Acute Inpatient Registered Nurse - RN - Dialysis

Fresenius Medical Care•Abingdon, VA

28d•Onsite

About The Position

The Inpatient Services Registered Nurse (RN) CAP 1 is an entry-level designation in the Clinical Advancement Program. The RN is accountable for providing and coordinating clinically competent care—including assessment, planning, intervention, and evaluation—for an assigned group of patients. The role may include delegating appropriate tasks to direct patient care staff and participating as a member of the kidney disease health care team in decision-making, teaching, leadership, and quality improvement activities that support patient outcomes and program operations. The RN performs duties under the direction of a Supervisor, with guidance from an Educator or Preceptor or in collaboration with another RN, and in accordance with Fresenius Kidney Care policies, nursing standards, contractual agreements, and applicable regulations. The position includes direct patient care in a health care facility, collaboration with facility and dialysis-provider staff, and travel to training or meeting sites and between assigned facilities. The RN may be asked to assist at an outpatient facility or provide nursing-care instruction to facility staff. On-call rotation and work at night, on weekends, and on holidays may be required according to program needs.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing.
Current appropriate state licensure and compliance with practice requirements in all states where employed.
Current CPR BLS certification or successful completion of the certification.
Entry-level designation for RNs with less than 2 years of nephrology nursing experience as an RN.
Minimum 9 months of experience as a Registered Nurse.
Must complete FKC education and modality-specific training requirements for new employees before designated Nurse-in-Charge oversight.
Must have 9 months of RN experience and 6 months of acute dialysis RN experience to provide assigned Nurse-in-Charge oversight.
Ability to meet the position’s physical demands, with or without reasonable accommodation, including prolonged standing, bending, assisting with patient movement and ambulation, and lifting or moving specified loads with assistance or equipment.

Nice To Haves

12 months of experience as a Registered Nurse is preferred.
6 months of acute dialysis experience is preferred.
Hemodialysis and/or ICU experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

Provide and coordinate clinically competent care, including assessment, planning, intervention, and evaluation, for assigned patients.
Collect and analyze patient data before, during, and after treatment; document findings, adjust treatment plans as indicated, and notify appropriate care team members.
Assess and document patients’ and families’ learning needs and provide initial and ongoing education.
Identify patient status that differs from normal and report or collaborate with appropriate health team members.
Direct and provide safe, effective care for assigned patients according to prescribed modality-specific treatment procedures.
Assess daily patient care needs and collaborate with direct and ancillary patient care staff.
Coordinate communication with FKC and non-FKC dialysis providers and contracted facility personnel to support continuity of care.
Implement, administer, monitor, and document patient responses to prescribed intradialytic transfusions; report adverse reactions to the physician and appropriate blood supplier.
Administer prescribed medications and document medical justification and effectiveness.
Initiate and assist with emergency response measures.
Serve as a resource to the health care team and participate in staff training and orientation as assigned.
Provide specialized nursing-care instruction to hospital or facility staff when requested under contractual arrangements.
Assist at an outpatient facility as needed.
Complete CAP requirements for advancement.
Perform other duties assigned by the Supervisor.
May provide assigned oversight of Patient Care Technicians, LVN/LPNs, or RNs as a designated Nurse in Charge after meeting specified training and experience requirements.