Outpatient Registered Nurse - RN

Fresenius Medical Care•Shreveport, LA

12h

About The Position

The Outpatient Registered Nurse (RN) CAP 2 provides and coordinates clinically competent care for an assigned group of patients, including assessment, planning, intervention, and evaluation. The role may include delegating appropriate tasks to direct patient care staff. As part of the End Stage Kidney Disease (ESKD) health care team, the RN participates in decision-making, patient and family education, leadership, and quality improvement activities that support patient outcomes and facility operations. The RN performs duties in accordance with Fresenius Kidney Care policies and procedures, nursing practice standards, and state and federal regulations. Essential functions are performed under the direction of a Supervisor, with guidance from a Clinical Educator or Preceptor, or in collaboration with other Registered Nurses. The position may involve oversight of Patient Care Technicians, LVN/LPNs, and RNs as a Team Leader or designated Nurse in Charge after the stated training and experience requirements are met. This role involves direct patient care in a health care facility and may require travel to training sites or other facilities. Work includes desk and computer work and interaction with patients, facility or hospital staff, and physicians. The work environment has controlled air temperature and moderate noise levels, with possible exposure to infectious and contagious diseases or materials. The physical demands include prolonged standing, bending, lifting and moving patients, assisting with ambulation, and occasionally moving equipment or lifting chemical and water solutions.

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.
For entry-level RNs, a minimum of 2 years of Nephrology Nursing experience.
To provide assigned oversight as a Team Leader or designated Nurse in Charge, successfully complete all FKC education and training requirements for new employees and have at least 3 months of chronic or acute hemodialysis experience as an RN.

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 staff or physician as needed.
Assess 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, documenting medical justification and effectiveness.
Initiate or assist with emergency response measures.
Serve as a resource, leader, coach, mentor, and role model for new and incumbent employees.
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.
Participate in facility- and area-level education and quality improvement projects as directed by the Supervisor.
May serve as a Preceptor to new employees.
Complete CAP requirements to maintain or advance.
Perform other duties as assigned by the Supervisor.