Hemodialysis Registered Nurse
New York, NY
Host Healthcare
3x12 hrs, Days
Referral Bonus

Job Opportunity: Registered Nurse (RN) - Hemodialysis (Contract)

Location: New York, NY
Specialty: Hemodialysis Nursing
Contract Length: 13 weeks

Job Summary

Provide safe, competent, quality nursing care in an inpatient hemodialysis unit. Deliver care based on nursing theory, research, and evidence-based practice to a designated group of patients and their families.

Key Responsibilities

Patient Care

• Deliver patient care using Relationship Centered Care and nursing process principles.
• Assess and evaluate patient needs; apply critical thinking in care management.
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary healthcare teams to develop and evaluate care plans.
• Educate patients and caregivers on care plans, health promotion, and disease prevention.
• Communicate professionally with patients, families, and care teams.
• Manage assignments within a Modified Primary Nursing care delivery model.

Patient Experience

• Facilitate patient-centered care activities such as bedside shift reports, purposeful hourly rounding, medication reviews, and discharge planning.
• Respect patient values, preferences, cultural diversity, and expressed needs.
• Establish therapeutic relationships with patients and families.
• Use evidence-based practices to improve patient perceptions of care.
• Address patient and family concerns promptly and escalate as needed.
• Demonstrate empathy, respect, and active listening.

Quality and Safety

• Practice safe, efficient, patient-centered care and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Demonstrate clinical skills essential to quality and safety.
• Participate in quality improvement projects, evidence-based practice activities, and nursing research.
• Follow institutional protocols to identify and avoid high-risk behaviors.
• Document nursing practice accurately to support quality initiatives.

Operations

• Perform charge nurse duties as assigned.
• Coordinate supply and inventory management with nursing leadership.
• Escalate material or staffing shortages appropriately.
• Promote cost-effective patient care resource utilization.
• Facilitate patient throughput during shifts.

Professional Development

• Support clinical colleagues, patients, families, and healthcare team members.
• Advance clinical competence from novice to expert.
• Maintain a professional image and communicate with respect and empathy.
• Incorporate ethical principles in decision-making.
• Encourage lifelong learning, scholarship, and innovation.
• Participate in specialty practice councils, nursing committees, and unit initiatives.

Required Qualifications

• Current New York State RN License
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification
• Minimum 2 years RN experience (overall)
• Minimum 2 years experience in Hemodialysis and Medical-Surgical nursing
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing preferred; Associate degree considered with relevant experience or active BSN matriculation
• EPIC electronic health record experience highly preferred
• Charge nurse experience preferred
• Staffing ratio guideline: 1 nurse to 2 patients
• Schedule: 3 shifts per week, 12 hours each, including weekends, holidays, and on-call duties

Additional Notes

• Prior travel experience is required for travel positions (minimum 1 year travel experience), but not required for per diem roles.