Outpatient Registered Nurse - RN

Fresenius Medical Care•Huntington, WV

About The Position

The Outpatient Registered Nurse (RN) CAP 1 is an entry-level designation in the Clinical Advancement Program. The role provides and coordinates clinically competent care—including patient assessment, planning, intervention, and evaluation—for an assigned group of patients. The RN may delegate 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 teaching, 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 works under the direction of a Supervisor, with guidance from a Clinical Educator or Preceptor, or in collaboration with other Registered Nurses. After meeting specified training and experience requirements, the RN may be assigned oversight of Patient Care Technicians, LPNs/LVNs, or RNs as a Team Leader or designated Nurse in Charge. The position involves direct patient care in a health care facility. Work includes prolonged standing, bending, lifting and moving patients, and may involve moving equipment or lifting chemical and water solutions. The role may require travel to training sites or other facilities and may involve exposure to infectious or contagious diseases or materials.

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.
Entry-level role for Registered Nurses with less than 2 years of nephrology nursing experience.
To be assigned oversight 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 is preferred.

Responsibilities

Collect and analyze patient data before, during, and after hemodialysis treatment; document findings, adjust or modify treatment plans 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 safe and effective delivery of 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 health care team and participate in staff training and orientation of new staff as assigned.
Ensure correct laboratory collection, processing, and shipping procedures; reschedule missed or insufficient laboratory collections.
Identify expected outcomes and document and update nursing assessments and plans of care 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.
Perform essential functions under the direction of the Supervisor and with guidance from a Clinical Educator or Preceptor, or in collaboration with other Registered Nurses.