Outpatient Registered Nurse - RN
About The Position
The Outpatient Registered Nurse CAP 1 is an entry-level designation in Fresenius Kidney Care’s 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 nurse 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 nurse participates in clinical decision-making, patient and family teaching, leadership functions, and quality improvement activities that support patient outcomes and facility operations. The nurse performs duties under the direction of the Supervisor, with guidance from a Clinical Educator or Preceptor or in collaboration with other Registered Nurses, and follows Fresenius Kidney Care policies, standards of nursing practice, and applicable state and federal regulations. The role requires completion of CAP requirements for advancement. Assigned oversight of Patient Care Technicians, LPNs/LVNs, or RNs as a Team Leader or Nurse in Charge is conditional on completing the stated training and experience requirements. The position provides direct patient care in a health care facility. Work includes regular heavy lifting, moving and assisting patients, frequent and prolonged standing, bending, desk and computer work, and interaction with patients, facility or hospital staff, and physicians. The nurse may be exposed to infectious or contagious diseases or materials and may need to travel to training sites or other facilities.
Requirements
- Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing.
- Current appropriate state licensure and compliance with practice requirements in the state of employment.
- Current CPR BLS certification or successful completion of CPR BLS certification.
- Entry-level RN designation for candidates with less than 2 years of Nephrology Nursing experience as a Registered Nurse.
Nice To Haves
- Chronic or acute hemodialysis experience.
Responsibilities
- Collect and analyze patient data before, during, and after hemodialysis treatment; document findings, modify the treatment plan as indicated, and notify appropriate clinical personnel or the 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, and reschedule missed or insufficient 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 (CAP) requirements for advancement.
- Perform other duties 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, depending on company and individual performance, for bonus-eligible positions
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
Associate degree
