Phone Interview w DaVita

[BlueHearts53]

Hello everyone! I have a phone interview for a peritoneal dialysis nurse position with DaVita and I was wondering what questions they may ask?

Also, here's a little background story about me: I graduated nursing school in 2017, couldn't find a job until a month ago when I started working for a nursing home and I HATE IT! I only had 1 week of orientation and I work nights with 30+ patients. I am so worried that I am not providing the best quality care at all because it feels like I'm just passing out meds and charting. I also feel like I'm not learning anything about nursing. I heard DaVita offers 3months of training and the schedule would mostly be during the day so immediately this already sounds better then my nursing home job. I think I am open to learning more about dialysis and being a dialysis nurse but one day I would like to work for a hospital and I keep hearing that being specialized in dialysis makes it hard to get a hospital job and I hope that's not true. Anyone here used to be a dialysis nurse and was able to get a hospital job? For now though, I just want to focus on this phone interview and get out of my current job!

[Hoosier_RN, MSN]

try it. I work for the competitor, love it, had 6 months training, but I do HD, PD may be different. Good luck.

Typical interview questions

[Chrispy11, ASN, RN]

If it's the Star program, for people new to dialysis, that's definitely 12 weeks. After the phone interview, the next step is an in person interview. During the training period, there's classroom training and in center training. Hours are limited and training pay is lower. It's all spelled out in the offer letter.

The phone interview is more asking about your past work history. For the in center interview, just check out the indeed job site DaVita interview questions section. There's a script and every center asks the same questions .

Hope this helps. Good luck.

[AngelKissed857, BSN, RN]

I'm a PD dialysis nurse and absolutely adore my job. I will tell you that the learning curve is huge! I work for a competitor. If it's anything like what I do, you will do a great deal of case management, you'll learn to work very independently and at the same time very closely b with the IDT. Feel free to pm me if you want to talk!

[Apollo617]

They want to hear about patient care, that you're compassionate and want to help people. They will teach you what you need to know about dialysis. They initially want to know that you have the heart because you will develop close relationships with your patients as you'll see them all the time and get to know them well.

Look on the Davita website and learn the core values to mention a few during your interview. Davita is really a "touchy feely" type of place, and they want to know that you'll fit into "the village". I came from a Finance environment with an education in Psychology. I took a 6 week CNA course to get my foot in the healthcare door and my first job was for Davita as a PCT. The interview cinched it for me because I did my research on the company and had personal stories to tell about people I've known on dialysis. I had not one minute of healthcare experience. I went into the STAR paid training program and 3 years later, I still love it. I had to leave Davita because I needed a nocturnal job while in nursing school. I'm at a hospital in Acutes now, but I'm still PRN at Davita.

Good luck! You'll love it! Just pace yourself in training and don't let the needles scare you. Once you're in a clinic, it's smooth sailing. All the PCTs do patient care and nurses pass meds and call in prescriptions and orders.