Outpatient Registered Nurse - RN

Fresenius Medical Care • Peoria, IL

11d • $29 - $50

About The Position

The Outpatient Registered Nurse (RN) CAP 1 is an entry-level designation in the Clinical Advancement Program. The RN 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, 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 state and federal regulations. The RN works under the direction of a Supervisor, with guidance from a Clinical Educator or Preceptor and in collaboration with other Registered Nurses. The role provides direct care related to hemodialysis treatment and may involve assigned oversight of patient care staff after meeting specified training and experience requirements.

The position involves direct patient care in a health care facility. Work includes standing for prolonged periods, bending, and regularly lifting, moving, and assisting patients with ambulation. Machines and equipment weighing up to 200 pounds may need to be moved with assistance; chemical and water solutions weighing up to 30 pounds may need to be lifted as high as five feet. The environment has controlled air temperature and moderate noise, and may involve exposure to infectious or contagious diseases and materials. Duties also include desk and computer work and interaction with patients, facility or hospital staff, and physicians. Travel to training sites or other facilities may be required, and the employee may be asked to perform essential functions at other locations under the same working conditions.

Requirements

• Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing.
• Current appropriate state licensure.
• Current CPR BLS certification or successful completion of CPR BLS certification.
• Meet the practice requirements in the state of employment.
• Entry-level RN role for candidates with less than two years of Nephrology Nursing experience as a Registered Nurse.
• For assigned oversight as Team Leader or designated Nurse in Charge: successful completion of all FKC education and training requirements for new employees, at least nine months of RN experience, and at least three months of chronic or acute hemodialysis experience as an RN.

Nice To Haves

• Chronic or acute hemodialysis experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Perform essential functions under the direction of the Supervisor and with guidance from the Clinical Educator or Preceptor, or in collaboration with other Registered Nurses.
• Collect and analyze patient data systematically before, during, and after hemodialysis treatment; document findings, adjust or modify treatment plans as indicated, and notify the appropriate 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 delivery of safe and effective 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 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 (CAP) requirements to advance.
• Perform other duties assigned by the Supervisor.
• Provide assigned oversight of Patient Care Technicians, LPNs/LVNs, or RNs as Team Leader or designated Nurse in Charge after completing required employee education and training and meeting the stated RN and hemodialysis experience requirements.

Benefits

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

What This Job Offers

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