RN Lead - Acute Dialysis (Methodist)

• Demonstrates clinical competence in caring for a wide variety of complex patients through expert assessment skills, manual and technical skills, and critical thinking abilities.
• Ensures all safety checks and daily checklists are completed on all machines including the Main Reverse Osmosis Machine
• Continually monitors Joint Commission, AAMI, standards for dialysis specific changes and implement changes accordingly.
• Continuously monitors microbiological, LAL endotoxin, and AAMI samples for all required machines, at required intervals and ensure regional compliance
• Remains current and up to date in area of nursing expertise/practice.
• Demonstrates ability to collaborate with case management team and interdisciplinary team to identify barriers to patient care.
• Recognizes and monitors trends in delivery of patient care on the unit and discusses with Director and Medical Director to determine areas of improvement and/or change.
• Demonstrates high level ability and creativity to solve complex problems to include, but not limited to, patient flow, staffing needs, and management of competing priorities/changing demands in order to meet operation efficiencies (productivity).
• Possesses knowledge and skills necessary to obtain adequate lab specimens for testing.
• Performs patient bedside lab testing and associated quality control in compliance with medical provider's orders and hospital lab procedures/policies.

• Recognizes individual and unit education needs based on trends, quality standards, observation, and care gaps and communicates these timely to appropriate individuals.
• Ensures the clinical competencies are up today and completed for all Acute Dialysis staff
• Performs and actively assists in mentoring and managing team members in crisis situations as well as bedside education on the spot when knowledge gaps or teachable moments are identified and reports feedback timely to Nurse Manager.
• Provides timely, constructive feedback to team members on performance based on observation and chart review.
• As opportunities present, conducts bedside critical thinking exercises with nursing team members.

• Actively provides leadership and direction to achieve patient outcomes.
• Ensures that staffing is appropriate for the workload, and adjust accordingly at all regional campuses
• Holds self and others to high standards of professional practice, behavior, and actively supports Nurse Manager/Leadership decisions through actions and positive, professional communication.
• Demonstrates flexibility in schedule through coverage of weekends and/or holidays as staffing needs are identified in order to provide safe patient care.
• Develops, monitors and manages positive inter- and intra-shift related teamwork, peer relations with team members and physicians, and performs patient rounds utilizing service recovery and conflict resolution/negotiation.
• Attends developmental opportunities such as Develop U classes and appropriate leadership meetings or education as determined by the Nurse Manager.

• Ensures compliance with Joint Commission, AAMI, FDA, CMS, IDPH and OSHA standards with all aspects of hemodialysis, CRRT, peritoneal dialysis, plasma pheresis, and autologous stem cell collections.
• Drives and assists in unit specific performance improvement initiates and quality metrics such as Core Measures.
• Actively identifies areas of improvement related to resource consumption such as, but not limited to, length of stay, transition of IV to PO medications, transfer to lower level of care/discharge.
• Assists team members with identification of events to be reported (RL Solutions) as well as updates Director in a timely manner.
• Provides guidance, input, and/or assistance in development of protocols/standards/policy/practice guidelines both unit specific and organizationally
• Drives quality measures through active auditing and preventative measures, development and dissemination of education/information, holding team members accountable
• Actively participates in performance improvement/research/evidence based initiatives for the unit (LEAN).

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