Outpatient RN

Fresenius - Brook Park, OH

Full-time - Entry Level

Brook Park, OH

Ambulatory Health Care Services

About the position

The Outpatient RN CAP 1 is an entry-level position within the Clinical Advancement Program (CAP) at Fresenius Kidney Care. This role is responsible for providing and coordinating clinically competent care for patients, including assessment, planning, intervention, and evaluation. The RN will work as part of the End Stage Kidney Disease (ESKD) healthcare team, participating in decision-making, teaching, leadership functions, and quality improvement activities to enhance patient care outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Perform ongoing, systematic collection and analysis of patient data pre, during, and post hemodialysis treatment.
• Assess, collaborate, and document patient/family's basic learning needs to provide education.
• Direct and provide all aspects of the daily provision of safe and effective delivery of hemodialysis therapy.
• Administer medications as prescribed and document medical justification and effectiveness.
• Initiate or assist with emergency response measures.
• Serve as a resource for the healthcare team and participate in staff training and orientation.
• Ensure correct laboratory collection, processing, and shipping procedures are performed.
• Identify expected outcomes and update the nursing assessment and plan of care for assigned patients.
• Ensure patient awareness related to transplant and treatment modality options.
• Complete CAP requirements to advance.

Requirements

• Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing.
• Current appropriate state licensure.
• Current or successful completion of CPR BLS Certification.
• Entry level for RNs with less than 2 years of Nephrology Nursing experience.
• Minimum of 9 months experience as a RN.
• Minimum of 3 months experience in chronic/acute hemodialysis as a RN.

Nice-to-haves

• Chronic/acute hemodialysis experience.