Outpatient Registered Nurse - RN

Fresenius Medical Care•Columbus, OH

27d•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 nurse provides and coordinates clinically competent care—including assessment, planning, intervention, and evaluation—for assigned patients receiving hemodialysis. The role is part of the End Stage Kidney Disease health care team and contributes to decision-making, patient education, leadership, quality improvement, and facility operations. Appropriate tasks may be delegated to direct patient care staff, including RNs, LVN/LPNs, and Patient Care Technicians. The position is at a full-time outpatient dialysis clinic in Columbus (Kenny Road). Prior dialysis experience is not required; comprehensive paid training is provided. The posting describes predictable schedules, no overnight shifts, and clinics closed on Sundays. Nurses build ongoing relationships with patients and support their quality of life through consistent care. Work is performed in accordance with Fresenius Kidney Care policies, procedures, nursing standards, and applicable state and federal regulations. The nurse performs duties under a Supervisor’s direction, with guidance from a Clinical Educator or Preceptor or in collaboration with other RNs. Advancement requires completion of CAP requirements. Direct patient care involves regular heavy lifting, moving patients, and assisting with ambulation, as well as frequent, prolonged standing and bending. With assistance, the employee may move machines and equipment weighing up to 200 pounds and lift chemical and water solutions weighing up to 30 pounds as high as five feet. The work environment is a health care facility with controlled air temperature and moderate noise; exposure to infectious and contagious diseases or materials may occur. Work includes desk and computer tasks 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 position’s essential functions at other locations under the same conditions.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing.
Current appropriate state licensure.
Current CPR BLS certification or successful completion of CPR BLS certification.
Meet the practice requirements of the state where employed.
Entry-level RN role for candidates with less than two years of nephrology nursing experience as a Registered Nurse.
No prior dialysis experience is required; comprehensive paid training is provided.
To receive assigned oversight of Patient Care Technicians, LPNs/LVNs, or RNs as a Team Leader or designated Nurse in Charge, complete all FKC education and training requirements for new employees, have at least nine months of RN experience, and have at least three months of chronic or acute hemodialysis experience as an RN.
Ability to meet the described physical demands, including regular heavy lifting and patient movement, frequent prolonged standing and bending, and lifting or moving equipment and solutions as described in the posting.
May be required to travel to training sites or other facilities.

Nice To Haves

Chronic or acute hemodialysis experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

Perform assigned essential functions under the Supervisor’s direction and with guidance from a Clinical Educator or Preceptor, or in collaboration with other Registered Nurses.
Collect and analyze patient data systematically before, during, and after hemodialysis; document findings, adjust or modify treatment plans as indicated, and notify the appropriate Team Leader, Charge Nurse, Supervisor, or Physician when needed.
Assess, collaborate on, and document patients’ and families’ basic learning needs, and provide initial and ongoing education.
Coordinate and provide, 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 new-staff orientation as assigned.
Ensure laboratory specimens are correctly collected, processed, and shipped; 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 CAP requirements to advance.
Perform other duties assigned by the Supervisor.