Outpatient Registered Nurse, RN

About the Role

The Outpatient Registered Nurse - RN CAP 1 is an entry-level designation within the Clinical Advancement Program (CAP). This role is accountable and responsible for the provision and coordination of clinically competent care, including assessment, planning, intervention, and evaluation for an assigned group of patients.

Key Responsibilities

• Performs ongoing, systematic collection and analysis of patient data pre, during, and post hemodialysis treatment.
• Documents patient data and makes adjustments or modifications to the treatment plan as indicated.
• Notifies Team Leader, Charge Nurse, Supervisor, or Physician as needed.
• Assesses, collaborates, and documents patient/family’s basic learning needs.
• Provides initial and ongoing education to patients and families.
• Directs and provides all aspects of the daily provision of safe and effective delivery of hemodialysis therapy.
• Administers medications as prescribed or in accordance with approved algorithm(s).
• Documents appropriate medical justification and effectiveness of administered medications.
• Initiates or assists with emergency response measures.
• Serves as a resource for the health care team.
• Participates in staff training and orientation of new staff as assigned.
• Ensures correct laboratory collection, processing, and shipping procedures.
• Reschedules missed or insufficient laboratory collections.
• Identifies expected outcomes, documents, and updates the nursing assessment and plan of care.
• Collaborates with the Interdisciplinary Team.
• Ensures patient awareness regarding transplant and treatment modality options.
• Required to complete CAP requirements to advance.
• Performs all other duties as assigned by Supervisor.

Supervision

• Assigned oversight of Patient Care Technicians/LPNs/LVNs/RNs as a Team Leader or designated Nurse in Charge after meeting all FKC education and training requirements for new employees.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Hemodialysis experience (preferred).

Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing.
• Current appropriate state licensure.
• Current or successful completion of CPR BLS Certification.
• Must meet the practice requirements in the state in which he or she is employed.
• Entry level for RNs with less than 2 years of Nephrology Nursing experience.
• Minimum of 9 months experience as an RN is required for potential supervisory roles.
• Minimum of 3 months experience in chronic/acute hemodialysis as an RN is required for potential supervisory roles.

Physical Demands and Working Conditions

• Provides direct patient care that regularly involves heavy lifting, moving of patients, and assisting with ambulation.
• Requires frequent, prolonged periods of standing and the ability to bend over.
• May be required to move machines and equipment of up to 200 lbs. with assistance.
• May lift chemical and water solutions of up to 30 lbs. as high as 5 feet.
• Work environment is characteristic of a health care facility with air temperature control and moderate noise levels.
• May be exposed to infectious and contagious diseases/materials.
• Day-to-day work includes desk work, computer work, interaction with patients, facility/hospital staff, and physicians.
• May require travel to training sites or other facilities.
• May be asked to provide essential functions in other locations with similar physical demands and working conditions.