Acute Inpatient Registered Nurse - RN - Dialysis

Fresenius Medical Care•Marietta, GA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The professional registered nurse Inpatient RN CAP 2 provides and coordinates clinically competent care for an assigned group of patients, including assessment, planning, intervention, and evaluation. The role may include delegating appropriate tasks to RNs, LVN/LPNs, and Patient Care Technicians. As part of the kidney disease health care team, the nurse participates in decision-making, teaching, leadership, and quality improvement activities to enhance patient outcomes and program operations. The nurse performs duties in accordance with Fresenius Kidney Care policies, procedures, nursing practice standards, contractual service agreements, and applicable state and federal regulations. Work is performed under the direction of the Supervisor, with guidance from an Educator or Preceptor, or in collaboration with another Registered Nurse. The position may involve assisting at an outpatient facility, serving as a Preceptor, providing nursing instructions to hospital or facility staff, and supporting other locations as needed. The role provides direct patient care in a health care facility and requires travel to training or meeting sites and between assigned facilities. It includes participation in an on-call rotation and may require night, weekend, or holiday work according to program needs. Physical demands include patient lifting and movement, prolonged standing, bending, and occasional assisted movement of equipment and lifting of chemical or water solutions.

Requirements

Current appropriate state licensure.
Current CPR BLS certification or successful completion of the certification.
Must meet practice requirements in all states in which employed.
Minimum of 2 years of nephrology nursing experience as an RN within the last 2 years.
Must complete CAP requirements to maintain or advance.
Must complete FKC education and modality-specific training requirements before being assigned oversight as Nurse in Charge.
Six months of acute dialysis experience as an RN is required before being assigned oversight as Nurse in Charge.
Must take the Ishihara Color Blindness test as a condition of employment; failure does not preclude employment, and reasonable accommodation may be considered.
Ability to meet the position’s physical demands, including frequent prolonged standing, bending, assisting with patient movement and ambulation, and occasional assisted movement of equipment up to 200 pounds and lifting chemical or water solutions up to 30 pounds as high as 5 feet.
Ability to travel to training or meeting sites and between assigned facilities.
Availability for participation in an on-call rotation and night, weekend, or holiday work according to program needs.

Nice To Haves

Acute dialysis experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

Collects and analyzes patient data before, during, and after treatment; documents findings, adjusts treatment plans as indicated, and notifies the Supervisor, physician, primary nurse, and others as appropriate.
Assesses and documents patients’ and families’ basic learning needs and provides initial and ongoing education.
Recognizes variations in patient status and reports or collaborates with appropriate health team members.
Directs and provides safe, effective care and modality-specific treatment procedures for assigned patients.
Assesses daily patient-care needs and collaborates with direct and ancillary care staff as needed.
Coordinates communication with FKC and non-FKC dialysis providers and contracted facility personnel to support continuity of care.
Implements, administers, monitors, and documents patient responses to prescribed intradialytic transfusions, including notifying the physician and blood supplier of adverse reactions.
Administers prescribed medications 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.
May provide specialized nursing care instructions to hospital or facility staff as contractually stipulated.
May assist in an outpatient facility as needed and may serve as a Preceptor to new employees.
Completes CAP requirements to maintain or advance within the Clinical Advancement Program.
Performs other duties assigned by the Supervisor.