RN Lead - Acute Dialysis; Methodist

Position: RN Lead - Acute Dialysis (Methodist)
Overview To provide clinical oversight of patient care and continuity, clinical practice, quality, resource utilization, and patient outcomes surrounding Hemodialysis, Continuous Cycling Peritoneal Dialysis (CCPD), Stem Cell collection, Therapeutic Plasma Exchange (TPE), Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (CRRT), etc. for Peoria region
Qualifications

Certifications:

Basic Life Support (BLS) within 30 days - American Heart Association (AHA)
American Heart Association (AHA)
American Heart Association (AHA);
Licensed Registered Professional Nurse (RN) - Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR)
Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR)
Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR),

Education:

Bachelor's Degree:
Nursing,

Work Experience:

Responsibilities Demonstrates ability to assess, plan, facilitate, and evaluate patient care.

• Demonstrates clinical competence in caring for a wide variety of complex patients through expert assessment skills, manual and technical skills, and critical thinking abilities.
• Ensures all safety checks and daily checklists are completed on all machines including the Main Reverse Osmosis Machine
• Continually monitors Joint Commission, AAMI, standards for dialysis specific changes and implement changes accordingly.
• Continuously monitors microbiological, LAL endotoxin, and AAMI samples for all required machines, at required intervals and ensure regional compliance
• Remains current and up to date in area of nursing expertise/practice.
• Demonstrates ability to collaborate with case management team and interdisciplinary team to identify barriers to patient care.
• Recognizes and monitors trends in delivery of patient care on the unit and discusses with Director and Medical Director to determine areas of improvement and/or change.
• Demonstrates high level ability and creativity to solve complex problems to include, but not limited to, patient flow, staffing needs, and management of competing priorities/changing demands in order to meet operation efficiencies (productivity).
• Possesses knowledge and skills necessary to obtain adequate lab specimens for testing.
• Performs patient bedside lab testing and associated quality control in compliance with medical provider’s orders and hospital lab procedures/policies.

Assists in the professional growth/development, clinical knowledge/skills, and critical thinking ability of nurses and ancillary team members.

• Recognizes individual and unit education needs based on trends, quality standards, observation, and care gaps and communicates these timely to appropriate individuals.
• Ensures the clinical competencies are up today and completed for all Acute Dialysis staff
• Performs and actively assists in mentoring and managing team members in crisis situations as well as bedside education on the spot when knowledge gaps or teachable moments are identified and reports feedback timely to Nurse Manager.
• Provides timely, constructive feedback to team members on performance based on observation and chart review.
• As opportunities present, conducts bedside critical thinking exercises with nursing team members.

Demonstrates professional accountability and leadership

• Actively provides leadership and direction to achieve patient outcomes.
• Ensures that staffing is appropriate for the workload, and adjust accordingly at all regional campuses
• Holds self and others to high standards of professional practice, behavior, and actively supports Nurse Manager/Leadership decisions through actions and positive, professional communication.
• Demonstrates flexibility in schedule through coverage of weekends and/or holidays as staffing needs are identified in order to provide safe patient care.
• Develops, monitors and manages positive inter- and intra-shift related teamwork, peer relations with team members and physicians, and performs patient rounds utilizing service recovery and conflict resolution/negotiation.
• Attends developmental opportunities such as Develop U classes and appropriate leadership meetings or education as determined by the Nurse Manager.

Demonstrates ability to monitor and facilitate quality, safety and resource…