Outpatient Registered Nurse - RN - Dialysis
La Puente, California
You'll assess your assigned dialysis patients before, during and after treatment and adjust their plans. Fresenius Medical Care runs at clinic pace, on scheduled patients.
Posted Jul 14
- Shift and hours
- Rotating 4-10s and 3-12s · 10-hour and 12-hour shifts Requires rotating shifts of 4-10's and 3-12's.
- Unit and setting
- Dialysis · Outpatient
- License
- RN license Current appropriate state licensure.current state RN licensure
- Term
- Permanent Full-time outpatient registered nurse position in dialysis at Fresenius Medical Care in La Puente, CA.Full time
Do you qualify?
- License
- current state RN licensure Current appropriate state licensure.
- Certification
- current or successful completion of CPR BLS Certification Current or successful completion of CPR BLS Certification
- Education
- graduate of an accredited school of nursing Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing.
- Experience
- 2 years nephrology nursing experience Entry level for RNs with minimum of 2 years of Nephrology Nursing experience
- Experience
- dialysis experience Requires dialysis experience, graduate of accredited School of Nursing, current state licensure, CPR BLS Certification, and minimum 2 years Nephrology Nursing experience.
- Experience
- 3 months hemodialysis as an RN before team leader role Must have a minimum of 3 months experience in chronic/acute hemodialysis as a RN.
- Also asks
- completion of all FKC education and training requirements for new employees before team leader role Successful completion of all FKC education and training requirements for new employees.
- Also asks
- meet the practice requirements of the state where you work Must meet the practice requirements in the state in which he or she is employed.
What it pays
- Against similar roles
- Below most California staff postingsCalifornia staff postings that state pay run $34/hr to $95/hr, the middle half $46/hr to $73/hr, across 4,561 postings.
- Pay reviews
- pay depends on work location, education, experience and skills based on work location and qualifications, including relevant education, work experience, skills, and competencies
Benefits
- Benefitsmedical insuranceBenefit Overview: This position offers a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) with company match, paid time off, parental leave.
- Benefitsdental insurance
- Benefitsvision insurance
- Benefits401(k) with company match
- Benefitspaid time off
- Benefitsparental leave
The role and schedule
- Precepting
- You would precept other nurses May serve as a Preceptor to new employees.
- Day to day
- daily hemodialysis treatments with direct care staff
- Day to day
- patient and family teaching Assesses, collaborates, and documents patient/family’s basic learning needs to provide initial and ongoing education to patients and family.
- Day to day
- transplant and treatment-option education for patients Ensures patient awareness related to transplant and treatment modality options.
- Day to day
- medication administration Administers medications as prescribed or in accordance with approved algorithm(s), and documents appropriate medical justification and effectiveness.
- Day to day
- lab collection, processing and shipping, rescheduling missed draws Ensures correct laboratory collection, processing and shipping procedures are performed and reschedules missed or insufficient laboratory collections.
- Day to day
- emergency response measures Initiates or assists with emergency response measures.
- Charge
- team leader or charge nurse over PCTs, LVN/LPNs and RNs, after training Assigned oversight of Patient Care Technicians//LVN/LPNs/RNs as a Team Leader or designated Nurse in Charge, after meeting all the following:
- Travel
- may travel to training sites or other facilities The position may require travel to training sites or other facilities.
- Travel
- may be asked to work in other locations May be asked to provide essential functions of this position in other locations with the same physical demands and working conditions as described above.
- Details
- regular heavy lifting and moving of patients The position provides direct patient care that regularly involves heavy lifting, moving of patients and assisting with ambulation.
- Details
- occasionally move machines up to 200 lbs. with help, and lift solutions up to 30 lbs. as high as 5 feet
- Details
- frequent, prolonged standing and bending This position requires frequent, prolonged periods of standing and the employee must be able to bend over.
- Details
- possible exposure to infectious and contagious materials May be exposed to infectious and contagious diseases/materials.
- Details
- daily desk and computer work plus contact with patients and physicians Day to day work includes desk work, computer work and interaction with patients, facility/hospital staff and physicians.
Your fit
Questions to ask
- Can you walk me through base pay range and differentials?
- What should I expect for weekly hours, weekend, holiday, and call?
- What orientation, preceptor time, and ongoing unit support are included?
- How are patient load, floating, and staffing support handled day to day?
On your path
Dialysis Clinics train you on the machines; acute wants chronic time first.
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Full-time outpatient registered nurse position in dialysis at Fresenius Medical Care in La Puente, CA. Involves providing and coordinating clinically competent care including assessment, planning, intervention, and evaluation for assigned dialysis patients. Requires rotating shifts of 4-10's and 3-12's. Includes delegation of tasks to direct patient care staff, participation in decision-making, teaching, leadership functions, and quality improvement activities. Requires dialysis experience, graduate of accredited School of Nursing, current state licensure, CPR BLS Certification, and minimum 2 years Nephrology Nursing experience.
What's around it?
La Puente, CAFrom Census ACS 2024.
Living costs about 11% above the US average
- Median rent
- $1,849/mo
- Household income
- $86,602/yr, all local households, not nurse pay