RN - Acute Dialysis

RN - Dialysis

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Shift: First Shift (United States of America)

Position Highlights

Acute Dialysis offers a unique opportunity to collaborate with leading Nephrologists and healthcare teams to provide dialysis to support inpatient and emergent care in all available modalities. Be a part of an 8 bed specialized unit where focused bedside care includes patient assessments, medication, and dialysis equipment set up. Patient to nurse ratios are 2:1 in unit and 1:1 bedside with 3-4 hours treatment windows. This position offers great in unit teamwork opportunities, variety and independence with bedside and travel, and on call and travel compensation.

Shift Details:

Days (6 am - 6:30pm) call and travel required

Why Nebraska Medicine:

• Competitive Benefits including retirement match contribution, PTO accrual, tuition reimbursement
• Lead the world in transforming lives to create a healthy future for all individuals and communities through premier educational programs, innovative research and extraordinary patient care
• Forbes Magazine recognizes us in their list of America's top employers and the best employer in Nebraska

Provide, prescribe, delegate, and coordinate nursing care with other health care providers to meet holistic care needs of Acute Dialysis patients within multiple metro-area facilities. Environment of care will often be acute, but may include long term, emergent, critical, interventional, or procedural driven.

Required Qualifications:

• One year of acute hospital experience required.
• Direct patient care experience required.
• Bachelor's degree in nursing (BSN) required unless candidate meets all of the factors to qualify for Exception A or Exception B*
• Completion of required dialysis training within six months of hire required.
• Completion of Nebraska Medicine and Methodist Health Systems orientation within six months of hire required.
• Demonstrated effective communication skills required.
• Ability to demonstrate initiative, teamwork and flexibility required.
• Ability to travel to other locations in a timely manner required.
• Currently licensed as a Registered Nurse in the state of Nebraska or current compact state license required.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required, must be from an American Heart Association (AHA) endorsed program (effective for new hires starting January 1, 2023 or later).
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification within six months of hire or transfer date required.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Based on position, prior experience in one or more of the following areas including cardiology, cardiac drip management, critical care, emergency department, medical-surgical, obstetrics, cardiovascular rehabilitation, telemetry, oncology, neonatal intensive care, pediatric acute care, solid organ transplant, cath lab, EP lab, dialysis, quality assurance related to health care, perioperative and special procedures in applicable nursing specialty area preferred.
• One year of acute dialysis experience, can be substituted with 3-5 years of ICU, ED, float pool, or travel nursing or 5 years or more of chronic or home dialysis nursing preferred.
• One year of experience with Epic or Cerner charting preferred.
• One year of leadership experience (preceptor, lead nurse, patient care coordination) preferred.
• Basic critical care knowledge preferred.
• Experience with Microsoft Office applications including Word, PowerPoint, and Excel preferred Proficient with use of email applications preferred.
• Proficient with use of departmental equipment and systems such as patient care equipment, telecommunication systems, information systems, pneumatic tube system, general patient care supplies, and transport equipment preferred.
• Exception details:

EXCEPTION A: Candidate must meet all of the following: (1) has current experience directly applicable to position; (2) is deemed the best candidate for the position; and (3) written approval to hire a candidate without a BSN is received from the hiring Director, Nursing Practice Professional Development & Informatics Executive Director and Chief Nursing Officer. If a candidate is hired without a BSN after meeting these criteria, the candidate must either have 30 years of experience directly applicable to the position or sign a written agreement consenting to obtain a BSN within four years from his/her hire date.

EXCEPTION B: Candidate must meet all of the following: (1) is currently employed by Nebraska Medicine, or is eligible for rehire into a benefit eligible employment status at Nebraska Medicine within 364 days of the previous termination date; (2) hired by Nebraska Medicine before November 21, 2014, or hired by an entity acquired by Nebraska Medicine if the employee was hired before the acquisition; (3) has experience directly applicable to position; and (4) currently hold a Registered Nursing License.

Nebraska Medicine is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, marital status, sex, age, national origin, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity and protected veterans' status.