Home Dialysis RN - CAP 1 Path to Leadership

Fresenius Medical Care AG; Mount Pleasant (TX); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Fresenius Medical Care in Mount Pleasant, Texas, seeks an entry level Home Therapies RN CAP 1 to join the Clinical Advancement Program. You will coordinate and provide clinically competent care, assess patient responses to home dialysis training, and communicate with physicians as needed.

As part of the End Stage Kidney Disease health care team, you will participate in teaching, leadership, and quality improvement activities, while following policy and nursing practice standards.

Qualifications

• Entry level RN with less than 2 years of nephrology nursing experience.
• Minimum of 1 year RN experience (preferred).
• Home dialysis therapy experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Performs duties under supervision with guidance from Educator or Preceptor or in collaboration with another RN.
• Collects and analyzes dialysis data; adjusts treatment plan per protocol and informs Supervisor or physician as needed.
• Assesses and documents patient/family learning needs for initial and ongoing education.
• Delivers safe and effective dialysis care in collaboration with the home dialysis partner and staff.
• Administers medications as prescribed or per approved algorithms; documents justification and effectiveness.
• Initiates or assists with emergency response measures.
• Serves as a resource; participates in staff training and orientation.
• Ensures correct lab collection, processing and shipping; reschedules missed collections.
• Documents outcomes in nursing assessment and care plan with Interdisciplinary Team.
• Communicates transplant and modality options to patients.
• Trains patients/partners in Home Dialysis procedures.
• Completes CAP requirements to advance.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Skills

Nephrology nursing

Home dialysis experience

RN experience

Education

Nursing degree

RN licensure

CPR/BLS Certification

Job description

Fresenius Medical Care in Mount Pleasant, Texas, seeks an entry level Home Therapies RN CAP 1 to join the Clinical Advancement Program. You will coordinate and provide clinically competent care, assess patient responses to home dialysis training, and communicate with physicians as needed.

As part of the End Stage Kidney Disease health care team, you will participate in teaching, leadership, and quality improvement activities, while following policy and nursing practice standards.