Outpatient Registered Nurse - RN

Fresenius Medical Care•Providence, RI

6d•Onsite

About The Position

The Outpatient Registered Nurse (RN) CAP 1 is an entry-level designation in the Clinical Advancement Program. The RN is accountable 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, including RNs, LVN/LPNs, and Patient Care Technicians. As a member of the End Stage Kidney Disease (ESKD) health care team, the RN participates in decision-making, patient and family education, leadership functions, and quality improvement activities that support patient outcomes and facility operations. Duties are performed in accordance with Fresenius Kidney Care policies, procedures, nursing practice standards, and applicable state and federal regulations. The RN performs essential functions under a Supervisor’s direction, with guidance from a Clinical Educator or Preceptor, or in collaboration with other RNs. The position involves direct patient care in a health care facility and may require travel to training sites or other facilities, or work at other locations with the same physical demands and working conditions. The role regularly involves heavy lifting, moving patients, and assisting with ambulation; equipment or coworkers may help. It requires frequent, prolonged standing and bending. The employee may occasionally move, with assistance, machines and equipment weighing up to 200 pounds and lift chemical and water solutions weighing up to 30 pounds as high as five feet. Work includes desk and computer tasks and interaction with patients, facility or hospital staff, and physicians. The work environment has controlled air temperature and moderate noise levels, and may involve exposure to infectious or contagious diseases or materials. The position requires graduation from an accredited School of Nursing, current appropriate state licensure, current or successful completion of CPR BLS Certification, and compliance with practice requirements in the state of employment. It is an entry-level role for RNs with less than two years of nephrology nursing experience. Chronic or acute hemodialysis experience is preferred. Advancement requires completion of CAP requirements. Fresenius Medical Care maintains a drug-free workplace in accordance with applicable federal and state laws and is an equal opportunity employer.

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 of employment.
Entry-level designation for RNs with less than two years of nephrology nursing experience as a Registered Nurse.
Must complete CAP requirements to advance.

Nice To Haves

Chronic or acute hemodialysis experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

Perform essential functions under the Supervisor’s direction, with guidance from a Clinical Educator or Preceptor, or in collaboration with other Registered Nurses.
Collect and analyze patient data systematically before, during, and after hemodialysis; document findings, modify the treatment plan 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, and provide initial and ongoing education.
Direct and provide, in collaboration with direct and ancillary patient-care staff, the daily safe and effective delivery of hemodialysis therapy to assigned patients.
Administer medications as prescribed or under approved algorithms, and document medical justification and effectiveness as appropriate.
Initiate or assist with emergency response measures.
Serve as a resource to the health care team and participate in staff training and new-staff orientation as assigned.
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.
Complete CAP requirements to advance.
Perform other duties assigned by the Supervisor.