Outpatient Registered Nurse - RN

Fresenius Medical Care • Milford, DE

1d • $28 - $48

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 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 support patient outcomes and facility operations.

Duties are performed in accordance with Fresenius Kidney Care policies, procedures, nursing practice standards, and state and federal regulations. The position provides direct patient care in a health care facility and may require travel to training sites or other facilities. The RN works under the direction of a Supervisor and with guidance from a Clinical Educator, Preceptor, or other Registered Nurses. After meeting specified training and experience requirements, the RN may oversee Patient Care Technicians, LPNs/LVNs, and RNs as a Team Leader or designated Nurse in Charge.

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 the certification.
• Entry-level position for RNs with less than 2 years of nephrology nursing experience as a Registered Nurse.
• To provide assigned oversight as a Team Leader or designated Nurse in Charge: complete all FKC education and training requirements for new employees, have at least 9 months of RN experience, and have at least 3 months of chronic or acute hemodialysis experience as an RN.
• Ability to perform direct patient-care duties involving regular heavy lifting, moving patients, and assisting with ambulation, with equipment or coworker assistance where needed.
• Ability to stand for frequent, prolonged periods and bend over.
• Ability to move, with assistance, machines and equipment weighing up to 200 lbs. occasionally, and lift chemical and water solutions weighing up to 30 lbs. as high as 5 feet.

Nice To Haves

• Chronic or acute hemodialysis experience.

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, 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 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 laboratory specimens are collected, processed, and shipped correctly; 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 as assigned by the Supervisor.
• Provide assigned oversight of Patient Care Technicians, LPNs/LVNs, or RNs as a Team Leader or designated Nurse in Charge after completing required training and meeting experience requirements.

Benefits

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

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level