Dialysis RN

Located in the Phoenix Ariz. suburb of Gilbert the Mercy Gilbert Medical Center is a 198-bed not-for profit hospital with more than 1300 employees and almost 900 doctors on staff representing all major specialties. In 2014 Phoenix Children’s Hospital launched a 22-bed pediatric unit inside the hospital. Mercy Gilbert opened in 2006 and has been a vital part of the growing community. Today it is the fifth largest employer in Gilbert. During the fiscal year ending June 30 2016 Mercy Gilbert provided more than $24 million in community benefit. As a result of Dignity Health’s mission to deliver health care and partner with the community more than 42000 people in the East Valley were reached through community health services. For more information visit: https://www.dignityhealth.org/arizona/locations/mercygilbert.

Functions independently and consistently in the delivery of dialysis therapy to all types of patients including those in complex situations with overt and covert needs and / or complications of treatment through assessment planning implementation and evaluation. The registered nurse will be responsible to prescribe delegate and coordinate nursing care. This position requires providing care/service from a chronically ill to a critically ill through rehabilitating adolescent through geriatric patient population in a manner that demonstrates the functional/ developmental age of the individual served. The registered nurse will incorporate multiple disciplinary care and management with involved health care team members.

Minimum:

• One year RN dialysis experience
• ADN, Diploma, or foreign equivalent
• Current AZ State RN License in good standing
• Current American Heart Association BLS healthcare provider card
• American Heart Association ACLS card 
• Must have a thorough knowledge of nursing principles and procedures.
• A thorough knowledge and skills and the techniques of the nursing care of the dialysis patient
• As well as critical care patients including expertise in the use of dialysis equipment, resuscitation equipment and monitoring equipment such as EKG.
• Must demonstrate high proficiency level in the area of hemodialysis, critical care nursing assessment and intervention.

Preferred:

• • Preferred one year of critical care nursing experience, experience as a professional nurse in the acute care hospital.