Outpatient Dialysis RN - Regional Float

Fresenius Medical Care•Albany, NY

1d•$31 - $52

About The Position

The professional registered nurse Outpatient RN CAP 2 may be an entry-level designation into the Clinical Advancement Program (CAP) for new employees who meet the RN CAP 2 criteria, or may be attained through advancement from RN CAP 1. The position is accountable and responsible for providing and coordinating clinically competent care—including assessment, planning, intervention, and evaluation—for an assigned group of patients. This may include delegating appropriate tasks to direct patient care staff, including RNs, LVN/LPNs, and Patient Care Technicians. As a member of the End Stage Kidney Disease (ESKD) health care team, the nurse participates in decision-making, teaching, leadership functions, and quality improvement activities that enhance patient care outcomes and facility operations. All duties and responsibilities are performed in accordance with Fresenius Kidney Care policies, procedures, standards of nursing practice, and state and federal regulations. The nurse performs essential functions under the direction of the Supervisor, with guidance from the Clinical Educator or Preceptor, or in collaboration with other Registered Nurses. This regional float position may require travel to training sites or other facilities and may require providing essential functions at other locations. The position involves direct patient care, including regular heavy lifting, moving patients, and assisting with ambulation. It requires frequent, prolonged standing and bending. With assistance, the employee may occasionally move machines and equipment weighing up to 200 pounds, and lift chemical and water solutions weighing up to 30 pounds as high as five feet. The work environment is a health care facility with air temperature control and moderate noise levels, and may involve exposure to infectious and contagious diseases or materials. Daily work also includes desk and computer work and interaction with patients, facility or hospital staff, and physicians. The role requires graduation from an accredited School of Nursing, current appropriate state licensure, and current or successful completion of CPR BLS Certification. Candidates must meet practice requirements in the state where employed and have at least two years of nephrology nursing experience. The stated hourly rate is $31.00–$52.00, depending on work location and qualifications.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing.
Current appropriate state licensure.
Current or successful completion of CPR BLS Certification.
Meet the practice requirements in the state of employment.
At least two years of nephrology nursing experience.
For assigned oversight of Patient Care Technicians, LVN/LPNs, or RNs as Team Leader or designated Nurse in Charge: successful completion of all FKC education and training requirements for new employees and at least three months of chronic or acute hemodialysis experience as an RN.

Responsibilities

Collect and analyze patient data before, during, and after hemodialysis treatment; document findings in the medical record, adjust or modify treatment plans as indicated, and notify the Team Leader, Charge Nurse, Supervisor, or Physician as needed.
Assess, collaborate on, and document patients’ and families’ basic learning needs to provide initial and ongoing education.
Direct and provide, in collaboration with direct and ancillary patient care staff, the daily delivery of safe and effective hemodialysis therapy to assigned patients.
Administer prescribed medications or medications in accordance with approved algorithms, and document appropriate medical justification and effectiveness.
Initiate or assist with emergency response measures.
Serve as a resource, leader, coach, mentor, and role model for new and incumbent employees, demonstrating appropriate behavior, work habits, and attitudes toward patients, coworkers, supervisors, and the company.
Ensure correct laboratory collection, processing, and shipping procedures, and reschedule missed or insufficient laboratory collections.
Identify expected outcomes and document and update nursing assessments and plans of care for assigned patients in collaboration with the Interdisciplinary Team.
Ensure patients are aware of transplant and treatment modality options.
Participate in facility- and area-level education and quality improvement projects as directed by the Supervisor.
May serve as a Preceptor to new employees.
Complete CAP requirements to maintain or advance.
Perform other duties as assigned by the Supervisor.