Rn Jobs in St Cloud

About The Position

Requirements

• Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing.
• Current appropriate state licensure and must meet practice requirements in all states where employed.
• Current CPR BLS Certification or successful completion of CPR BLS Certification.
• Entry-level designation for RNs with less than 2 years of nephrology nursing experience as an RN.
• At least 9 months of experience as a Registered Nurse; 12 months is preferred.
• Complete all FKC education and modality-specific training requirements for new employees before qualifying for designated Nurse-in-Charge oversight.
• At least 6 months of acute dialysis experience is required for designated Nurse-in-Charge oversight; 6 months of acute dialysis experience is listed as preferred in the experience qualifications.
• Ability to perform the physical demands of the role, including frequent prolonged standing, bending, patient movement and assistance with ambulation, and lifting or moving specified loads, with assistance where indicated.
• Ability to travel to training or meeting sites and between assigned facilities.
• Ability to participate in on-call rotation and work nights, weekends, or holidays as program needs require.

Nice To Haves

• 12 months of experience as a Registered Nurse.
• 6 months of acute dialysis experience.
• Hemodialysis and/or ICU experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide and coordinate clinically competent care, including assessment, planning, intervention, and evaluation, for assigned patients.
• Delegate appropriate tasks to direct patient-care staff when needed.
• Collect and analyze patient data systematically before, during, and after treatment; document findings, modify treatment plans as indicated, and notify the Supervisor, Physician, primary nurse, or others as appropriate.
• Assess and document patients’ and families’ basic learning needs and provide initial and ongoing education.
• Recognize patient status that varies from normal and report or collaborate with appropriate health team members.
• Direct and provide safe, effective care for assigned patients in accordance with prescribed modality-specific treatment procedures.
• Assess daily patient-care needs and collaborate with direct and ancillary patient-care staff.
• Coordinate communication with FKC and non-FKC dialysis providers and contracted facility personnel to support continuity of care.
• Implement, administer, monitor, and document patient responses to prescribed intradialytic transfusions, including notifying the physician and appropriate blood supplier of adverse reactions.
• Administer prescribed medications and document medical justification and effectiveness.
• Initiate and assist with emergency response measures.
• Serve as a health care team resource and participate in staff training and new-staff orientation as assigned.
• Provide specialized nursing-care instruction to hospital or facility staff when contractually stipulated.
• Assist in an outpatient facility as needed.
• Complete CAP requirements to advance.
• Perform other duties assigned by the Supervisor.
• Travel to training or meeting sites and between assigned facilities.
• Participate in an on-call rotation and work nights, weekends, or holidays when required by program needs.