Unit Profile: Outpatient Dialysis
Schedule
- Shift Structure: 4x10-hour shifts per week
- Hours of Operation: 5:00 AM – 9:00 PM
- Weekends: Rotating
Patient Population
- Type: Chronic adult dialysis patients
- Setting: Outpatient dialysis clinic
- Average Treatment Time: 3.5 hours per session
Unit Details
- Number of Stations: 14
- Staff-to-Patient Ratio: 1:4
- On-Call: None
- Charge Responsibilities: Expected as needed as part of the role
- Documentation/Equipment: Epic and HII/Infian
Responsibilities
- Collect patient vital signs and laboratory specimens
- Administer medications
- Initiate and terminate dialysis treatments
- Provide dialysis treatments to assigned patients
- Complete thorough documentation in EPIC and HII/Infian
- Set up and break down dialysis machines
- Clean and prepare dialysis stations after each patient treatment
Work Environment
Clinical expectations and qualifications are consistent with an acute dialysis setting; however, the primary difference is caring for chronic outpatient dialysis patients rather than acute inpatient patients.
Pay: $2,400.00 - $2,600.00 per week
Work Location: In person
