Outpatient Registered Nurse - RN

Fresenius Medical Care•Sardis, MS

7d•Onsite

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 and responsible 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 (ESKD) health care team, the RN participates in decision-making, teaching, leadership functions, and quality improvement activities that enhance patient care outcomes and facility operations. 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 and with guidance from a Clinical Educator, Preceptor, or other Registered Nurses. After completing specified education and training requirements and meeting experience thresholds, the RN may have assigned oversight of Patient Care Technicians, LPNs/LVNs, or RNs as a Team Leader or designated Nurse in Charge. The role provides direct patient care in a health care facility and regularly involves lifting and moving patients and assisting with ambulation. Work includes prolonged standing, bending, desk and computer work, and interaction with patients, facility or hospital staff, and physicians. The RN may occasionally move equipment with assistance and may travel to training sites or other facilities. The employee may be exposed to infectious and contagious diseases or materials.

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 for RNs with less than 2 years of Nephrology Nursing experience as a Registered Nurse.

Nice To Haves

Chronic or acute hemodialysis experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

Perform essential functions under the direction of the Supervisor and with guidance from the Clinical Educator, Preceptor, or other Registered Nurses.
Collect and analyze patient data before, during, and after hemodialysis treatment; document findings, adjust or modify treatment plans as indicated, and notify the Team Leader, Charge Nurse, Supervisor, 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 for assigned patients in collaboration with the Interdisciplinary Team.
Ensure patients are aware of transplant and treatment modality options.
Complete CAP requirements to advance.
Perform other duties assigned by the Supervisor.