Outpatient Registered Nurse - RN

Fresenius Medical Care•Linwood, NJ

5d•$33 - $56

About The Position

The Outpatient Registered Nurse (RN) CAP 1 is an entry-level designation in the Clinical Advancement Program (CAP). The RN is accountable for providing and coordinating clinically competent care—including assessment, planning, intervention, and evaluation—for an assigned group of patients. The position may include delegating appropriate tasks to direct patient care staff and participates as a member of the End Stage Kidney Disease (ESKD) health care team in decision-making, patient teaching, leadership functions, and quality improvement activities. Duties are performed in accordance with Fresenius Kidney Care policies, procedures, standards of nursing practice, 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 Registered Nurses. The role involves direct patient care and coordination of safe, effective hemodialysis therapy, patient and family education, documentation, and collaboration with the Interdisciplinary Team. CAP requirements must be completed to advance. The work takes place in a health care facility with controlled air temperature and moderate noise. The position involves desk and computer work, interaction with patients and facility or hospital staff and physicians, and potential exposure to infectious and contagious diseases or materials. Travel to training sites or other facilities may be required. Direct patient care regularly involves heavy lifting, moving patients, and assisting with ambulation; prolonged standing and bending are frequent. With assistance, the employee may occasionally move machines or equipment weighing up to 200 pounds and lift chemical and water solutions weighing up to 30 pounds to a height of five feet.

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 role for RNs with less than two years of Nephrology Nursing experience as a Registered Nurse.

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 the appropriate team member 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 delivery of safe and effective hemodialysis therapy to assigned patients.
Administer medications as prescribed or 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 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 CAP requirements to advance.
Perform other duties as assigned by the Supervisor.