Outpatient Registered Nurse - RN

Fresenius Medical Care • Odenton, MD

23d • $31 - $52

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, patient and family 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 RN performs essential functions under the direction of a Supervisor, with guidance from a Clinical Educator or Preceptor, or in collaboration with other RNs. After meeting specified training and experience requirements, the RN may have assigned oversight of Patient Care Technicians, LPNs/LVNs, or RNs as a Team Leader or designated Nurse in Charge.

The position involves direct patient care in a health care facility and may require travel to training sites or other facilities. The work includes patient interaction, desk and computer work, and collaboration with facility or hospital staff and physicians. The role may involve exposure to infectious or contagious diseases and materials, frequent prolonged standing, bending, heavy lifting, moving patients, and assisting with ambulation. With assistance, the employee may occasionally move machines or equipment weighing up to 200 pounds and lift chemical or water solutions weighing up to 30 pounds as high as five feet. Equipment or coworkers may assist with physical tasks, and reasonable accommodations may be made for individuals with disabilities.

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 nurses with less than two years of Nephrology Nursing experience as a Registered Nurse.
• To provide 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 nine months of RN experience, and at least three months of chronic or acute hemodialysis experience as an RN.
• Ability to perform the physical functions described, including frequent prolonged standing, bending, and direct patient-care tasks involving lifting, moving patients, and assisting with ambulation; assistance may be provided.

Nice To Haves

• Chronic or acute hemodialysis experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Perform ongoing, systematic collection and analysis of patient data before, during, and after hemodialysis treatment; document findings, adjust or modify treatment plans as indicated, and notify the Team Leader, Charge Nurse, Supervisor, 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 delivery of safe and effective hemodialysis therapy to assigned patients.
• Administer medications as prescribed or in accordance with approved algorithms, documenting 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 collection, processing, and shipping procedures are performed correctly; 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 (CAP) requirements to advance.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the Supervisor.
• After meeting the stated training and experience requirements, provide assigned oversight of Patient Care Technicians, LPNs/LVNs, or RNs as a Team Leader or designated Nurse in Charge.

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