Registered Nurse - Home Hemodialysis

Job description

UNIT PROFILE: Home hemodialysis provides comprehensive and collaborative education, assessment, and support for patients and families who undergo hemodialysis in the home setting. Home hemodialysis nurses provide a consistent approach to promoting independent patient care both in the clinic setting and in patient homes, adhering to unit and provincial governing body policies and procedures. POSITION SUMMARY: The Registered Nurse (RN) is a regulated health care professional who adheres to and models the Standards and Guidelines of the College of Nurses of Ontario; the SJHH mission, vision and values, policies and procedures; and applicable specialty standards. The RN provides patient/client-centred and evidence informed care to promote health and assess the need for the provision of care and the treatment of health conditions by supportive, preventative, therapeutic, palliative and rehabilitation means in order to attain or maintain optimal patient/client function. The RN collaborates with the inter-professional team and assumes a leadership role in the delivering a full range of care and treatment to patient/clients including those with complex needs, high acuity and less predictab...