Outpatient Registered Nurse - RN - Dialysis

Fresenius Medical Care•Locust Grove, GA

13d•Onsite

About The Position

The Outpatient Registered Nurse (RN) CAP 2 provides and coordinates clinically competent care for an assigned group of patients receiving hemodialysis. The role includes patient assessment, planning, intervention, and evaluation, and may involve delegating appropriate tasks to direct patient care staff. As a member of the End Stage Kidney Disease health care team, the RN participates in clinical decision-making, patient and family education, leadership functions, and quality improvement activities that support patient outcomes and facility operations. Duties are performed in accordance with Fresenius Kidney Care policies, nursing practice standards, and applicable state and federal regulations. The RN performs essential functions under the direction of the Supervisor and with guidance from a Clinical Educator or Preceptor, or in collaboration with other RNs. The position may include oversight of Patient Care Technicians, LVN/LPNs, and RNs as a Team Leader or Nurse in Charge after completion of required education and training and at least three months of chronic or acute hemodialysis experience as an RN. The work involves direct patient care in a health care facility, including frequent and prolonged standing, bending, and heavy lifting or moving patients. The RN may occasionally move equipment with assistance, handle chemical and water solutions, and travel to training sites or other facilities. Exposure to infectious or contagious diseases or materials may occur.

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.
At least 2 years of Nephrology Nursing experience for entry-level RNs.
To provide assigned oversight as a Team Leader or Nurse in Charge, successful completion of all FKC education and training requirements for new employees and at least 3 months of chronic or acute hemodialysis experience as an RN.
Ability to perform direct patient care involving heavy lifting, moving patients, and assisting with ambulation; frequent prolonged standing and bending; and occasional assisted movement of machines and equipment up to 200 pounds and lifting chemical and water solutions up to 30 pounds as high as 5 feet.
Ability to work in a health care facility environment and potentially encounter infectious or contagious diseases or materials.

Responsibilities

Collects and analyzes patient data before, during, and after hemodialysis treatment; documents findings, adjusts or modifies treatment plans as indicated, and notifies the appropriate clinical personnel or physician as needed.
Assesses and documents patients’ and families’ basic learning needs and provides initial and ongoing education.
Directs and provides, in collaboration with direct and ancillary patient care staff, the daily safe and effective delivery of hemodialysis therapy to assigned patients.
Administers medications as prescribed or in accordance with approved algorithms and documents medical justification and effectiveness.
Initiates or assists with emergency response measures.
Serves as a resource, leader, coach, mentor, and role model for new and incumbent employees.
Ensures correct laboratory collection, processing, and shipping procedures, and reschedules missed or insufficient collections.
Identifies expected outcomes and documents and updates nursing assessments and plans of care in collaboration with the Interdisciplinary Team.
Ensures patients are aware of transplant and treatment modality options.
Participates in facility- and area-level education and quality improvement projects as directed by the Supervisor.
May serve as a Preceptor to new employees.
Completes CAP requirements to maintain or advance.
Performs other duties as assigned by the Supervisor.