Outpatient Registered Nurse Jobs

About The Position

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 position for RNs with less than 2 years of Nephrology Nursing experience as a Registered Nurse.
• To receive 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.

Nice To Haves

• Chronic/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 the appropriate team member or physician when needed.
• Assesses, collaborates on, and documents patients’ and families’ 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 prescribed medications or medications under 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 when assigned.
• Ensures laboratory specimens are correctly collected, processed, and shipped, 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.
• Completes CAP requirements to advance.
• Performs other duties as 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 meeting the stated training and experience requirements.