Dialysis Clinical Manager Registered Nurse - RN

Fresenius Medical Care•Middletown, PA

About The Position

The Dialysis Clinical Manager Registered Nurse at Fresenius Medical Care manages and oversees daily dialysis facility operations, ensuring cost-effective operations and compliance with legal, regulatory, and company requirements. The role leads facility staff and makes daily decisions to support continuity of care and patient and staff safety. Working with the Medical Director, physicians, and clinical staff, the manager coordinates quality patient care from admission through discharge for people with end-stage renal disease or chronic kidney disease. The manager oversees clinical and business operations, including staffing, patient schedules and care plans, quality improvement, regulatory reporting and surveys, records, equipment and facility maintenance, inventory, payroll, and financial performance. The role develops staff through coaching, training, and performance management, and maintains effective relationships with physicians and internal departments. The position includes participation in a Clinical Leadership Program focused on onboarding, essential functions, business leadership, and advanced leadership, with potential advancement to Area Team Lead or Director of Operations. The work includes desk and computer work, interaction with patients, facility staff, and physicians, and frequent prolonged standing and bending. The employee may occasionally need to move patients or equipment weighing up to 200 pounds with assistance; two-person assistance and material-assist devices are available for heavier items. The environment is a healthcare facility with controlled air temperature and moderate noise, with possible exposure to infectious and contagious diseases or materials. Travel to regional, Business Unit, and Corporate meetings may be required.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing (RN).
Current RN state licensure.
Experience in clinical nursing.
At least 6 months of chronic or acute dialysis nursing experience in addition to clinical nursing experience.
Demonstrated leadership competencies and management skills, including communication, customer service, continuous quality improvement, relationship development, results orientation, team building, motivating employees, performance management, and decision-making.
Management skills necessary to lead facility personnel and ensure delivery of 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.
Medical/surgical or ICU/CCU experience.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
Experience with medical database software.

Responsibilities

Manage daily facility operations to ensure cost-effective operations and compliance with legal, regulatory, and company requirements.
Lead, coach, and develop direct reports and facility personnel; provide feedback, set annual goals, and conduct performance evaluations.
Coordinate patient care from admission through discharge, address patient and family concerns, oversee timely assessments and care plans, and manage patient schedules and missed-treatment action plans.
Coordinate with the Medical Director, physicians, Charge RN, and clinical staff to support quality care, patient safety, and continuity of care.
Oversee the facility's Home Therapies Program in collaboration with the Home Therapies Program Manager.
Maintain medical, administrative, and operational records; complete ICD coding; support data collection and audits; and meet network reporting requirements.
Participate in on-site internal, state, and federal surveys and ensure facility compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
Manage short- and long-term operational objectives, including costs, methods, staffing, and key performance indicators.
Oversee facility financial performance, including profit and loss, budget goals, billing support, collections information gathering, and payroll.
Manage hiring, orientation, mandatory training, staff licensure and certifications, scheduling, payroll, employee evaluations, and disciplinary processes.
Maintain physician relationships, facilitate physician privileges and Medical Staff By-Laws compliance, and ensure effective communication with physicians.
Implement and maintain continuous quality improvement and quality assessment and improvement processes, including facility-specific action plans and quality initiatives.
Communicate and implement quality, safety, risk management, company, division, and corporate policies and initiatives among facility staff.
Maintain facility environmental integrity and security; arrange equipment, operating-system, and physical-plant maintenance and repairs.
Manage inventory and supplies, approve purchase orders, and promote efficient use of medication, laboratory services, supplies, and equipment.
Review provider contracts for vendor services, including insurance, laboratory, and facility cleaning.
Market available services through presentations to physicians and dialysis facilities.
Perform other related duties as assigned.