Acute Inpatient Registered Nurse - RN - Dialysis

Fresenius Medical Care•Abingdon, VA

5d•Onsite

About The Position

The Inpatient Services Registered Nurse 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, patient and family education, leadership functions, and quality improvement activities. The RN 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 a Supervisor’s direction, with guidance from an Educator or Preceptor or in collaboration with another RN. The position involves direct patient care in hospital or facility settings and may include assisting at an outpatient facility as needed, travel between assigned facilities and training or meeting sites, and participation in an on-call rotation. The role may require night, weekend, or holiday work based on program needs.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing.
Current appropriate state licensure and ability to meet practice requirements in all states of employment.
Current CPR BLS certification or successful completion of certification.
At least 9 months of experience as a Registered Nurse.
Entry-level designation applies to RNs with less than 2 years of nephrology nursing experience as an RN.
Able to perform essential functions with or without reasonable accommodation, including the physical demands described in the posting.
Must participate in an on-call rotation and may work nights, weekends, or holidays as program needs require.
Must travel to training or meeting sites and between assigned facilities.

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

Collect, analyze, and document patient data before, during, and after treatment; modify treatment plans as indicated and notify appropriate personnel.
Assess and document patients’ and families’ learning needs and provide initial and ongoing education.
Recognize deviations from normal patient status and report or collaborate with appropriate members of the health care team.
Direct and provide safe, effective, modality-specific patient care as prescribed.
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, and notify the physician and blood supplier of adverse reactions as appropriate.
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 new-staff orientation as assigned.
Provide specialized nursing-care instruction to hospital or facility staff when assigned under contractual terms.
Assist in an outpatient facility as needed.
Complete Clinical Advancement Program requirements to advance.
Perform other duties assigned by the Supervisor.