Float Acute (Inpatient) Dialysis RN

Company: DaVita
Location: Hampton
Posted on: August 1, 2022

Job Description:

Sentara Careplex-4th Floor3000 Coliseum Dr-Dialysis Room, Hampton, Virginia, 23666, United States of America This role is part of our Internal Ocean Angels Travel Team . Gain exposure to our prestigious hospital partners and learn multiple modalities of dialysis!

• Travel encompasses our mid-Atlantic Division (NC, DC, VA, WV, MD, DE). Must sit in one of these states in order to be eligible for this position.
• This is a full-time, permanent, benefit eligible position.
• Assignments vary in length but are about 12 weeks on average.
• Get paid to travel to the oceans and the mountains!
• Competitive base salary and generous shift differentialWhat you can expect:
  • Use your critical care thinking skills. Whether this is the first or a blip in their chronic treatment, our RNs are experts in educating our patients and families. You ll be able to leverage your nursing skills for patients who are often dealing with multiple co-morbidities and/or acute conditions which require unique treatment plans and the ability to leverage a broad range of nursing skills and knowledge.
  • Not just hemodialysis. Acute RNs may deliver nephrology care across multiple renal therapies: peritoneal, continuous renal replacement and apheresis.
  • Autonomy in a hospital setting. Deliver dialysis to patients at a particular hospital or group of hospitals and become an integral part of their team and ours. As a teammate in an acute setting you work on your own almost all of the time. Each day you assess, troubleshoot, and make sound decisions for critical patients. Our Hospital Services group performs 1.1M treatments annually.
  • Dynamic environment. No two days are ever the same for an acute dialysis nurse. You ll work within a variety of settings (ICU, CCU, ER and more), and you ll be able to keep learning new nursing skills on top of dialysis.
  • Schedule: Provide emergent, lifesaving care during on call shifts. Schedules vary by hospital system. For this role expect to know your weekly schedule in advance, but your daily schedule may change depending on patient needs. Must be in commutable distance based on on-call requirements.
  • The Gold Seal. As an Ambulatory Health Care accredited provider, DaVita is following and meeting the highest standards of care, providing care in line with the highest industry standards according to The Joint Commission. We expect our nurses to commit to improving patient health through clinical goal setting and quality improvement initiatives.Some additional details about this position:
    • Training may take place in a facility or a training clinic with a class of new teammates other than your assigned home clinic
    • Hours of work may vary during the training period; however, you will typically be working between 32-40 hours per week during trainingYou Must Have (aka. Requirements):
      • Hemodialysis nursing experience in an acute or chronic setting
      • Current and valid Registered Nurse (RN) license in the state where practicing
      • Willingness to work a flexible schedule with mandatory overtime required due to the nature of the acute treatment you are providing.
      • Work long days without notice
      • Ability to travel to multiple hospitals within a given area (Be sure to ask your recruiter about the commute range for this position.)
      • Experience assessing, trouble shooting and making sound recommendations in stressful situations
      • Physical Requirement: nurses often have to push/pull large hemodialysis machines around the hospital with little or no assistance
      • Associates Degree in Nursing (A.D.N) from accredited school of nursing required; Bachelor of Science in Nursing (B.S.N); three-year diploma from accredited diploma program may be substituted for nursing degree
      • Basic computer skills and proficiency in MS Word and Outlook
      • Full vaccination against COVID-19. Which may include a booster when eligible.You might also have (a.k.a. preferred, not required):
        • Medical/surgical (Med/Surg), Intensive Care Unit (ICU), Critical Care Unit (CCU), and/or Emergency Room (ER) experience
        • Certified Nephrology Nurse (CNN), Certified Dialysis Nurse (CDN) and/or Certified Hemodialysis Nurse (CHN) At DaVita, we strive to be a community first and a company second. We want all teammates to experience DaVita as "a place where I belong." Our goal is to embed Diversity & Belonging into everything we do in our Village, so that it becomes part of who we are. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and an affirmative action employer. As such, individuals are recruited, hired, assigned and promoted without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status, or any other protected characteristic. Salary/ Wage RangeCompensation for the role will depend on a number of factors, including a candidate s qualifications, skills, competencies and experience and may fall outside of the range shown. DaVita offers a competitive total rewards package, which includes a 401k match, healthcare coverage and a broad range of other benefits. Learn more at

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