Outpatient Registered Nurse - RN - Training Provided
About The Position
This entry-level Registered Nurse position is part of the Clinical Advancement Program (CAP) and is responsible for providing and coordinating clinically competent care for an assigned group of patients. This includes assessment, planning, intervention, and evaluation. The role involves delegating tasks to direct patient care staff and participating in decision-making, teaching, leadership, and quality improvement activities within the End Stage Kidney Disease (ESKD) health care team to enhance patient care outcomes and facility operations. The company is a large provider of renal care products and services, including dialysis machines, dialyzers, pharmaceuticals, and renal specialty laboratories.
Requirements
- Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing.
- Current appropriate state licensure.
- Current or successful completion of CPR BLS Certification.
- Must meet the practice requirements in the state in which he or she is employed.
- Entry level for RNs with less than 2 years of Nephrology Nursing experience as a Registered Nurse.
Nice To Haves
- Chronic/acute hemodialysis experience (preferred).
Responsibilities
- Performs all essential functions under the direction of the Supervisor and with guidance from the Clinical Educator, Preceptor or in collaboration with other Registered Nurses.
- Performs ongoing, systematic collection and analysis of patient data pre – during – post hemodialysis treatment for assigned patients and documents in the patient medical record, makes adjustments or modifications to treatment plan as indicated and notifies Team Leader, Charge Nurse, Supervisor or Physician as needed.
- Assesses, collaborates, and documents patient/family’s basic learning needs to provide initial and ongoing education to patients and family.
- Directs and provides, in collaboration with direct and ancillary patient care staff, all aspects of the daily provision of safe and effective delivery of hemodialysis therapy to assigned patients.
- Administers medications as prescribed or in accordance with approved algorithm(s), and documents appropriate medical justification and effectiveness.
- Initiates or assists with emergency response measures.
- Serves as a resource for health care team, participates in staff training and orientation of new staff as assigned.
- Ensures correct laboratory collection, processing and shipping procedures are performed and reschedules missed or insufficient laboratory collections.
- Identifies expected outcomes, documents and updates the nursing assessment and plan of care for assigned patients through collaboration with the Interdisciplinary Team.
- Ensures patient awareness related to transplant and treatment modality options.
- Required to complete CAP requirements to advance.
- Performs all other duties as assigned by Supervisor.
Benefits
- Major holidays off
- On the job, paid 12 weeks of training to become nationally certified
- Upon certification receive a pay increase & promotion
- Up to $5,200 RN tuition reimbursement per calendar year
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
