Outpatient Registered Nurse - RN

Fresenius Medical Care•Warr Acres, OK

20d•Onsite

About The Position

The Outpatient Registered Nurse CAP 1 is an entry-level designation in the Clinical Advancement Program. The role is accountable for providing and coordinating clinically competent care—including assessment, planning, intervention, and evaluation—for an assigned group of patients. The nurse may delegate appropriate tasks to direct patient care staff and, as part of the End Stage Kidney Disease health care team, participates in decision-making, teaching, 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 nurse works under the direction of a Supervisor and with guidance from a Clinical Educator, Preceptor, or other Registered Nurses. The role includes direct patient care and may include oversight of other nursing and patient care staff after meeting specified training and experience requirements. The position involves regular heavy lifting, moving and assisting patients, prolonged standing, and bending. With assistance, the employee may occasionally move machines and equipment weighing up to 200 pounds and lift chemical and water solutions weighing up to 30 pounds to a height of five feet. The work environment is a health care facility with temperature control and moderate noise, with possible exposure to infectious and contagious diseases or materials. Work also includes desk and computer use and interaction with patients, facility or hospital staff, and physicians. Travel to training sites or other facilities may be required, and the employee may be asked to perform the role at other locations with the same demands and conditions.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing.
Current appropriate state licensure.
Current CPR BLS certification or successful completion of CPR BLS Certification.
Must meet practice requirements in the state of employment.
Entry-level RN designation for nurses with less than two years of Nephrology Nursing experience as a Registered Nurse.
To qualify for assigned oversight as Team Leader or designated Nurse in Charge: successfully complete all FKC education and training requirements for new employees, have at least nine months of experience as an RN, and have at least three months of chronic or acute hemodialysis experience as an RN.
Ability to perform the described physical functions, including frequent prolonged standing and bending, regular heavy lifting and patient assistance, and occasional assisted movement of equipment and lifting of solutions.
May be required to travel to training sites or other facilities.

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 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; 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 Clinical Advancement Program requirements to advance.
Perform other duties assigned by the Supervisor.
Provide oversight of Patient Care Technicians, LPNs/LVNs, or RNs as Team Leader or designated Nurse in Charge after meeting the stated training and experience requirements.