Outpatient Registered Nurse - RN

About the job

Fresenius Kidney Care in Sandpoint is hiring a full-time Outpatient Registered Nurse (RN). The role is the entry level (CAP 1) of the company's Clinical Advancement Program (CAP), and the nurse plans, delivers, coordinates and evaluates care for an assigned group of hemodialysis patients as part of the End Stage Kidney Disease (ESKD) team.

Fresenius Medical Care says it keeps a drug-free workplace. The daily work mixes desk and computer tasks with time spent with patients, facility or hospital staff and physicians.

What you'll do

• Work under the Supervisor's direction, with guidance from the Clinical Educator, a preceptor or other registered nurses
• Collect and analyze patient data before, during and after each hemodialysis treatment, document it, adjust the treatment plan as indicated and alert the team leader, charge nurse, supervisor or physician when needed
• Direct and provide safe, effective hemodialysis therapy for assigned patients with direct and ancillary care staff, delegating suitable tasks to patient care technicians, LVN/LPNs and RNs
• Give medications as prescribed or by approved algorithm and document the reason and effect
• Assess the learning needs of patients and families and provide initial and ongoing education, including transplant and treatment modality options
• Start or help with emergency response
• Make sure lab samples are collected, processed and shipped correctly, and reschedule missed or insufficient collections
• Update the nursing assessment and plan of care with the Interdisciplinary Team
• Act as a resource for the care team and help train and orient new staff
• Complete the program requirements needed to advance in CAP

What you need

• Graduation from an accredited School of Nursing
• Current appropriate state licensure, meeting the practice requirements of the state where you work
• Current CPR BLS certification, or successful completion of it
• This entry level is meant for RNs with under 2 years of nephrology nursing experience
• Able to handle frequent heavy lifting, moving patients and helping them walk, with equipment aids or coworkers available to help
• Able to stand for long periods and bend over
• Able to occasionally move machines and equipment of up to 200 lbs. with help, and lift chemical and water solutions weighing up to 30 lbs. to a height of 5 feet
• Possible exposure to infectious and contagious diseases
• To serve as team leader or nurse in charge: completion of all FKC new-employee training, at least 9 months of experience as an RN and at least 3 months of chronic/acute hemodialysis experience as an RN

Preferred

• Chronic/acute hemodialysis experience

Schedule

• Full-time
• Possible travel to other facilities or training sites, and possible work at other locations