Outpatient Registered Nurse - RN

Fresenius Medical Care•Brunswick, GA

26d•Onsite

About The Position

The Outpatient RN CAP 1 is an entry-level designation in Fresenius Kidney Care’s Clinical Advancement Program. The nurse 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. As a member of the End Stage Kidney Disease (ESKD) health care team, the nurse 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 and procedures, nursing practice standards, and applicable state and federal regulations. The nurse performs essential functions under the direction of a Supervisor and with guidance from a Clinical Educator, Preceptor, or other Registered Nurses. The position includes direct patient care and collaboration with patient care staff and the Interdisciplinary Team. The nurse must complete Clinical Advancement Program requirements to advance. Team Leader or Nurse in Charge oversight of other staff may be assigned after the stated training and experience requirements are met. The work is performed in a health care facility with controlled air temperature and moderate noise levels. It involves frequent, prolonged standing, bending, heavy lifting and moving patients, and may involve moving equipment with assistance. The nurse may be exposed to infectious or contagious diseases or materials, and may need to travel to training sites or other facilities. Reasonable accommodations may be made for individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

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 the practice requirements in the state of employment.
Entry-level role for Registered Nurses with less than 2 years of Nephrology Nursing experience as an RN.
To be assigned oversight as a Team Leader or designated Nurse in Charge: successful completion of all FKC education and training requirements for new employees, at least 9 months of RN experience, and at least 3 months of chronic/acute hemodialysis experience as an RN.
Ability to perform direct patient care involving regular heavy lifting, moving patients, and assisting with ambulation; frequent and prolonged standing; and bending.
May be required to move, with assistance, machines and equipment weighing up to 200 lbs., and lift chemical and water solutions weighing up to 30 lbs. as high as 5 feet.

Nice To Haves

Chronic or acute hemodialysis experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

Collects and analyzes patient data before, during, and after hemodialysis treatment; documents findings, adjusts or modifies treatment plans as indicated, and notifies appropriate clinical staff or physicians as needed.
Assesses, collaborates on, and documents patients’ and families’ basic learning needs, and provides initial and ongoing education.
Directs and provides, in collaboration with direct and ancillary patient care staff, the daily safe and effective delivery of hemodialysis therapy to assigned patients.
Administers medications as prescribed or according to approved algorithms and documents medical justification and effectiveness.
Initiates or assists with emergency response measures.
Serves as a resource for the health care team and participates in staff training and orientation of new staff as assigned.
Ensures correct laboratory collection, processing, and shipping procedures; reschedules missed or insufficient laboratory collections.
Identifies expected outcomes and documents and updates nursing assessments and plans of care for assigned patients in collaboration with the Interdisciplinary Team.
Ensures patients are aware of transplant and treatment modality options.
Completes Clinical Advancement Program requirements to advance.
Performs other duties assigned by the Supervisor.
May provide assigned oversight of Patient Care Technicians, LPNs/LVNs, or RNs as a Team Leader or designated Nurse in Charge after completing required education and training and meeting experience requirements.