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Outpatient Registered Nurse - RN

Fresenius Medical Care•New Roads, LA

About The Position

The Outpatient RN CAP 1 is an entry-level designation in the Clinical Advancement Program (CAP). The role is accountable for providing and coordinating clinically competent care—including assessment, planning, intervention, and evaluation—for an assigned group of patients. The nurse 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 nurse participates in decision-making, patient 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 applicable state and federal regulations. The position works under the direction of a Supervisor, with guidance from a Clinical Educator or Preceptor, or in collaboration with other Registered Nurses. It provides direct hemodialysis patient care and may involve oversight of other care staff after specified training and experience requirements are met. The work takes place in a health care facility with controlled air temperature and moderate noise. The role involves direct patient care, frequent prolonged standing and bending, and regular lifting, moving, and ambulation assistance for patients. Assistance or equipment may be used. The nurse may occasionally move machines or equipment weighing up to 200 pounds with assistance and lift chemical or water solutions weighing up to 30 pounds to a height of five feet. Exposure to infectious or contagious diseases or materials is possible. Work also 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 nurse may be asked to perform 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 the certification.
  • Meet practice requirements in the state of employment.
  • For assigned oversight of Patient Care Technicians, LPNs/LVNs, or RNs as Team Leader or designated Nurse in Charge: complete all FKC education and training requirements for new employees, have at least 9 months of RN experience, and have at least 3 months of chronic or acute hemodialysis experience as an RN.
  • Able to meet the physical demands described, including frequent prolonged standing, bending, patient lifting and mobility assistance, and occasional equipment or solution handling.

Nice To Haves

  • Chronic or acute hemodialysis experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

  • Perform essential functions under the direction of the Supervisor and with guidance from the Clinical Educator or Preceptor, or in collaboration with other Registered Nurses.
  • Collect and analyze patient data systematically before, during, and after hemodialysis treatment; document findings, adjust or modify treatment plans as indicated, and notify the appropriate team member 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 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 to 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 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.

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