Acute Care Dialysis Nurse

Jamaica Hospital Medical Center a member of the Medisys Health Network is a 404 bed fully accredited community-based teaching hospital and Level I Trauma and Stroke Center.  We provide general medical, pediatric, and psychiatric emergency services, ambulatory care on and off-campus, ambulatory surgery, and a broad spectrum of diagnostic and treatment services. We are looking for a dedicated and experienced Acute Dialysis Nurse for immediate full-time day shift opportuning.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Responsible for providing appropriate treatment techniques for assigned patients as prescribed in all modality procedures.
• Assessing patients’ responses to treatment therapy making appropriate adjustments and modifications to the treatment plan as indicated by the appropriately credentialed physician.
• Communicating problems or concerns to appropriately credentialed physicians, patient hospital primary nurses, and others as necessary.
• Responsible for the implementation, administration, monitoring, and documentation of patient's responses to prescribed intradialytic transfusions, including appropriate notification of adverse reactions to a physician.
• Collaborating and communicating with physicians and other staff to interpret, adjust, and coordinate patient care plan to ensure continuity of care.
• Accurately recording physician orders and treatment information in the individual patient's medical record.
• Reports any significant patient information to the correct team member(s), including the physician.
• Recording and, completing required documentation.