Home Hemodialysis Dialysis Registered Nurse at Froedtert South, Inc. – Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin

Coordinates and provides specialized nursing care to patients receiving home hemodialysis, with primary responsibility for patient training, ongoing assessment, education, and support for home-based dialysis therapies. Serves as a clinical resource for home hemodialysis patients and the interdisciplinary care team while ensuring compliance with CMS, ESRD Conditions for Coverage, and organizational standards.

• Froedtert Pleasant Prairie Hospital
• Clinics

• Associate Degree: Nursing

• Minimum of 12 months RN experience with minimum 6 months home dialysis experience required; dialysis, nephrology, home health, or chronic disease management experience preferred.

• Current BLS and/or CPR certification from the American Heart Association or American Red Cross or the ability to obtain certification within 90 days of hire.
• Licensure to be eligible to practice as a Registered Nurse or Graduate Nurse in the State of Wisconsin.

• N/A

• Knowledge of CMS ESRD Conditions for Coverage related to home dialysis.
• Ability to read, write, hear, speak and comprehend the English language.
• The physical, technical and cognitive ability as well as the manual dexterity, to use patient care equipment.
• Basic computer skills.

1. Responsible for the day-to-day operation of the home hemodialysis training facility.
2. Provide patient, family, and support person, or persons, training for home-based dialysis.
3. Complete regular assessments to monitor patients’ progress in managing home-based dialysis.
4. Provides on-call services to patients during off hours and as regularly scheduled.
5. Provides training for self-cannulation techniques, (AVF, AVG, Buttonhole, and catheter access) assessment, and care for access.
6. Provides training to manage emergencies (emergency disconnect, blood leaks, air embolism risks, power failure, and emergency evacuation).
7. Provides training and troubleshooting alarms on dialysis machine and equipment.
8. Coordinates source water quality and required microbial testing of water source, dialysis machine, and reverse osmosis machine.
9. Ensure safe storage, use and management of supplies.
10. Ensures home hemodialysis documentation meet CMS requirements.
11. Monitors and tracks home hemodialysis quality indicators and reports findings in QAPI meetings.
12. Coordinates and monitors home medication therapies.
13. Provides training on blood samples, labeling, use of a centrifuge, and handling/transporting of specimens.