Registered Nurse

Job Description

Approximately 10% of all dialysis patients reside in a Skilled Nursing Facility and are transported to dialysis three times a week placing a significant burden on patients and adding significant avoidable costs to the health care system. DSD Services teammates will have access to all the capabilities and resources DaVita has to offer, and will work to quickly leverage these to develop the infrastructure and rapidly grow the new service line.

This Registered Nurse will be based at the DaVita den on-site at Majestic Southport, located at 8549 Madison Ave, Indianapolis, IN 46227. The RN must be available to pick up shifts at other local DaVita Skilled Nursing Facility dialysis dens when coverage is needed.

Responsibilities:

• In this role, you take responsibility for the complete ongoing care of each patient to ensure their dialysis treatment stays on track.
• Patient education: RNs will conduct impactful and meaningful education to patients and their families in the SNF setting.
• Direct Patient Care:
  The RN’s primary responsibility is to independently demonstrate best practice techniques and deliver optimal dialysis care.
• Complexity:
  Meeting and/or exceeding clinical outcomes are the goals and multitasking is an expectation to meet the needs of the service, the patients and our SNF partners.
• Autonomy and Critical Thinking:
  Provide comprehensive patient care in an independent setting.

Requirements:

• Current Registered Nurse (RN) license in the state of practice;
  Minimum of 12 months' of RN experience.
• Previous Chronic Hemodialysis, Acute Dialysis and/or Peritoneal Dialysis (PD) nursing experience
• Associates Degree in Nursing (A.D.N) from accredited school of nursing required;
  Bachelor of Science in Nursing (B.S.N); three-year diploma from accredited diploma program may be substituted for nursing degree
• Basic computer skills and proficiency in MS Word and Outlook

Nice-to-Haves:

• Training/Teaching/Healthcare Education background
• Certified Nephrology Nurse (CNN) or Certified Dialysis Nurse (CDN)

What We Offer:

• Comprehensive Benefits
• Support for you and your family: family resources, EAP counseling sessions, access Headspace, backup child and elder care, maternity/paternity leave and more
• Paid training:
  DaVita offers all new dialysis teammates a robust, paid training program to help you learn the right dialysis skills.
• Opportunity for a nursing career for a lifetime.

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