Outpatient Registered Nurse - RN

Fresenius Medical Care•Carrollton, GA

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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 health care team, the RN participates in decision-making, patient teaching, leadership functions, and quality improvement activities that support patient outcomes and facility operations. The RN performs duties in accordance with Fresenius Kidney Care policies, procedures, nursing practice standards, and applicable state and federal regulations. Work is performed under the direction of a Supervisor, with guidance from a Clinical Educator or Preceptor or in collaboration with other RNs. The position provides direct patient care in a health care facility and may require travel to training sites or other facilities, or work at other locations with similar 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.
Must meet practice requirements in the state of employment.
Entry-level role for RNs 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: successful completion of all FKC education and training requirements for new employees, at least 9 months of RN experience, and at least 3 months of chronic or acute hemodialysis experience as an RN.
Able to perform direct patient-care duties that regularly involve heavy lifting, moving patients, and assisting with ambulation; assistance from equipment or coworkers may be available.
Able to stand for frequent, prolonged periods and bend over.
May need to move, with assistance, machines and equipment weighing up to 200 lbs., and lift chemical and water solutions weighing up to 30 lbs. to a height of 5 feet.

Nice To Haves

Chronic or acute hemodialysis experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

Collects and analyzes patient data before, during, and after hemodialysis treatment; documents findings, adjusts treatment plans as indicated, and notifies appropriate clinical personnel or physicians as needed.
Assesses and documents patients’ and families’ learning needs and provides initial and ongoing education.
Directs and provides, in collaboration with direct and ancillary patient-care staff, the daily delivery of safe and effective hemodialysis therapy to assigned patients.
Administers prescribed medications or medications under approved algorithms and documents medical justification and effectiveness.
Initiates or assists with emergency response measures.
Serves as a resource for the health care team and participates in staff training and orientation of new staff as assigned.
Ensures laboratory specimens are collected, processed, and shipped correctly; 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.
Completes Clinical Advancement Program requirements to advance.
May provide oversight of Patient Care Technicians, LPNs/LVNs, or RNs as a Team Leader or designated Nurse in Charge after meeting the stated training and experience requirements.
Performs other duties assigned by the Supervisor.