Dialysis Registered Nurse, Home Hemo & Peritoneal RN - Floater - Will Cover Utah & Colorado - up to

Coverage area includes: Lone Tree and Aurora, CO and Ogden, Layton, and Logan, UT.

Candidate should live close to major airport.

Experienced Home Therapy RNs eligible for up to $7,500 signing bonus

The Home Therapy Registered Nurse -- Traveler, as qualified by federal and state regulations, travels to various U.S.

Renal Care locations to provide patient training and ongoing support for all patients choosing a home dialysis modality.

This position provides nursing relief/support for assigned programs on a temporary or short-term basis.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following.

Other duties and tasks may be assigned.

GROWTH

• Participate in and support corporate initiatives that promote improved care and increase growth of the home department.

• Understand vendor product delivery methods and associated fees.

Teach patients the importance of proper and timely order placement.

Ensure patients receive all supplies in timely manner to not disrupt care.

• Assist with clinic and patient supply inventory, ensuring usage is appropriate for patient prescriptions and place orders in timely manner to avoid fees and penalties.

• May assist with equipment management including equipment tracking and retrieval as needed.

• Perform duties as assigned to meet the patient care or operational needs of the program.

OUTCOMES

• May assist with improving patient outcomes through tracking and trending of program and patient performance, use of critical thinking skills and root cause analysis to improve patient and quality outcomes.

May assist in obtaining data for the continuous quality improvement activities.

• Obtain routine and non-routine laboratory tests as ordered and communicate critical lab values and urgent patient needs to the responsible physician or physician extender in a timely manner.

• May complete and document monthly review of patient medication profiles as directed.

Administer medications as ordered by the physician.

• Provide patient education and follow up as needed.

• Assist with program's target goals for patient outcomes in accordance with quality patient care and Company goals.

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• Knowledge of and comply with federal, state, local laws and regulations, including health care professionals practice act requirements as they pertain to home dialysis program and patient care requirements.

• Perform duties at all times within limitations established by and in accordance with company policy and procedures, applicable state and federal laws and regulations.

• Train patient (and/or care partner) in the practice of self-care Peritoneal Dialysis or Hemodialysis upon meeting federal and state regulations governing Registered Nurse qualifications.

• May conduct home visits to assess the patient's home environment per policy and as needed to improve care.

• Inform (Direct Supervisor) and program Administrator of all incidents, conditio...