Outpatient Registered Nurse - RN

Fresenius Medical Care•Warrensville Heights, OH

14d•Onsite

About The Position

Fresenius Medical Care is hiring an Outpatient Registered Nurse for its dialysis clinic in Warrensville Heights. This entry-level RN CAP 1 role provides and coordinates clinically competent care for an assigned group of patients, including assessment, planning, intervention, and evaluation. The nurse works as part of the End Stage Kidney Disease health care team and contributes to patient-care decisions, teaching, leadership functions, and quality improvement. No prior dialysis experience is required; comprehensive paid training is provided. The position works under the direction of a Supervisor, with guidance from a Clinical Educator or Preceptor and in collaboration with other Registered Nurses. The clinic is open Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 6 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., and the opportunity is described as three shifts per week. The role may involve travel to training sites or other facilities and may require providing essential functions at other locations. The work takes place in a healthcare facility with controlled air temperature and moderate noise. Direct patient care regularly involves heavy lifting, moving patients, and assisting with ambulation. The role requires frequent, prolonged standing and bending. With assistance, the employee may occasionally move machines or equipment weighing up to 200 pounds and lift chemical or water solutions weighing up to 30 pounds as high as five feet. Exposure to infectious or contagious diseases and materials may occur. Duties also include desk and computer work and interaction with patients, facility and hospital staff, and physicians.

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 of the state in which employed.
Able to perform the physical demands of the role, including frequent prolonged standing and bending, direct patient-care lifting and patient-mobility assistance, and occasional assisted movement of equipment up to 200 pounds and lifting of solutions up to 30 pounds to a height of five feet.
The position is designated for RNs with less than two years of nephrology nursing experience.
To provide assigned 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.

Nice To Haves

Chronic or acute hemodialysis experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

Perform assigned duties under the direction of the Supervisor and with guidance from a Clinical Educator, Preceptor, or collaborating Registered Nurses.
Collect and analyze patient data before, during, and after hemodialysis treatment; document findings, 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.
Coordinate and provide the daily delivery of safe, effective hemodialysis therapy in collaboration with direct and ancillary patient-care staff.
Administer prescribed medications or medications under approved algorithms, and document medical justification and effectiveness.
Initiate or assist with emergency response measures.
Serve as a resource for the healthcare team and participate in staff training and orientation as assigned.
Ensure correct laboratory collection, processing, and shipping procedures; 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 to advance.
Perform other duties assigned by the Supervisor.
After meeting the stated eligibility requirements, provide assigned oversight of Patient Care Technicians, LPNs/LVNs, or RNs as a Team Leader or designated Nurse in Charge.