REACH Kidney Care, a division of Dialysis Clinic, Inc., is a kidney health management program designed to benefit patients along the continuum of kidney disease through health education, self-management, behavior change counseling, coordination of care with other providers, and patient navigation services. This program includes assisting patients with advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD) and end-stage renal disease (ESRD). The goal of the REACH care team is to educate, support, and empower self-care to improve kidney health and delay the need for renal replacement therapies (RRT). For people who do progress to ESRD, the REACH care team aims to increase preemptive renal transplants (before the need for RRT), facilitate a successful transition to RRT or medical management (MM), increase renal transplant rates after the start of dialysis, and address advance care planning.
The REACH Care Manager provides remote (telephonic and video conference) education, care coordination, and navigation services for people with advanced kidney disease. This role empowers patients in self-management of their condition and following their current kidney care provider’s treatment plan. REACH goals for better kidney health include supporting an informed patient-centered treatment choice and subsequently at optimal transition. The REACH Care Manager coordinates care and communicates effectively with partnering nephrology providers as well as other members of the REACH multidisciplinary care team. Success is defined by patient engagement, patient-centered treatment choices, and optimal transitions to kidney failure. This position will reside and cover our locations in Montana.
Schedule Full-time
Compensation Pay range from $40 per hour, depending on nursing and dialysis experience
Benefits
Patient Education and Care Coordination
• Educate patients and families on CKD management and modality choices.• Coordinate services with interdisciplinary team (social worker, dietitian, pharmacist).• Review medical records and update REACH EMR.
QUALIFICATIONS:
DCI is a federal contractor and an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer-Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities. If you are having difficulty using the online application system or would like to request other accommodations or application methods, please contact Doug Patterson at Accommodations@dciinc.org or 615-327-3061. Once a request has been made, DCI will initiate a discussion with you about your needs and whether an accommodation can be provided. DCI is committed to providing such accommodations where possible.
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The nation's largest not-for-profit dialysis provider operating under the mission, "The care of the patient is our reason for existence."
The primary responsibility of DCI is to perceive, initiate, and provide comprehensive patient care. We serve society by providing care for patients with End-Stage Renal Disease. Our goal is complete patient rehabilitation. We recognize the patient as an individual resulting from his or her genetics, life experience, habits, beliefs, and emotions and as a member of his or her family and the community. The patient deserves the highest standard of care possible regardless of race, status, or creed. The application of comprehensive care is on a personal level. We become acquainted with our patient as a person and seek to understand his or her problems and needs -- physical, emotional, spiritual, and social.
DCI began serving people with kidney failure in 1971. DCI proudly gives back to society through research and education because we believe people with kidney disease should be able to live the best life possible. We provide options- home hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, and in-center hemodialysis- as well as encouragement for transplantation.
