Outpatient Registered Nurse - RN

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• America’s "Most Loved Workplaces" by Newsweek
• Major holidays off
• No prior RN dialysis experience required; 12‑week paid and structured training with an assigned preceptor and nurse educator
• 70,000+ dedicated employees, 200,000+ patients, 2,600+ dialysis centers, 350+ research sites across North America
• Largest provider of renal care products and services in the nation, including state‑of‑the‑art dialysis machines, dialyzers and pharmaceuticals, and home to the country’s largest renal specialty laboratories
• Up to $4,400 tuition reimbursement per calendar year

• Performs all essential functions under the direction of the supervisor and with guidance from the clinical educator, preceptor or other registered nurses.
• Performs ongoing, systematic collection and analysis of patient data pre, during, and post hemodialysis treatment for assigned patients, documents in the medical record, makes adjustments or modifications to the treatment plan as indicated and notifies team leader, charge nurse, supervisor or physician as needed.
• Assesses, collaborates, and documents patient/family basic learning needs to provide initial and ongoing education to patients and family.
• Directs and provides, in collaboration with direct and ancillary patient care staff, all aspects of the daily provision of safe and effective delivery of hemodialysis therapy to assigned patients.
• Administers medications as prescribed or in accordance with approved algorithm(s), and documents appropriate medical justification and effectiveness.
• 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 are performed and reschedules missed or insufficient laboratory collections.
• Identifies expected outcomes, documents and updates the nursing assessment and plan of care for assigned patients through collaboration with the interdisciplinary team.
• Ensures patient awareness related to transplant and treatment modality options.
• Required to complete CAP requirements to advance.
• Performs all other duties as assigned by supervisor.

• Provides direct patient care that regularly involves heavy lifting, moving patients and assisting with ambulation; equipment aids and/or coworkers may provide assistance.
• Requires frequent, prolonged periods of standing and the ability to bend over.
• May occasionally be required to move, with assistance, machines and equipment of up to 200 lbs., and 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 of this position in other locations with the same physical demands and working conditions as described above.

• Assessed oversight of Patient Care Technicians/LPNs/LVNs/RNs as a team leader or designated nurse in charge, after meeting all the following:
• Successful completion of all FKC education and training requirements for new employees.
• Must have a minimum of 9 months experience as an RN.
• Must have a minimum of 3 months experience in chronic/acute hemodialysis as an RN.

• 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 employed.

• Entry level for RNs with less than 2 years of nephrology nursing experience.
• Chronic/acute hemodialysis experience (preferred).

Hourly Rate: $33 - $56.

This position offers a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) with company match, paid time off, and parental leave.

Fresenius Medical Care maintains a drug‑free workplace in accordance with applicable federal and state laws.

Fresenius Medical Care is an equal‑opportunity employer providing opportunities for employees with disabilities and veterans.