Outpatient Registered Nurse - RN - Dialysis

Fresenius Medical Care•North Port, FL

4d•Onsite

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 is part of the End Stage Kidney Disease (ESKD) health care team and contributes to decision-making, patient teaching, leadership functions, and quality improvement activities that support patient outcomes and facility operations. Appropriate tasks may be delegated to direct patient care staff, including RNs, LVN/LPNs, and Patient Care Technicians. 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 Supervisor’s direction, with guidance from a Clinical Educator or Preceptor, or in collaboration with other RNs. The position provides direct care in a health care facility and may require travel to training sites or other facilities. Employees may be asked to perform the role’s essential functions at other locations under the same physical demands and working conditions.

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.
Recent dialysis experience is required by the posting introduction.
The role is described as entry level for RNs with less than 2 years of Nephrology Nursing experience as an RN.
To receive assigned oversight as Team Leader or designated Nurse in Charge, must 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 meet the physical demands of direct patient care, including frequent prolonged standing, bending, assisting with patient movement and ambulation, and lifting or moving specified loads with assistance where noted.

Nice To Haves

Chronic or acute hemodialysis experience is listed as preferred in the experience section.

Responsibilities

Collects and analyzes patient data before, during, and after hemodialysis treatment; documents findings, adjusts or modifies treatment plans when 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.
Coordinates and provides the daily delivery of safe and effective hemodialysis therapy in collaboration with direct and ancillary patient care staff.
Administers prescribed medications or medications in accordance with 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 new-staff orientation as assigned.
Ensures proper laboratory collection, processing, and shipping, and reschedules missed or insufficient laboratory collections.
Identifies expected outcomes and collaborates with the Interdisciplinary Team to document and update nursing assessments and plans of care.
Ensures patients are aware of transplant and treatment-modality options.
Completes Clinical Advancement Program requirements to advance.
Performs other duties assigned by the Supervisor.
May oversee Patient Care Technicians, LPNs/LVNs, and RNs as Team Leader or designated Nurse in Charge after completing required FKC education and training and meeting the stated RN and hemodialysis experience requirements.