Outpatient Registered Nurse - RN

Fresenius Medical Care • Sutton, MA

13d • $33 - $56

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 patient-care staff such as 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, 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 the Supervisor, with guidance from a Clinical Educator or Preceptor, or in collaboration with other Registered Nurses. The role provides direct hemodialysis care and may involve oversight of other patient-care staff after specified training and experience requirements are met.

Requirements

• Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing.
• Current appropriate state licensure.
• Current CPR BLS certification or successful completion of the certification.
• Must meet the practice requirements in the state of employment.
• Entry-level RN designation for candidates with less than 2 years of Nephrology Nursing experience as a Registered Nurse.

Nice To Haves

• Chronic or acute hemodialysis experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Collect and analyze patient data before, during, and after hemodialysis treatment; document findings, adjust or modify treatment plans as indicated, and notify the appropriate clinical personnel or physician as needed.
• Assess, collaborate on, and document patients’ and families’ 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 under 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 new-staff orientation 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 Clinical Advancement Program requirements to advance.
• Perform other duties assigned by the Supervisor.
• May provide assigned oversight of Patient Care Technicians, LPNs/LVNs, and RNs as a Team Leader or designated Nurse in Charge after meeting the stated training and experience requirements.

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• 401(k) with company match
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Potential performance-based bonuses for bonus-eligible positions, depending on company and individual performance

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Associate degree