Download staff registered nurse - Puget Sound Kidney Centers

STAFF REGISTERED NURSE
POSITION DESCRIPTION
General Statement of Duties: The staff registered nurse (RN) is responsible for the provision of quality
dialysis care for the Puget Sound Kidney Centers (PSKC) patients and its documentation following
established PSKC standards and practices and in compliance with the Washington State Nurse Practice Act.
QUALIFICATIONS
Education: Evidence of graduation from an accredited school of nursing. Bachelor’s degree in nursing
preferred.
Licensure & Certification: Current licensure from the Washington State Board of Nursing.
Experience: Dialysis experience preferred but not required; comprehensive dialysis-training provided.
Skills & Abilities
 Ability to work any 3 days per week (Monday through Saturday) for 13 hour schedules. Able to
work any shift between 4:00 AM and 11:00 PM, and rotate shifts. Able to maintain excellent
attendance consistently.
 Ability to work at any PSKC facility: Smokey Point, Everett, and Mountlake Terrace, with possible
occasional short assignments to Whidbey Island. Able to maintain excellent attendance and
punctuality.
 Able to successfully complete initial training and preceptoring, including passing all tests with an
80% score. Independent study requires an average two hours daily during the initial three weeks of
training.
 Can identify, assess, and resolve problems in a timely fashion.
 Can develop and maintain effective working relationships with all individuals encountered in the
work environment.
 Can maintain up-to-date records in a neat and orderly manner.
 Computer Skills; electronic medical records experience desirable.
 Can understand, adapt to, apply, and communicate policy and procedural changes.
 Read, write, speak, and understand English for the purpose of following written policies and
procedures, documentation, and communicating with others in a work setting.
 Approach work requirements in a consistent, well-organized, and timely manner.
 Can react calmly and effectively in emergency situations.
 Can maintain quality control standards.
 Able to be a positive team player.
 Differentiate color schemes.
 Able to work with people in a caring, tactful, and diplomatic manner.
REQUIREMENTS
Physical Demands
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Required to stand and walk for long periods of
time during a 10 - 13 hour shift.
Lifting, positioning, or physically moving
patients.
Pushing patient beds and other medical
equipment.
Frequently reaching, bending, kneeling, or
stooping, and other range of motion activities.
Lifting 30-50 lb. containers or boxes.
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Identify colors of medication and/or solutions, interpret
typed or handwritten documentation, and
identify labels appropriately.
Visual acuity to discern changes in patient’s
skin and/or blood color, differentiate between
Hearing acuity, within correctable to normal
range, to communicate effectively with others,
to discern changes in patient conditions and to
hear equipment alarms.
Manual dexterity sufficient to manipulate
medical records, equipment, and perform
other essential job functions.
Required to work up to 13 continuous hours.
Mental Demands
 Occasional stress from dealing with ill people.
 Interpret laboratory reports of test results.
Work Habits
 Regular attendance
 Prompt
 Accurate
 Self-motivated
 Attentive to detail
 Dependable
 Alert and aware
 Maintains work area in a clean
and orderly manner
Other Requirements
 Maintain the confidentiality of patient, employee and PSKC information.
 Comply with all PSKC and departmental policies and procedures.
 Maintenance of skills must be accomplished by attendance at PSKC in-service educational offerings
and approved outside continuing educational opportunities.
 Successfully complete the PSKC Patient Care Training and Orientation course.
 Responsible for adherence to employment policies and nursing care policies and practices.
 Nurse is also responsible to the PSKC patient and the patient's physician for delivery of quality
nursing care, as defined by PSKC Officers, Directors, and Department Heads.
 Must be able to work well with others, and should exhibit:
A. A commitment to dependability.
B. A consistent ability to approach work requirements in a methodical manner.
C. An ability to work through periods of occasional fatigue.
EQUIPMENT USED
 Hemodialysis machine
 Cardiac monitor
 Automatic and manual BP cuffs
 Standard office equipment
 Centrifuge
 Stethoscope
 Computer equipment
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IV pump
Thermometer
Standard office equipment
WORK ENVIRONMENT
 Regularly exposed to the risk of bloodborne, respiratory and airborne diseases.
 Exposure to industrial and pharmacological hazards as defined in various Material Safety Data
Sheets (MSDS).
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Position Description
May 10, 2017
Contact with patients under a wide variety of circumstances; including unpredictable situations.
The work environment is a combination of a relatively quiet office and busy treatment areas.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
 Punctual arrival to work on scheduled workdays.
 Identify, plan, and implement plan to meet primary patient's dialysis needs.
 Initiate hemodialysis treatment to assigned patients, according to PSKC procedures, using fistula
needles, and central line catheters.
 Maintain daily clinical records with accurate and legible documentation.
 Provide primary patient teaching in the areas of:
o Fluid and electrolyte balances.
o Dietary restrictions.
o Laboratory values.
o Patient medications.
o Hemodialysis procedures.
 Monitor and discontinue dialysis treatment according to PSKC procedure.
 Maintain accurate and current patient treatment care plan.
 Provide appropriate intervention during an emergency situation.
 Provide leadership and appropriate supervision to Dialysis Technicians.
 Provide appropriate intervention during a hemodialysis crisis.
 Maintain accurate and current patient medication lists on assigned patients.
 Attend staff meetings and patient care conferences when scheduled.
 Maintain communication lines between patient and medical team. Refer patient needs to members of
medical team as necessary.
 Participate in orientation and training of new employees.
 Provide exemplary demonstrations of job skill and technique, by sharing expertise with the trainee;
encourage thorough acquisition of job skills and knowledge.
OTHER FUNCTIONS
 Other duties and/or tasks that may be assigned on an as-needed basis.
JOB RELATIONSHIPS
Supervision by:
Supervision Exercised:
Promotion to:
Interpersonal Relationships:
Director of Nursing Services or Direct Care Manager
Dialysis Technicians
No formal line of promotion.
Frequent interaction with co-workers, patients, physicians and their
medical office staff, and occasional interaction with family members.
NOTICE REQUIREMENTS: To resign this position in good standing, the RN must give thirty (30) days
notice, in writing, to the Director of Nursing or Direct Care Manager. Employees who have successfully
completed their orientation period and provided this advance notice of resignation will receive the value
of any accrued Personal Time-Off (PTO).
This position description is not an employment contract. Management has the exclusive right to alter
this position description at any time without notice.