Outpatient Registered Nurse - RN

Fresenius Medical Care•Stillwater, OK

6d•Onsite

About The Position

The Outpatient Registered Nurse (RN) CAP 1 is an entry-level designation in the Clinical Advancement Program. The nurse provides and coordinates clinically competent care—including patient assessment, planning, intervention, and evaluation—for an assigned group of patients. The role may include delegating appropriate tasks to patient care staff and participating as a member of the End Stage Kidney Disease health care team in clinical decision-making, patient education, leadership, and quality improvement activities that support 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 provides direct patient care in a health care facility and may require travel to training sites or other facilities. Employees may be asked to perform the role at other locations under the same physical demands and working conditions.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing.
Current appropriate state licensure.
Current CPR BLS Certification or successful completion of the certification.
Meet the practice requirements in the state of employment.
Entry-level role for Registered Nurses with less than 2 years of nephrology nursing experience as an RN.
To receive assigned oversight of patient care technicians, LPNs/LVNs, or RNs 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 meet the described physical demands, including frequent prolonged standing, bending, regularly lifting or moving patients and assisting with ambulation, and occasionally moving equipment or lifting solutions within the stated limits, with assistance or equipment aids where applicable.

Nice To Haves

Chronic or acute hemodialysis experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

Perform ongoing, systematic collection and analysis of patient data before, during, and after hemodialysis treatment; document findings, adjust or modify treatment plans as indicated, and notify appropriate clinical staff or physicians 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, and 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 requirements to advance.
Perform other duties assigned by the Supervisor.
Perform essential functions under the Supervisor’s direction, with guidance from a Clinical Educator or Preceptor, or in collaboration with other Registered Nurses.