Clinical Coordinator - Charge Registered Nurse - Dialysis
Weslaco, Texas
You'll make the shift's daily decisions as Charge Nurse, keeping patients and staff safe.
- Eligibility
- Nephrology
- Unit
- Dialysis
- Unit and setting
- Dialysis
- License
- RN license Must be registered and licensed to practice in the applicable State.registered and licensed to practice in the applicable state
- Term
- Permanent
Do you qualify?
- License
- registered and licensed to practice in the applicable state Must be registered and licensed to practice in the applicable State.
- Certification
- Certified in CPR or successfully complete course in CPR certification Certified in CPR or successfully complete course in CPR certification.
- Education
- graduate of an accredited nursing school (RN) Graduate of an accredited school of Nursing (R.N.)
- Experience
- 12 months of nursing experience Minimum of 12 months of nursing experience, plus 6 months of specialized experience providing clinical nursing care to dialysis patients, in either a chronic or acute setting.
- Experience
- 6 months of clinical nursing care to dialysis patients, chronic or acute setting
- Also asks
- good verbal and written communication skills Good communication skills - verbal and written.
- Also asks
- Ishihara color blindness test as a condition of employment Employees are required to take the Ishihara's Color Blindness test as a condition of employment.
Preferred
- Experience
- medical/surgical nursing Medical/surgical nursing preferred.
- Also asks
- supervisory or management experience Supervisory or management experience preferred.
The role and schedule
- Charge
- making daily patient care assignments Assess daily patient care needs and develop and distribute patient care assignments appropriately.
- Charge
- coordinating charge duties with relief charge RNs Coordinate Charge Nurse duties with Staff RNs acting in the relief charge capacity.
- Charge
- approving schedule changes when the administrator is out Approve or disapprove time or personnel schedule changes in the absence on the Facility Administrator
- Charge
- running the whole shift's operations Maintain overall shift operation in a safe, efficient, and effective matter.
- Charge
- primary responsibility in emergencies Assume primary responsibility in an emergency situation.
- Day to day
- monitoring patient care during dialysis Monitor and supervise all patient care activity during dialysis and assist as necessary.
- Day to day
- responding to dialysis treatments and calling concerns to the rounding physician Assess patient needs, respond to dialysis treatments, and communicate concerns to rounding physician.
- Day to day
- administering medications per physician orders Administer medications to patients per physician’s orders.
- Day to day
- admitting new patients Admit new patients according to facility procedure.
- Day to day
- patient and family teaching on ESRD, dialysis, diet and medications Ensure educational needs of patients are met and educate the patient and family about End Stage Renal Disease, dialysis therapy, diet and medication.
- Day to day
- operating dialysis and emergency equipment Operate all dialysis related and emergency equipment safely and efficiently when needed.
- Day to day
- start-up and shut-down checklists with testing Perform required testing and verification and initial the checklist for start-up and shut-down procedures as outlined in the Technical Services Manual.
- Day to day
- Nurse's Technical Training Program on water quality Complete Nurse’s Technical Training Program/Water Quality Facility
- Day to day
- training and orienting staff Train and orient staff as necessary.
- Day to day
- observing staff technique on the floor Routinely observe and guide direct patient care staff for appropriate technique and adherence to facility policies and procedures.
- Day to day
- joining staffing, hiring, firing and discipline decisions Participate in the department staffing and the appropriate hiring, firing and disciplinary actions.
- Day to day
- interviewing candidates for patient care staff Assist with the interviewing of potential direct patient care staff
- Travel
- travel between assigned facilities and community locations The position requires travel between assigned facilities and various locations within the community.
- Details
- travel to regional and corporate meetings sometimes Travel to regional, Business Unit and Corporate meetings may be required.
- Details
- exposure to infectious and contagious materials May be exposed to infectious and contagious diseases/materials.
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Your fit
Questions to ask
- Can you walk me through base pay range and differentials?
- What should I expect for shifts, weekly hours, weekend, holiday, call, and rotation?
- What orientation, preceptor time, and ongoing unit support are included?
- How are patient load, floating, and staffing support handled day to day?
On your path
Dialysis Clinics train you on the machines; acute wants chronic time first.
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Supports FMCNA's mission, vision, core values and customer service philosophy. Adheres to the FMCNA Compliance Program, including following all regulatory and FMS policy requirements. Ensure quality patient care while maintaining cost-effective clinical operations in accordance with all legal, compliance, and regulatory requirements and programs.
As the Charge Nurse, manages the daily decisions to ensure continuity of care to maintain patient and staff safety and oversees the delivery of safe effective quality outcomes. Principal duties include providing day to day guidance to direct patient care staff, ensuring compliance with all company and facility approved procedures and policies, participating in patient care plan meetings, maintaining knowledge of dialysis principles and techniques, training and orienting staff, supervising all documentation of patient information, assessing daily patient care needs, administering medications, monitoring patient condition during dialysis, educating patients and family about End Stage Renal Disease, dialysis therapy, diet and medication, and operating all dialysis related and emergency equipment safely and efficiently.
What's around it?
Weslaco, TX
Living costs about 3% below the US average