Dialysis Clinical Manager Registered Nurse - RN

Fresenius Medical Care•Louisville, KY

About The Position

As a Clinical Manager with Fresenius Medical Care, you will lead a dialysis facility and ensure quality patient care while maintaining clinical operations. You will work with a collaborative team to provide care plans and dialysis treatment for patients with end-stage renal disease or chronic kidney disease. The role manages the facility’s daily operations and ensures cost-effective performance in compliance with legal, regulatory, and company requirements. You will collaborate with the Medical Director and clinical staff on care from admission through discharge, patient and staff safety, and continuity of care. The role also includes presenting available services to physicians and dialysis facilities. The Clinical Manager participates in a Clinical Leadership Program covering onboarding, essential functions, business leadership, and advanced leadership. Potential career advancement paths include Area Team Lead or Director of Operations. The position supervises Charge RN and DPC staff and is responsible for facility operations, patient care coordination, staff development and scheduling, quality programs, physician relationships, finances, records, equipment, inventory, and regulatory surveys.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing.
Current state RN licensure.
Experience in clinical nursing.
At least an additional six 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 sufficient to supervise facility personnel and ensure high-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, and PowerPoint); experience with medical database software preferred.

Responsibilities

Lead, coach, and develop direct reports and facility staff.
Manage daily dialysis facility operations, staffing, budgets, costs, business objectives, and key performance indicators.
Coordinate patient care from admission through discharge, address patient and family concerns, oversee assessments and care plans, and manage treatment schedules and missed-treatment action plans.
Collaborate with the Medical Director, Charge RN, physicians, and internal departments to support quality care and facility operations.
Oversee quality improvement programs, including CQI and QAPI, and ensure compliance with company policies and federal and state requirements.
Maintain medical, operational, and administrative records; complete ICD coding; and support data collection, audits, network reporting, and state and federal surveys.
Participate in hiring, onboarding, orientation, training, performance evaluations, goal setting, and disciplinary processes; ensure staff training and licenses or certifications remain current.
Manage employee schedules and payroll, and coordinate facility payroll approval.
Develop and maintain physician relationships, facilitate physician privileges, and participate in Governing Body activities and meetings with Medical Directors.
Maintain facility safety, environmental integrity, security, equipment, operating systems, and physical structure; schedule repairs and maintenance as needed.
Manage inventory, supplies, medications, laboratory resources, equipment, purchase orders, and vendor contracts to support cost containment and facility needs.
Support billing and collection activities, communicate company initiatives and policies to staff, and contribute to business growth using knowledge of company services and products.
Travel to regional, Business Unit, and Corporate meetings when required.
Perform other related duties as assigned.