Renal Staff Nurse

Overview

This position is responsible for the delivery of all dialysis related nursing services for the End Stage Renal Disease patient in a chronic setting.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

The following duties and responsibilities generally reflect the expectations of this position but are not intended to be all inclusive.

• Supervises and performs direct patient care including but not limited to taking and monitoring vital signs, initiation and termination of dialysis, documentation, physical assessment of patients and patient treatments, taking and transcription of physician’s orders, drawing and documentation or ordered laboratory work
• Notes signs of trauma, patient’s general physical and mental condition, reviews dialysis orders, documents observations in patient medical records
• Analyzes patient assessments, laboratory data and, when concerns are noted, brings issues to the attention of the physician
• Communicates all emergencies, patient life-threatening complications and related incidents to supervisor, Medical Director, Regional Operations Manager and Facility Administrator
• Assesses patient and family learning readiness and provides appropriate information on renal disease, prescribed dialysis treatment, and medical regimen and its impact on the patient’s state of health and well-being
• Provides dialysis therapy, including but not limited to formulating dialysis plan per physician orders, weight and rate of ultrafiltration, verifying safety measures are in place and complied with, administering medications or other appropriate treatments, discontinuing dialysis according to established procedure, documenting all activity appropriately
• Instructs patients on pre- and post-dialysis care
• Administers patient quality care in a considerate, respectful manner
• Participates in the development and implementation of the patient’s short and long term plan of care and monthly progress note

Minimum Qualifications

Education, licenses, certifications, and experience required to fulfill the essential duties, including computer skills as required.

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DaVita Inc. (NYSE : DVA), a FORTUNE 500 company, is a leading global healthcare provider, with approximately 77,000 teammates working across 15 countries to provide industry-leading care to 285,000 dialysis patients within our 3,215 clinics. In Malaysia, DaVita is the #1 private dialysis provider, with more than 650 teammates serving over 3800 patients in our 70+ clinics nationally. We aspire to grow to 100+ clinics in the coming years and establish ourselves as the clear industry leader, which will create opportunities for our teammates to step up in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.

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