Dialysis Technician or Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) | Dialysis

Avera•Sioux Falls, SD

10d•$20 - $33•Onsite

About The Position

Position Highlights Dialysis Technician-$19.75-26.00 LPN-$24.00-33.25 May be eligible for a sign on bonus up to $4,000.00! Student Loan Repayment: Position may be eligible for Avera’s Student Loan Repayment Program, which helps you pay off your loans and save money. Each month an extra payment of $167 (up to $10,000) from Avera will help pay down your principal balance faster. LPN Job Summary: Responsible for assisting the registered nurse in assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating patient care. The LPN is accountable for all patients assigned to him/her according to established policies and procedures and the scope of practice for the licensed practical nurse. Active license in the state of practice required. You Belong at Avera Be part of a multidisciplinary team built with compassion and the goal of Moving Health Forward for you and our patients. Work where you matter. A Brief Overview Performs tasks contributing to performance of maintenance dialysis for patients with end stage renal disease, under the direction and supervision of a Registered Nurse. All facility staff must meet the personnel qualifications and demonstrated competencies necessary to serve collectively the comprehensive complex needs of the dialysis patient. Identifies intradialytic comorbidities and monitors patient and equipment alarms during treatment.

Requirements

The individual must be able to work the hours specified.
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential job function satisfactorily including having visual acuity adequate to perform position duties and the ability to communicate effectively with others, hear, understand and distinguish speech and other sounds.
These requirements and those listed above are representative of the knowledge, skills, and abilities required to perform the essential job functions.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions, as long as the accommodations do not cause undue hardship to the employer.
High School or GED Equivalent
Certified Clinical Hemodialysis Technician (CCHT) - Nephrology Nursing Certification Commission (NNCC) within 1-1/2 Yrs or Certified Hemodialysis Technologist/Technician (CHT) - Board of Nephrology Examiners Nursing and Technology (BONENT) within 1-1/2 Yrs
Dialysis experience or healthcare experience

Responsibilities

Understands water room equipment operation and function; completes testing and follows up appropriately on abnormal results and completes required documentation.
Completes dialysis treatments, initiation and discontinuation from internal accesses, monitoring of vascular access function and appropriately reports signs of stenosis, occlusion or infection to RN.
Assembles and prepares necessary treatment supplies, rinses and primes dialyzer and attaches and installs all required tubing according to unit procedure.
Test and set parameters according to dialysis prescription.
Monitors equipment for safe and proper functioning, respond to alarms, and make appropriate adjustments; including blood flow rates and fluid removal rates
Completes accurate documentation of dialysis access and patient treatment.
Observes patient during treatments, notifies RN of any adverse reactions.
Responds to dialysis –related emergencies, immediately seeking assistance from RN.
Provides technical assistance to nurses and readily follows direction from nurses for hemodialysis treatments.
Participates in collaboration with patients, family, physicians, other nursing staff and all ancillary departments.