Outpatient Registered Nurse - RN

Fresenius Medical Care•Montebello, NY

About The Position

The Outpatient Registered Nurse CAP 1 is an entry-level designation in the Clinical Advancement Program. The nurse is responsible for providing and coordinating clinically competent care, including assessment, planning, intervention, and evaluation for an assigned group of patients. The role may include delegating appropriate tasks to direct patient-care staff and participates as a member of the End Stage Kidney Disease health care team in decision-making, patient teaching, leadership, and quality-improvement activities that support patient outcomes and facility operations. The nurse provides safe and effective hemodialysis care in accordance with Fresenius Kidney Care policies, nursing practice standards, and applicable state and federal regulations. Duties are performed under a Supervisor’s direction, with guidance from a Clinical Educator or Preceptor, or in collaboration with other Registered Nurses. The position may require travel to training sites or other facilities and may involve providing essential functions at other locations. The role requires graduation from an accredited School of Nursing, current appropriate state licensure, and current or successful completion of CPR BLS Certification. The position is an entry-level role for RNs with less than two years of nephrology nursing experience. Chronic or acute hemodialysis experience is listed as preferred, while the posting header specifies dialysis experience required. The stated hourly rate is $33.00–$56.00, depending on work location and the successful candidate’s qualifications.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing.
Current appropriate state licensure and compliance with practice requirements in the state of employment.
Current or successful completion of CPR BLS Certification.
Dialysis experience required, as stated in the position header.
Entry-level role for RNs with less than two years of nephrology nursing experience.
Ability to perform the physical demands of direct patient care, including regularly lifting and moving patients and assisting with ambulation; frequent prolonged standing and bending; and, occasionally with assistance, moving machines and equipment weighing up to 200 lbs. and lifting chemical and water solutions weighing up to 30 lbs. as high as 5 feet.
For assigned oversight as a Team Leader or designated Nurse in Charge: successful completion of FKC education and training requirements for new employees, at least nine months of RN experience, and at least three months of chronic/acute hemodialysis experience as an RN.

Nice To Haves

Chronic or acute hemodialysis experience is listed as preferred in the experience section.

Responsibilities

Collects and analyzes patient data before, during, and after hemodialysis treatment; documents findings, adjusts or modifies treatment plans as indicated, and notifies the appropriate clinical personnel or physician when needed.
Assesses, collaborates on, and documents patients’ and families’ basic learning needs, and provides initial and ongoing education.
Directs and provides, in collaboration with direct and ancillary patient-care staff, the daily delivery of safe and effective hemodialysis therapy to assigned patients.
Administers medications as prescribed or in accordance with approved algorithms and documents medical justification and effectiveness.
Initiates or assists with emergency response measures.
Serves as a resource for the health care team and participates in staff training and orientation of new staff as assigned.
Ensures laboratory specimens are collected, processed, and shipped correctly, and reschedules missed or insufficient collections.
Identifies expected outcomes and documents and updates nursing assessments and plans of care in collaboration with the Interdisciplinary Team.
Ensures patients are aware of transplant and treatment-modality options.
Completes Clinical Advancement Program requirements to advance.
Performs other duties assigned by the Supervisor.
May provide oversight of Patient Care Technicians, LPNs/LVNs, or RNs as a Team Leader or designated Nurse in Charge after meeting the stated training and experience requirements.