Inpatient Dialysis Registered Nurse

Fresenius Medical Care•Jacksonville, FL

About The Position

The 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 patient-care staff and participating as a member of the kidney disease health care team in decision-making, patient and family teaching, leadership, and quality improvement activities that support patient outcomes and program operations. The nurse performs duties in accordance with Fresenius Kidney Care policies, procedures, nursing practice standards, contractual agreements, and applicable regulations. Work is carried out under the direction of a Supervisor, with guidance from an Educator or Preceptor, or in collaboration with another Registered Nurse. The position may involve providing care at other locations, assisting at an outpatient facility as needed, and participating in an on-call rotation and work schedules that may include nights, weekends, and holidays. The position provides direct patient care in a health care facility. Work includes desk and computer work and interaction with patients, facility and hospital staff, and physicians. The role requires travel to training or meeting sites and between assigned facilities. Employees take an Ishihara color blindness test as a condition of employment; failing the test does not preclude employment, and reasonable accommodation may be considered.

Requirements

Current appropriate state licensure and compliance with practice requirements in all states of employment.
Current CPR BLS certification or successful completion of CPR BLS certification.
At least 2 years of Nephrology Nursing experience as an RN within the last 2 years.
For designated Nurse-in-Charge oversight, successful completion of FKC education and modality-specific training requirements and 6 months of acute dialysis experience as an RN.
Ability to meet the physical demands of the position, including frequent prolonged standing, bending, patient lifting and movement, and, with assistance, moving equipment weighing up to 200 pounds and lifting chemical or water solutions weighing up to 30 pounds as high as 5 feet.
Ability to travel to training or meeting sites and between assigned facilities.
Ability to participate in an on-call rotation and work nights, weekends, or holidays as required by program needs.
Completion of the Ishihara color blindness test as a condition of employment; failing the test does not preclude employment.

Nice To Haves

Acute dialysis experience.

Responsibilities

Collect, analyze, and document patient data before, during, and after treatment; adjust or 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 the appropriate health team members.
Direct and provide safe, effective, prescribed care for assigned patients across modality-specific treatment procedures.
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; 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, leader, coach, mentor, and role model for employees.
Provide specialized nursing care instructions to hospital or facility staff when contractually required.
Assist in an outpatient facility as needed and serve as a Preceptor to new employees when assigned.
Complete CAP requirements to maintain or advance.
Perform other duties assigned by the Supervisor.
Complete FKC education and modality-specific training requirements before designated Nurse-in-Charge oversight of Patient Care Technicians, LPNs/LVNs, or RNs.