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Outpatient Registered Nurse - RN

Fresenius Medical Care•Marrero, LA
•Onsite

About The Position

The Outpatient Registered Nurse (RN CAP 2) provides and coordinates clinically competent care for an assigned group of patients, including assessment, planning, intervention, and evaluation. The position may be an entry-level designation in the Clinical Advancement Program for new employees meeting RN CAP 2 criteria or may be attained through advancement from RN CAP 1. The RN may delegate 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 clinical decision-making, teaching, leadership, and quality improvement activities that support patient outcomes and facility operations. Duties are performed in accordance with Fresenius Kidney Care policies, procedures, standards of nursing practice, and applicable 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 Registered Nurses. The role includes direct patient care, patient and family education, medication administration, emergency response, laboratory procedures, and collaboration on nursing assessments and plans of care. The RN may also mentor employees, serve as a Preceptor, and provide oversight of patient care staff when designated and after meeting specified requirements. The work takes place in a health care facility with controlled air temperature and moderate noise levels. The role involves regular heavy lifting, moving patients and assisting with ambulation, prolonged standing, bending, and occasional assisted movement of machines and equipment weighing up to 200 lbs. and lifting chemical and water solutions weighing up to 30 lbs. The RN may be exposed to infectious or contagious diseases and materials, and may 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.
  • For entry-level RNs, a minimum of 2 years of Nephrology Nursing experience.
  • To provide designated oversight as a Team Leader or Nurse in Charge: successful completion of all FKC education and training requirements for new employees and at least 3 months of chronic or acute hemodialysis experience as an RN.
  • Ability to perform direct patient care involving regular heavy lifting, moving patients, and assisting with ambulation.
  • Ability to stand for frequent, prolonged periods and bend over.
  • Ability, occasionally with assistance, to move machines and equipment weighing up to 200 lbs. and lift chemical and water solutions weighing up to 30 lbs. as high as 5 feet.
  • Ability to perform the role in a health care environment and potentially travel to training sites or other facilities.

Responsibilities

  • Collects and analyzes patient data before, during, and after hemodialysis treatment, documents findings in the medical record, adjusts or modifies treatment plans as indicated, and notifies the appropriate clinical personnel or physician as needed.
  • Assesses, collaborates on, and documents patients’ and families’ basic learning needs to provide 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 under approved algorithms and documents medical justification and effectiveness.
  • Initiates or assists with emergency response measures.
  • Serves as a resource, leader, coach, mentor, and role model for new and current employees.
  • Ensures laboratory specimens are collected, processed, and shipped correctly and reschedules missed or insufficient collections.
  • Identifies expected outcomes and documents and updates nursing assessments and plans of care in collaboration with the Interdisciplinary Team.
  • Ensures patients are aware of transplant and treatment modality options.
  • Participates in facility- and area-level education and quality improvement projects as directed by the Supervisor.
  • May serve as a Preceptor for new employees.
  • Completes Clinical Advancement Program (CAP) requirements to maintain or advance.
  • May oversee Patient Care Technicians, LVN/LPNs, or RNs as a Team Leader or designated Nurse in Charge after meeting the stated training and experience requirements.
  • Performs other duties assigned by the Supervisor.

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