Outpatient Registered Nurse - RN

Fresenius Medical Care • Canton, IL

9d • $27 - $47

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 for an assigned group of patients, including assessment, planning, intervention, and evaluation. The role may include delegating appropriate tasks to patient-care staff and participates as a member of the End Stage Kidney Disease (ESKD) health care team in decision-making, patient education, 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 performs essential functions under the direction of a Supervisor and with guidance from a Clinical Educator or Preceptor, or in collaboration with other RNs. The role includes collecting and analyzing patient data before, during, and after hemodialysis; documenting findings and care; contributing to treatment-plan modifications; educating patients and families; coordinating safe hemodialysis delivery; administering prescribed medications; responding to emergencies; supporting staff training; ensuring laboratory procedures are completed correctly; and collaborating with the Interdisciplinary Team on assessments and plans of care. The RN also supports patient awareness of transplant and treatment-modality options and must complete CAP requirements to advance.

The position involves direct patient care in a health care facility. Physical duties include frequent and prolonged standing, bending, heavy lifting and moving patients, and assisting with ambulation. With assistance, the employee may move machines and equipment weighing up to 200 pounds and lift chemical and water solutions weighing up to 30 pounds as high as five feet. The role involves desk and computer work and interaction with patients, facility and hospital staff, and physicians. Exposure to infectious or contagious diseases and materials is possible. Travel to training sites or other facilities may be required, and the employee may be asked to perform essential functions at other locations under similar conditions.

The position may be assigned oversight of Patient Care Technicians, LPNs/LVNs, or RNs as a Team Leader or designated Nurse in Charge after completing FKC education and training requirements, with at least nine months of RN experience and at least three months of chronic or acute hemodialysis experience as an RN.

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 where employed.
• Entry-level RN designation for registered nurses with less than two years of nephrology nursing experience.
• To provide oversight as a Team Leader or designated Nurse in Charge: complete all FKC education and training requirements for new employees, have at least nine months of RN experience, and have at least three months of chronic or acute hemodialysis experience as an RN.
• Able to perform the described physical duties, with reasonable accommodations available where applicable.

Nice To Haves

• Chronic or acute hemodialysis experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide and coordinate clinically competent care for assigned patients, including assessment, planning, intervention, and evaluation.
• Perform ongoing, systematic collection and analysis of patient data before, during, and after hemodialysis, document it in the medical record, adjust or modify treatment plans as indicated, and notify appropriate clinical personnel or physicians 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 according to 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 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 CAP requirements to advance.
• Perform other duties assigned by the Supervisor.
• May provide oversight of Patient Care Technicians, LPNs/LVNs, and RNs as a Team Leader or designated Nurse in Charge after meeting the stated training and experience criteria.

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

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Associate degree