coverage with medical plans starting at just $10 per pay period tailored benefit options for part-time and PRN employees, and more.
• Financial Protection & PTO: Life, accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity insurance, short- and long-term disability, paid family leave and paid time off.
• Financial & Career Growth: Higher education and certification tuition assistance, loan assistance and 401(k) retirement package and company match.
• Employee Well-being: Mental, physical, and financial wellness programs (free gym memberships, virtual care appointments, mental health services and discount programs).
• Professional Development: Ongoing learning and career advancement opportunities.

What we're looking for:

Applicants should have a current Arizona or compact state RN license and possess an associate's degree from an accredited nursing school. Additional requirements include:

• Minimum two (2) years of acute care nursing experience preferred.
• Minimum two (2) years of dialysis, CRRT, or renal replacement therapy experience preferred.
• Demonstrated experience performing acute hemodialysis treatments.
• Experience with the Tablo Hemodialysis System preferred.
• Leadership, educator, charge nurse, preceptor, or coordinator experience preferred

More About Canyon Vista Medical Center

People are our passion and purpose. Come work where you are appreciated for who you are not just what you can do. Canyon Vista Medical Center is located in Sierra Vista, Arizona and is a 106 bed Joint Commission Accredited offering a number of specialty services. We are proud to serve our community with a Level III Trauma unit, Center of Excellence for Total Joint Replacement, Level I Nursery, American College of Radiology Accredited Facility, as well as many other state of the art services to ensure our patients are cared for.

EEOC Statement:

Canyon Vista Medical Center is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Canyon Vista Medical Center is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity for all applicants and employees and complies with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination and harassment in employment.