Outpatient Registered Nurse - RN
About The Position
The Outpatient Registered Nurse (RN) CAP 1 is an entry-level designation in the Clinical Advancement Program. The position is accountable for providing and coordinating clinically competent care—including assessment, planning, intervention, and evaluation—for an assigned group of patients. The RN may delegate appropriate tasks to direct patient care staff, including RNs, LVN/LPNs, and Patient Care Technicians. As part of the End Stage Kidney Disease (ESKD) health care team, the RN participates in decision-making, patient and family education, leadership functions, and quality improvement activities intended to improve 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 works under the direction of a Supervisor, with guidance from a Clinical Educator or Preceptor, or in collaboration with other RNs. The position may provide team-leader or nurse-in-charge oversight of Patient Care Technicians, LPNs/LVNs, or RNs after the stated training and experience requirements are met. The role involves direct patient care in a health care facility and may require travel to training sites or other facilities. Work includes standing, bending, lifting and moving patients, and occasionally moving equipment with assistance. Exposure to infectious or contagious diseases and materials may occur.
Requirements
- Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing.
- Current appropriate state licensure.
- Current 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 2 years of Nephrology Nursing experience as a Registered Nurse.
- To provide assigned oversight as a Team Leader or designated Nurse in Charge: successfully complete all FKC education and training requirements for new employees, have at least 9 months of RN experience, and have at least 3 months of chronic or acute hemodialysis experience as an RN.
- Ability to perform direct patient care involving regular heavy lifting, moving patients, and assisting with ambulation; frequent prolonged standing and bending; and occasional assisted movement of equipment weighing up to 200 pounds and lifting chemical or water solutions weighing 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.
Nice To Haves
- Chronic or acute hemodialysis experience is preferred.
Responsibilities
- Provide ongoing, systematic collection and analysis of patient data before, during, and after hemodialysis treatment; document findings, modify treatment plans as indicated, and notify the appropriate clinical personnel 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 safe and effective delivery of hemodialysis therapy to assigned patients.
- Administer prescribed medications or medications in accordance with 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 requirements to advance.
- Perform other duties assigned by the Supervisor.
- After meeting the stated qualifications, provide assigned oversight of Patient Care Technicians, LPNs/LVNs, or RNs as a Team Leader or designated Nurse in Charge.
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
