Outpatient Registered Nurse - RN

Fresenius Medical Care•Hazel Park, MI

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The Outpatient Registered Nurse (RN) CAP 1 is an entry-level designation in Fresenius Kidney Care’s 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. As part of the End Stage Kidney Disease health care team, the RN participates in clinical decision-making, patient teaching, leadership functions, and quality-improvement activities that support patient outcomes and facility operations. The position performs its duties in accordance with company policies and procedures, standards of nursing practice, and applicable state and federal regulations. Work is carried out under the direction of a Supervisor, with guidance from a Clinical Educator or Preceptor, or in collaboration with other RNs. The clinic operates Monday through Saturday, 4:15 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., is closed Sunday, and uses rotating shifts and days. No previous dialysis experience is required; on-the-job training is provided.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing.
Current appropriate state licensure and compliance with practice requirements in the state of employment.
Current CPR BLS certification or successful completion of CPR BLS certification.
Entry-level RN designation for registered nurses with less than two years of nephrology nursing experience.
Complete required Fresenius Kidney Care education and training requirements for new employees before being assigned oversight responsibilities as Team Leader or Nurse in Charge.
For Team Leader or Nurse in Charge oversight: at least nine months of RN experience and at least three months of chronic or acute hemodialysis experience as an RN.

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 appropriate clinical personnel 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 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 proper laboratory collection, processing, and shipping procedures; 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.