Acute Inpatient Registered Nurse - RN - Dialysis

Fresenius Medical Care•Biddeford, ME

21h•Hybrid

About The Position

This is a float position covering multiple locations including Portsmouth Regional, Dartmouth, Biddeford, Manchester, Greater Boston, and the North Shore area. If lodging is required, the company provides it, along with paid mileage and meals for distances over 50 miles from the home location. The professional registered nurse Inpatient RN CAP 2 role is an entry-level designation into the Clinical Advancement Program (CAP) for new employees meeting specific criteria or advancing from CAP 1. This position is responsible for the provision and coordination of clinically competent care, including assessment, planning, intervention, and evaluation for an assigned group of patients. This may involve delegating tasks to direct patient care staff. As a member of the kidney disease healthcare team, this role participates in decision-making, teaching, leadership, and quality improvement activities to enhance patient care outcomes and program operations.

Requirements

Current appropriate state licensure.
Current or successful completion of CPR BLS Certification
Must meet the practice requirements in all states employed.
Entry level for RNs with minimum 2 years or more of Nephrology Nursing experience in the last 2 years as a RN.
Ishihara's Color Blindness test required as a condition of employment. Failing the Ishihara Test for Color Blindness does not preclude employment. The Company will consider whether reasonable accommodation can be made.

Nice To Haves

Acute dialysis experience (preferred).

Responsibilities

Performs all essential functions under the direction of the Supervisor and with the guidance from the Educator, Preceptor, or in collaboration with another Registered Nurse.
Performs ongoing, systematic collection and analysis of patient data pre – during – post treatment for assigned patients and documents in the patient medical record, makes adjustments or modifications to treatment plan as indicated and notifies Supervisor, Physician, patient’s primary nurse and others as indicated.
Assesses, collaborates and documents patient/family’s basic learning needs to provide initial and ongoing education to patients and family.
Recognizes aspects and implications of patient status that vary from normal and reports to or collaborates with appropriate health team members for input including but not limited to Supervisor, appropriate physician, and the contracted facility/primary Nurse.
Directs and provides safe effective patient care for assigned patients as prescribed for all modality specific treatment procedures.
Assesses daily assigned patient care needs and collaborates with direct and ancillary patient care staff as needed.
Initiates and coordinates communication with FKC and Non-FKC dialysis providers and appropriate contracted facility personnel as needed to provide continuity of patient care.
Performs the implementation, administration, monitoring, and documentation of patient's response to prescribed intradialytic transfusions, including appropriate notification of adverse reactions to physician and appropriate blood supplier.
Administers medications as prescribed and documents medical justification and effectiveness.
Initiates and assists with emergency response measures.
Serves as a resource, leader, coach, mentor and role model for new and incumbent employees by setting examples of appropriate behavior, work habits and attitudes towards patients, co-workers, Supervisors and the company at the facility and area level.
May be asked to provide specialized nursing care instructions to hospital/facility staff as stipulated contractually.
May be assigned to assist in an Outpatient facility on an as needed basis.
May serve as a Preceptor to new employees.
Required to complete CAP requirements to maintain or advance.
Performs all other duties as assigned by Supervisor.