Fresenius Medical Care

With operations spanning dozens of countries across North America, Europe, Asia, and beyond, the company serves a growing patient population requiring modern dialysis treatment. The company's nursing workforce primarily supports inpatient dialysis services, outpatient dialysis clinics, and hospital-based kidney care programs. For nurses, Fresenius Medical Care offers a structured career pathway through its Clinical Advancement Program (CAP), which begins at the CAP 1 entry level and provides opportunities for professional growth in nephrology and dialysis nursing. The company provides dialysis-specific training for nurses entering this specialty, making it accessible to RNs without prior dialysis experience. Nurses at Fresenius work as part of an interdisciplinary kidney disease healthcare team, with responsibilities that include direct patient care, delegation to LVN/LPNs and Patient Care Technicians, participation in clinical decision-making, teaching, and quality improvement activities. The North American division is led by CEO William Valle and operates with a mission focused on delivering superior care that improves quality of life for every patient.

To deliver superior care that improves the quality of life of every patient, every day, setting the standard by which others in the health care industry are judged. The company emphasizes innovative research, treatment concepts, and technologies to provide the best-possible care for patients with kidney disease, with a stated goal of creating 'a future worth living' for patients worldwide.