[Hiring] Centralized Anemia Manager @DaVita Kidney Care

Role Description

Have you ever wanted to own driving clinical lab results into quality care action while having a Nursing role that allows you to work remotely? If so, this new, highly specialized Nursing role at DaVita is for you! We are looking to hire a Centralized Anemia Manager (“CAM”) Registered Nurse for anemia and iron protocol management at our local dialysis facilities.

In this role, you will work directly with our care team of Medical Directors, Nephrologists, and clinic teammates to provide professional nursing care for ESKD patients specific to anemia management. You will get to train, coach, and mentor new Nurses on the basics of anemia management and anemia management protocols to ensure your team is delivering the highest level of care to our patients.

This role matters. We have seen facilities that have a Centralized Anemia Manager have a higher protocol adherence and more timely dose adjustments.

What you can expect:

• Consider yourself the Anemia Champion.
• You’ll implement new clinical protocols as approved by the Governing and ordered by the physician(s).
• You will review laboratory parameters and results to evaluate effectiveness of new anemia and iron management protocols.
• Review new patients’ admission labs and initiate new anemia and iron management protocols as appropriate and as directed by physician(s).
• Review all Hb/Ferritin/T-Sat results and perform adjustments to ESA and Iron doses per established protocols for all initial and continued therapies.
• Ability to work remotely from home with flexible hours; overnight travel may be required.

Qualifications

• 2 to 4 years’ experience in Nursing.
• 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.
• Current and valid Registered Nurse (RN) license in the state where practicing.
• Proficiency in MS Word, Excel, Outlook as well as functional proficiency with DaVita specific applications.
• The ability to communicate effectively with medical professionals and drive clinical outcomes.

Requirements

• Registered Nurse with at least 12 months of specialized renal experience (preferred, not required).
• Certified Nephrology Nurse (CNN), Certified Dialysis Nurse (CDN) and/or Certified Hemodialysis Nurse (CHN) (preferred, not required).

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits: Medical, dental, vision, 401(k) match, paid time off, PTO cash out.
• Support for you and your family: Family resources, EAP counseling sessions, access to Headspace®, backup child and elder care, maternity/paternity leave and more.
• Professional development programs: DaVita offers a variety of programs to help strong performers grow within their career and also offers on-demand virtual leadership and development courses through DaVita’s online training platform StarLearning.