What are the responsibilities and job description for the RN - Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy position at Nemours?
The CRRT team has a NIGHTSHIFT position AVAILABLE position consisting of 72 hours biweekly, with every third weekend and holiday rotations on-call.
SIGN ON BONUS!! - up to $10,000!!!
The CRRT Registered Nurse (RN) is a clinician who is specially trained to manage patients receiving CRRT therapy and the management of all clinical components of the extracorporeal equipment and circuitry. The CRRT RN will autonomously perform CRRT therapy under the direction and in collaboration with Nephrology / Program Manager of the CRRT program. This RN will provide consistent clinical support for patients to ensure safe and efficient care delivery that includes provision of expert resourcing and clinical support for the multidisciplinary team.
Position Responsibilities
Responsible for daily, direct care and management of the CRRT device (priming, initiating, and discontinuing) in all critical care practice areas
Perform venipunctures, access central venous access devices / ports
Provides onsite clinical resourcing support for clinical nurses in all practice areas
Provide on-call clinical resourcing / emergency management
Participates in annual educational competency training for the multidisciplinary CRRT team
Responsible to provide additional extracorporeal therapies, such as apheresis and / or ECMO when the CRRT census is zero and / or therapies are performed in tandem
Responsible to provide direct patient bedside care as a Registered Nurse in a critical care environment when the CRRT census is zero
Position Requirements
BSN required
Minimum of 1-year critical care experience required; pediatric critical care preferred
Apheresis, ECMO, or dialysis experience preferred
Certification in pediatric and / or critical care nursing preferred
Nursing license in the state of Delaware or a compound state that encompasses Delaware
American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) upon hire
Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) within 90 days
