Registered Nurse-Dialysis

Dialysis Registered Nurse (RN)The Dialysis Registered Nurse (RN) is a professional nurse with specialized knowledge and skills who demonstrates leadership when providing, directing, and improving care for patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD), acute kidney injury (AKI), and late-stage chronic kidney disease (CKD). Duties include but are not limited to:Responsible and accountable for providing and directing effective dialysis nursing care to individual and groups of patients for an aging, adult population.Clinically and administratively accountable to the Dialysis Unit Nurse Manager.Documents observations, assessments, and changes in patient's condition.Collaborates with health team members to facilitate positive patient care outcomes.Provides a full range of nursing care to patients with a variety of physical and/or behavior problems.Demonstrates clinical practice and skills, problem-solving skills, and decision-making skills.Considers all characteristics of the individual, including sex and sex role identification, age and life stage, state of health, race and culture, socio-economic status, values and previous experience with similar events, in order to assist each patient to identify and meet basic health needs and improve his/her health status to the individual's maximum.Demonstrates knowledge of VA policies, procedures and clinical protocols.Influences outcomes by collaborating with members of the interdisciplinary team. Core elements of performance includes knowledge and active participation in unit / program level quality improvement processes, initiatives, and customer service.Takes initiative in developing and evaluating unit level and/or disease specific to standards of care, policies, procedures and nursing programs that guide nursing practice and/or measure performance.Manages Acute and Chronic Hemodialysis treatments.Set up and checks dialysis equipment and ensure it is operating properly, making or reporting necessary corrections to appropriate personnel.Provides and documents in electronic medical record patient education.Initiates and discontinues dialysis treatment for patients with perm catheters, fistulas, grafts, and temporary accesses per Provider instructions.Must be poised and articulate in communicating with people of varied educational levels and varied ethnic backgrounds.Responsible for ensuring his/her actions contribute to a mode of continued accreditation readiness regarding Joint Commission (TJC), Office of Inspector General (OIG), Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF), VA surveyors, Laboratory College of American Pathologists (CAP), and other survey teams.Consistently protects printed and electronic files containing sensitive data in accordance with the provisions of the Privacy Act of 1974 and other applicable laws, federal regulations, statues and policy, and VHA policy.VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package: VA Nurse Total RewardsPay: Competitive salary, regular salary increases, potential for performance awardsPaid Time Off: 50 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year)Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VAInsurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)Licensure: 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territoryWork Schedule: Full-Time, Days and Evenings, some weekends, and on-call per the needs of the facility.Compressed/Flexible: Not availableTelework: Not availableVirtual: This is not a virtual position.Financial Disclosure Report: Not Required.Notifications:This position is not a Bargaining Unit position.Current and former Federal employees must submit copies of their most recent SF-50 (Notice of Personnel Action). The SF-50 must identify the position title, series, grade, step, tenure and type of service (Competitive or Excepted). In some cases, more than one SF-50 may be required to show a higher grade previously held.This position is in the Excepted Service.The salary is based on the grade and step approved for the selected candidate.