Acute Inpatient Registered Nurse - RN
Company: Fresenius Medical Care
Location: Lowell
Posted on: October 23, 2024
Job Description:
POSITION FEATURES:
- Location: Lowell MA and Salem NH
- 202, 2022, and 2023 America's 'Most Loved Workplaces' by
Newsweek
- No prior RN dialysis experience required; 12 weeks of paid &
structured training with an assigned Preceptor & 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 we are home to the country's largest renal
specialty laboratories
- Up to $4,400 tuition reimbursement per calendar year
Location: LOWELL MA and Salem NHPURPOSE AND SCOPE: The registered
professional nurse (CAP RN 1) position is an entry level
designation into the Clinical Advancement Program for Registered
Nurses. - The CAP RN 1 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. - As a member of the Kidney Disease health care
team, the CAP RN 1 participates in decision-making, teaching,
leadership functions, and quality improvement activities that
enhance patient care outcomes and program operations. - -PRINCIPAL
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:All duties and responsibilities are
expected to be performed in accordance with Fresenius Kidney Care
and applicable contractual service policy, procedures, standards of
nursing practice, state and federal regulations. -
- Performs all essential functions under the direction of the
Program Manager (PM) and with guidance from the Educator, Preceptor
or an Inpatient Services CAP RN 2, 3, 4 or 5 for the first 6 months
of employment.
- Expected to complete requirements to advance to the next
Inpatient CAP level, for which they qualify, within 24 months from
date of hire.
- Performs ongoing, systematic collection and analysis of patient
data pre - during - post treatment for assigned patients and
documents in the patient medical record, adjusts or modifies the
treatment plan as indicated and notifies inpatient program manager,
appropriately credentialed physician, patient's primary nurse and
others as may be indicated.
- Recognizes aspects and implications of patient status that vary
from normal and reports to or collaborates with appropriate health
team members for input including but not limited to manager,
appropriate physician, and acute primary nurse.
- Assesses daily assigned patient care needs and collaborates
with direct and ancillary patient care staff as needed.
- Directs and provides safe effective patient care for assigned
patients as prescribed for all modality specific treatment
procedures.
- Initiates and coordinates communication with FKC and Non-FKC
dialysis providers and appropriate hospital personnel as needed to
provide continuity of patient care. -
- Administers medications as prescribed and in accordance with
contractual agreement.
- Ensures nephrology physician orders for assigned patients are
received and entered in the Medical Record.
- Enters all treatment data into the designated medical record
thoroughly, accurately and in a timely manner.
- Performs the implementation, administration, monitoring, and
documentation of patient's response to prescribed intradialytic
transfusions, including appropriate notification of adverse
reactions to physician and appropriate blood supplier.
- Ensures familiarity with company, inpatient services program
and contracted provider emergency policy to initiate and assist
with emergency response measures.
- Delegates appropriate tasks to direct patient care staff
including but not limited to LVN/LPNs and Patient Care
Technicians.
- Monitors patient care staff for appropriate techniques and
adherence to FKC policy and procedures.
- Promotes infection control, equipment and environmental
safety.
- Assesses, collaborates and documents patient/family's basic
learning needs to provide initial and ongoing education to patients
and family.
- Instructs hospital/facility staff on aspects of specialized
care related to renal replacement and apheresis therapies.
- Collaborates with the interdisciplinary team to update the
nursing assessment and plan of care for assigned patients. -
- Initiates, documents, and completes ongoing QAI activities
including monthly reports as directed by manager or designee.
- Serves as a resource for health care team, participates in
staff training and orientation of new staff as assigned.
- Participates in all required staff meetings as scheduled.
- May be assigned to assist in an Outpatient facility on an as
needed basis. - - -
- Supports and promotes the FMCNA's mission, vision, values, and
customer service philosophy.
- Performs all other duties as assigned by manager within state,
federal and contractual standards.PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORKING
CONDITIONS:
- The physical demands and work environment characteristics
described here are representative of those an employee encounters
while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable
accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities
to perform the essential functions.
- Areas of practice are diverse, including, but not limited to,
the fields of hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, continuous renal
replacement therapies, and apheresis.
- The position provides direct patient care that regularly
involves heavy lifting and moving of patients, and assisting with
ambulation. - Equipment aids and/or coworkers may provide
assistance. - This position requires frequent, prolonged periods of
standing and the employee must be able to bend over. The employee
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. - The 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.
- May be asked to provide essential functions of this position in
other locations with the same physical demands and working
conditions as described above.
- Day to day work includes desk work, computer work and
interaction with patients, facility/hospital staff and physicians.
The position requires travel between assigned facilities and
various locations within the community and travel to regional
meetings may be required.
- Position requires participation in on-call rotation. (Night,
Weekend or as defined by individual program needs). -SUPERVISION: -
- Assigned oversight of Patient Care Technicians/LPNs as a
designated Nurse in charge, after the following:
- -Successful completion of all FKC education and modality
specific training requirements for new employees plus
- -Must have a minimum of 9 months experience as an RN plus
- -6 months experience in dialysisEDUCATION:
- Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing.
- Current appropriate state licensure.
- Must meet the practice requirements in all states in which he
or she is employed. -EXPERIENCE AND REQUIRED SKILLS:
- Entry level for RNs with less than 2 years of nephrology
nursing experience within the last two years or for RNs with a BSN
and less than 1 year of nephrology nursing experience within the
last two years.
- Minimum of 9 months experience as a Registered Nurse
(preferred).
- Minimum 6 months nephrology experience required before working
independently without a qualified dialysis RN
- 6 months dialysis experience required to be on-call.
- Hemodialysis and/or ICU experience (preferred).
- Successful completion of FKC Education and Training
requirements for new employees.
- Successful completion and maintenance of CPR BLS
Certification.
- Meet all conditions of employment including Ishihara's Color
Blindness Test.
- Successful completion of all annual required
education/training/competencies.
- Successful completion of on-going training and education as
assigned or required -EO/AA Employer:
Minorities/Females/Veterans/Disability/Sexual Orientation/Gender
IdentityFresenius Medical Care North America maintains a drug-free
workplace in accordance with applicable federal and state
laws.
Keywords: Fresenius Medical Care, Lowell , Acute Inpatient Registered Nurse - RN, Healthcare , Lowell, Massachusetts
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