Outpatient Registered Nurse - RN

Fresenius Medical Care•Mentor, OH

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Outpatient Registered Nurse CAP 1 is an entry-level designation in the Clinical Advancement Program. The RN provides and coordinates clinically competent care for an assigned group of patients, including assessment, planning, intervention, and evaluation. The role is part of the End Stage Kidney Disease health care team and contributes to decision-making, patient education, leadership functions, quality improvement, and facility operations. Comprehensive paid training is provided, and prior dialysis experience is not required. The position is based in an outpatient dialysis clinic in Mentor, Ohio. The schedule is typically either three 12-hour shifts or four 10-hour shifts per week, including every other Saturday. The clinic is closed Sundays, and there are no overnight shifts. The role may require travel to training sites or other facilities.

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 role for registered nurses with less than two years of nephrology nursing experience.
Must meet the role’s physical demands, including regularly lifting and moving patients and assisting with ambulation; frequent prolonged standing and bending; occasional assisted movement of machines and equipment weighing up to 200 pounds; and lifting chemical and water solutions weighing up to 30 pounds as high as five feet.

Nice To Haves

Chronic or acute hemodialysis experience is preferred.
Prior dialysis experience is not required; comprehensive paid training is provided.

Responsibilities

Perform ongoing systematic collection and analysis of patient data before, during, and after hemodialysis treatment; document findings, modify treatment plans as indicated, and notify appropriate clinical staff or physicians as needed.
Assess and document patients’ and families’ basic learning needs and provide initial and ongoing education.
Direct and provide, in collaboration with patient-care and ancillary staff, the safe and effective daily delivery of hemodialysis therapy to assigned patients.
Administer medications as prescribed or according to 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 correct laboratory collection, processing, and shipping procedures, and 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 requirements to advance.
Perform other duties as assigned by the Supervisor.