Dialysis Clinical Manager Registered Nurse - RN

Fresenius Medical Care•Celina, OH

About The Position

The Dialysis Clinical Manager is the facility leader responsible for managing and overseeing daily dialysis facility operations, ensuring cost-effective operations and compliance with legal, regulatory, and company requirements. The role collaborates with the Medical Director, physicians, and clinical staff to provide quality patient care throughout the patient’s admission-to-discharge journey and to maintain patient and staff safety. The manager has authority to make daily decisions that support continuity of care and promotes available services to physicians and dialysis facilities. Responsibilities span clinic operations, patient care, staff leadership, physician relationships, quality improvement, facilities, and financial administration. The manager leads and develops facility employees, oversees staffing, schedules, payroll, training, and performance management, and coordinates patient assessments, care plans, scheduling, and concerns. The role also supports regulatory surveys and reporting, records integrity, quality programs, inventory and equipment management, vendor contracts, and facility budgets and performance indicators. The position includes participation in Fresenius Medical Care’s Clinical Leadership Program, with curriculum covering onboarding, essential functions, business leadership, and advanced leadership. Potential career advancement paths include Area Team Lead or Director of Operations. The work takes place in a healthcare facility and includes interaction with patients, facility staff, and physicians; regional, Business Unit, and Corporate meeting travel may be required.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing (RN).
Current RN state licensure.
Experience in clinical nursing.
An additional 6 months of chronic or acute dialysis nursing experience.
Demonstrated leadership competencies and management skills, including communication, customer service, continuous quality improvement, relationship development, results orientation, team building, employee motivation, performance management, and decision-making.
Management skills necessary to lead facility personnel and ensure delivery of quality patient care.
Successfully pass the Ishihara Color Blind Test.

Nice To Haves

Experience in a supervisory or management role in a medical facility.
Med/surg or ICU/CCU experience.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint); experience with medical database software.

Responsibilities

Manage and oversee daily facility operations in accordance with legal, compliance, regulatory, and company requirements.
Lead, coach, and develop direct reports and facility staff; participate in hiring, orientation, training, performance evaluations, goal setting, and disciplinary actions.
Coordinate patient care from admission through discharge, including assessments, care plans, patient schedules, and follow-up on missed treatments or changes in patient status.
Act as a resource for patients and families and address their concerns and questions.
Collaborate with the Medical Director, physicians, Charge RN, and other staff to support quality patient care and continuity of care.
Oversee the facility’s Home Therapies Program in collaboration with the Home Therapies Program Manager.
Maintain medical, operational, and administrative records and complete required data collection, audits, ICD coding, network reporting, and surveys.
Manage short- and long-term facility objectives, staffing, costs, methods, budgets, profit and loss, and key performance indicators.
Implement and maintain quality improvement processes, including CQI and QAPI activities, and ensure compliance with quality policies and regulatory requirements.
Develop and maintain strong physician relationships, facilitate physician privileges, and support compliance with medical staff bylaws.
Manage staff scheduling and payroll and ensure adequate staffing and current employee licensure and certifications.
Maintain facility environmental integrity, safety, and security; arrange maintenance and repairs of equipment, operating systems, and the physical facility.
Oversee inventory and supply management, approve purchase orders, and promote efficient use of medications, laboratory services, supplies, and equipment.
Support billing and collection activities and review and approve provider contracts for vendor services.
Communicate company, division, and corporate policies and initiatives to facility staff and participate in employee recognition and satisfaction programs.
Travel to regional, Business Unit, and Corporate meetings when required.
Perform other related duties as assigned.