Outpatient Registered Nurse - RN

Fresenius Medical Care • Baltimore, MD

10d • $31 - $52

About The Position

The Outpatient Registered Nurse (RN) CAP 1 is an entry-level designation in the Clinical Advancement Program. The role is accountable for providing and coordinating clinically competent care—including 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 health care team, the RN participates in clinical decision-making, patient and family 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 position provides direct patient care in a health care facility, including hemodialysis care. Work involves collaboration with patients, families, facility and hospital staff, physicians, and the interdisciplinary team. The role may require travel to training sites or other facilities, and the employee may be asked to perform essential functions at other locations under the same physical demands and working conditions.

Requirements

• Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing.
• Current appropriate state licensure and must meet practice requirements in the state of employment.
• Current CPR BLS Certification or successful completion of the certification.
• Entry-level RN designation for RNs with less than 2 years of Nephrology Nursing experience as a Registered Nurse.
• To provide assigned oversight of Patient Care Technicians/LPNs/LVNs/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.
• Ability to meet the position’s physical demands, including frequent prolonged standing, bending, heavy lifting, moving patients, and assisting with ambulation; with assistance, may need to move equipment up to 200 lbs. and lift chemical and water solutions up to 30 lbs. as high as 5 feet.

Nice To Haves

• Chronic or acute hemodialysis experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinically competent patient care, including assessment, planning, intervention, and evaluation, under the direction of the Supervisor and with guidance from the Clinical Educator, Preceptor, or other Registered Nurses.
• Collect and analyze patient data before, during, and after hemodialysis treatment; document findings, adjust or modify treatment plans 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.
• Initiate or assist with emergency response measures.
• Serve as a resource for the health care team and participate in staff training and new-staff orientation 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 as assigned by the Supervisor.

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• 401(k) with company match
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Potential performance-based bonuses for bonus-eligible positions, depending on company and individual performance

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level