Registered Nurse – Outpatient Dialysis

Pasco, WA

**Offering 10k retention bonus structure to Spring/Summer nurse hires in Tri-Cities!**

Dialysis Training Provided!

* Must have at least 9 months of post-graduate RN experience

Schedule overview:

Full-time position working 3-4 days/week. 8-12hr shifts.

No Sundays! Saturdays are rotated.

4am earliest start time of opening shifts.

9pm-midnight are the latest end times of closing shifts (day of week dependent).

DaVita, which is Italian for "giving life", is on a quest to build the greatest health care community the world has ever seen! We are seeking a Registered Nurse who is looking to give life in one of our outpatient dialysis centers.  You can make an exceptional difference in the lives of our patients and their families dealing with end-stage renal failure or chronic kidney disease.

If you haven’t considered Nephrology before, read on as we think that you should. Dialysis Experience is NOT required. We provide comprehensive on the job training that will help you become a specialist in this area of nursing.

Some details about this position:

• SCHEDULE: You must have a flexible schedule and be able to work opening and closing shifts, rotated Saturdays, and some holidays.   We are closed on Sundays!  Full-time teammates generally work 3-4 days per week and the shifts are 8-12 hours in length.
• LICENSE: Current Registered Nurse (RN) license in the state of practice; Graduate Nurse pre-licensure available in some locations
• DEGREE: 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
• TRAINING: Training may take place in a nearby clinic with teammates other than your assigned home clinic.
• Flexibility on home clinic assignment - There is the potential to float to nearby clinics.
• A desire to deliver care in an empathetic, compassionate way. You know, the way you’d want your own care to be 
• Experience assessing, trouble shooting and making sound recommendations in stressful situations 
• Excellent communication skills to listen and communicate with patients and teammates 
• Basic computer skills and proficiency in MS Word and Outlook. You will be required to chart patient’s assessment, orders and your care notes in our electronic medical record system.

Not required, but “nice to haves”:

• Intensive Care Unit (ICU), Critical Care Unit (CCU), Emergency Room (ER), or Medical Surgical (Med Surg) experience
• Certified Nephrology Nurse (CNN) or Certified Dialysis Nurse (CDN)
• Previous Chronic Hemodialysis, Acute Dialysis and/or Home Hemodialysis (HHD) nursing experience
• Training/Teaching/Healthcare Education background
• Certified Nephrology Nurse (CNN) or Certified Dialysis Nurse (CDN)

What We Provide:

More than just pay, our DaVita Rewards package connects teammates to what matters most including:

• Continuity of care
• Life and work balance
• Comprehensive benefits: Medical, dental, vision, 401(k) 50%match, paid time off, PTO cash out
• Paid training: DaVita offers all new dialysis teammates a robust, paid training program to help you learn the right dialysis skills. The training is a mix of classroom and hands on training.
• Opportunity for a nursing career for a lifetime. DaVita is committed to providing robust development and experiences for nurses. Whether you chose to remain in a patient facing/caregiving role or grow (leadership operations, corporate functions, integrated care, clinical research), we can guide you on that journey. See attached for programs such as:
  • THRIVE: Develops high-potential nurses, clinical coordinators and clinic nurse managers into operational managers  
  • DSSL & SPARK – Gives clinical teammates the chance to develop their supervisory and leadership skill set
  • 100+ CEU courses at no cost
  • Gateway: A web-based application available to teammates for career planning, learning and training, and recognition. It allows you to access new courses and CE credits and explore career paths on your own time. It also has a newsfeed to keep you up to date on Village news and functions as a social platform to connect you to teammates

What you can expect:

• Long term patient relationships. Build meaningful relationship with patients and their family in an intimate outpatient setting.
• A team that feels and functions like a family. Staff RNs are a central part of a small interdisciplinary team of clinicians. Work alongside and support technicians, other nurses, dietitians, social workers, physicians and the center manager.  
• Fun is one of our core values!  Happier nurses = healthier patients.
• Specialized, complex care. RNs deliver care to patients who are often dealing with multiple co-morbidities which require unique treatment plans and the ability to leverage a broad range of nursing skills and knowledge.  
• Schedule. Shifts are typically 8-12 hours long, 3-4 days per week.  Schedule times will vary by locations and shifts include early morning and some evenings.  We do not have nocturnal shifts, or Sunday shifts, in our outpatient centers.  

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. 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.

Ready to make a difference in the lives of patients? Take the first step and apply now.