Acute Dialysis Nurse Program Coordinator

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Job Description

Must have RN dialysis experience. Position is fulltime 40 hours/week.

Coordinates operation of assigned components of Acute Dialysis program, including planning, implementing, monitoring, and improving quality of services, overseeing day-to-day operations, and maintaining fiscal accountability. Proactively supports efforts that ensure delivery of safe patient care and services and promote a safe environment at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta.

Experience

• 2 years of clinical nursing experience

• Preceptor experience strongly preferred

• One year of leadership and/or people management experience strongly preferred

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous dialysis or apheresis experience strongly preferred

• Experience in pediatrics, cardiac, neonatal, or critical care preferred

• Certified Dialysis Nurse (CDN) through Nephrology Nursing Certification Commission (NNCC) upon hire. If not CDN upon hire, strongly preferred to achieve certification within 3 years of hire. If unable to meet CDN eligibility requirements, preferred to achieve Certified Pediatric Nurse (CPN) upon meeting eligibility requirements through PNCB.

Education

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing

Certification Summary

• Licensure as a Registered Nurse in the single State of Georgia or Multi-State through the Enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact

• Basic Life Support (BLS) within 30 days of hire

• Pediatric Advance Life Support (PALS) or Pediatric Emergency Assessment Recognition and Stabilization (PEARS) within 1 year of hire

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Must possess excellent organizational, interpersonal, and communication skills

• Leadership abilities

• Must be able to successfully pass the Basic Windows Skills Assessment within 30 days of employment

Job Responsibilities

Practice (Caring for the Patient)

• Oversees daily acute dialysis program operations.

• Performs Hemodialysis priming, emergency management, and bedside clinical care under the direction of the nephrologist.

• Serves as technical expert for acute dialysis equipment, supplies, procedures, and policies.

• Coordinates and schedules patient procedures.

• Integrates values and language preferences into healthcare delivery through a culturally sensitive process.

• Utilizes clinical decision support tools and resources to recognize issues, prioritize care, and modify plan of care as needed.

• Utilizes appropriate documentation tools to record, measure, and retrieve healthcare data.

• Provides patient and family education appropriate for identified learning needs

• Utilizes resources to plan and provide nursing care that is safe, effective, and financially responsible.

Development (Fostering Clinical Knowledge)

• Participates in planning, creating, and implementing acute dialysis programs

• Oversees supervision, onboarding, training, in-services, and competency assessment of acute dialysis staff.

• Fosters professional development of others via constructive performance feedback, input, and coaching.

• Promotes growth and development of leadership skills, accountability, clinical decision making, and problem-solving within self and others.

• Pursues educational opportunities to enhance professional growth and clinical expertise for self and others.

Engagement (Engaging and Leading Professionally)

• Consults, contributes to, and coordinates care with interdisciplinary healthcare team members.

• Ensures quality customer service and effective communication with all customers and coworkers.

• Works with Kidney Transplant and Dialysis Manager and Financial Operations Manager to develop and achieve departmental budget, goals, and charge reconciliation practices.

• Demonstrates fiscal responsibility in supporting budget, productivity, and resource utilization.

• Engages in ethical practices utilizing principles from The Code of Ethics for Nurses.

• Maintains therapeutic and professional relationships with appropriate role boundaries.

• Contributes to a supportive and healthy work environment.

Outcomes (Driving Excellent Results)

• Oversees equipment maintenance and supply inventory

• Coordinates utilization of staff for effective and efficient services

• Participates in acute dialysis quality and identifies clinical process improvement opportunities.

• Gathers, analyzes, and reports data for acute dialysis performance measures to dialysis quality team

• Reviews any adverse events associated with acute dialysis and partners with nephrology and acute dialysis quality for continuous assessment and improvement.

• Actively promotes a lean work environment while encouraging adherence to lean principles and processes.

• Provides consultation as required at daily huddles.

• Integrates evidence and research findings into clinical judgement and nursing practice.

Professional Mandatory Requirements

• Completes orientation and Initial Assessment of Competency successfully by determined due date

• Completes mandatory education and annual competency assessment requirements as defined by unit and system by due date

• 75% attendance at staff meetings, if applicable

Children's Healthcare of Atlanta is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants and employees without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national origin, citizenship, age, veteran status, disability or any other characteristic covered by applicable law.

Primary Location Address

1405 Clifton Rd NE

Job Family

Nursing-Management