Nurse Manager

$15,000 SIGN ON BONUS AVAILABLE

Southeastern Renal Dialysis (SRD) is announcing the opening of a Nurse Manager at our West Burlington unit. This is an excellent opportunity for a motivated RN to advance their career in the specialized and fulfilling health care field of dialysis. Our mission at SRD is to provide renal dialysis services in a manner that promotes clinical excellence, patient satisfaction, and cost effectiveness.

We strive to care for and make an extraordinary difference in the lives of our patients and their families dealing with end-stage renal failure or chronic kidney disease.

As a Nurse Manager at SRD, you will assume the responsibility and accountability for providing quality patient care that is delivered while maintaining clinical operations. You will be part of a supportive and collaborative team responsible for delivering unique care plans and providing dialysis treatment to patients facing end stage renal disease or chronic kidney disease. The Nurse Manager will work in conjunction with the attending physician to provide professional nursing services to renal failure patients while providing continuous quality improvement techniques to meet the needs and exceed the expectations of all patient and staff members.

• Quality Management/Standard
• Collects data needed for meeting the requirements as indicated by the SRD Performance Improvement Plan and CMS Clinical Performance Measures.
• Implements Quality Improvement techniques to solve unit problems.
• Maintains Anemia Management per protocol monthly.
• Understands QIP standards and makes every attempt to meet them.
• Demonstrates awareness and sensitivity to the rights of patient/family.
• Maintains confidentiality of patient, personnel, and corporate information.
• Management/Leadership
• Facilitates efficient operation of unit activities through the scheduling of staff and patients.
• Works independently with limited direct supervision, using the Nurse Practice Act, nursing judgment, and professional judgment.
• Takes opportunities in clinical practice situations to develop knowledge and skills of healthcare members. Actively corrects members inappropriate practice patterns.
• Personnel Issues
• Assists Administrator in recruiting, interviewing, selecting, and hiring of all employees of the corporation.
• Directs employees in a manner to improve retention activities of the corporation.
• Develops performance appraisals on all employees, minimally annually.
• Adjusts staffing to support safe, effective care in a cost-effective manner.
• Responsible for managing staff conflicts in a manner that leads to resolutions with support from the Administrator if needed.
• Gives input to Administrator for long and short-term staffing issues.
• Provides orientation/education for staff, students, and other hospital and community organizations, as requested.
• Acts as a professional mentor/role model for health team members. Exhibits self-direction in professional growth and development.
• Clinical Practice
• Utilizes corporate information system to process orders/data and retrieve patient information.
• Serves as a resource to employees in Dialysis.
• Maintains knowledge of documentation requirements needed for patient records, under the direction of the Administrator.
• Administers nursing care to patients – assessment, planning, implementing, and evaluating the patient’s plan of care in coordination with the interdisciplinary team.
• Makes patient assignments; triages patients and problem solve using the interdisciplinary team.
• Maintains knowledge of equipment, set-up, maintenance, and use.
• Maintains ability to initiate emergency support measures, following established standards.
• Provides patient/family or caregiver education and counseling in recognition and solution of physical, emotional, and environmental health problems.
• Safety, Legal and Regulatory Requirements
• Directs health care members in the delivery of safe and effective patient care.
• Demonstrates awareness of legal issues in all aspects of patient care and unit function and strives to manage situations in a reduced risk manner, under the guidance of Administrator.
• Assumes responsibility for compliance to requirements identified…