Outpatient Registered Nurse - RN

Fresenius Medical Care•Mantua Township, NJ

1d•$33 - $56

About The Position

The Outpatient Registered Nurse (RN) CAP 1 is an entry-level designation in the Clinical Advancement Program (CAP). This position 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, teaching, leadership functions, and quality improvement activities that enhance patient outcomes and facility operations. Duties are performed in accordance with Fresenius Kidney Care policies, procedures, standards of nursing practice, and state and federal regulations. The RN works under the direction of a Supervisor, with guidance from a Clinical Educator or Preceptor, or in collaboration with other Registered Nurses. The position provides direct patient care in a healthcare facility and may require travel to training sites or other facilities. The role involves regular heavy lifting, moving and assisting patients, frequent and prolonged standing, and bending. The employee may occasionally move machines or equipment weighing up to 200 pounds with assistance and lift chemical and water solutions weighing up to 30 pounds as high as five feet. The work environment has controlled air temperature and moderate noise levels, and may involve exposure to infectious or contagious diseases or materials. Day-to-day work also includes desk and computer work and interaction with patients, facility or hospital staff, and physicians. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing.
Current appropriate state licensure and must meet the practice requirements in the state of employment.
Current CPR BLS certification or successful completion of CPR BLS certification.
Entry-level RN designation applies to RNs with less than 2 years of Nephrology Nursing experience.
To provide assigned oversight of Patient Care Technicians, LPNs/LVNs, or RNs as a Team Leader or designated Nurse in Charge: successfully complete all FKC education and training requirements for new employees, have at least 9 months of RN experience, and have at least 3 months of chronic or acute hemodialysis experience as an RN.

Nice To Haves

Chronic or acute hemodialysis experience.

Responsibilities

Perform ongoing, systematic collection and analysis of patient data before, during, and after hemodialysis treatment, document findings in the medical record, adjust or modify the treatment plan as indicated, and notify the appropriate clinical personnel 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 delivery of safe and effective hemodialysis therapy to assigned patients.
Administer medications as prescribed or in accordance with approved algorithms, and document medical justification and effectiveness.
Initiate or assist with emergency response measures.
Serve as a resource for the healthcare team and participate in staff training and orientation of new staff as assigned.
Ensure correct laboratory collection, processing, and shipping procedures, and reschedule missed or insufficient collections.
Identify expected outcomes and document and update the nursing assessment and plan of care for assigned patients in collaboration with the Interdisciplinary Team.
Ensure patients are aware of transplant and treatment-modality options.
Complete Clinical Advancement Program requirements to advance.
Perform other duties assigned by the Supervisor.