Pediatric Nurse II- Dialysis

• Performs as a partner in the Dialysis Unit care management team
• Provides coordination and management of patient care to pediatric patients and families within a continuum of care
• Delegates patient care activities as appropriate within a care management assignment
• Assumes direct care responsibilities of a Dialysis Pediatric Nurse
• Shares in the on-call rotation with other dialysis nursing staff
• Applies principles of growth and development in obtaining assessment data
• Communicates in manner most appropriate for child and family
• Identifies and acts upon overt and covert cues of physical, psychosocial and cognitive parameters for an individual
• Makes independent nursing decisions and integrates medical plan of care
• Understands and satisfies the needs of the neonatal, infant, toddler, pre-school, school-age, adolescent and/or adult patient in regard to their growth and development process
• Collaborates with physicians and others to implement care management plans
• Delegates patient care activities within a care management assignment
• Assesses progress of patient toward established nursing outcomes
• Records variances
• Communicates with care team when outcomes are not met
• Involved in regulatory preparedness for Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) regulations and continuous effort to maintain a state of readiness for ongoing compliance for unannounced surveys
• Understands/applies basic learning principles to both children and adults
• Is aware of available resources
• Familiar with content in teaching plans
• Executes teaching plan
• Utilizes available resources, both written and consultant
• Evaluates effectiveness of own teaching
• Is accountable for the completion of teaching
• Participates in Home Visits for patients that have or will train to perform home dialysis treatments to assess home environment and reassess need for re-training
• Administers hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis
• Participates in Home Visits for any new peritoneal patients, or patients experiencing frequent infections or a recent move to location
• Must be able to demonstrate knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served
• Must demonstrate knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span and possess the ability to assess data reflective of the patient's status and interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each patient's requirements relative to his/her age-specific needs, and to provide the care needed as described in the department's policies and procedures
• May participate in needs assessment

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing
• A license to practice professional nursing in the State of Wisconsin
• Current CPR certification - Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providers through American Heart or American Red Cross
• 2 years nursing experience

Dialysis experience in HD and PD preferred

$5,000 Sign-On Bonus