Dialysis Technician

Trinity Health • Mitchellville, MD

82d • $20 - $28 • Onsite

About The Position

The Dialysis Technician will work under the supervision of the RN to provide care to Dialysis patients. This role involves completing pre, intradialytic, and post dialysis assessments, identifying and prioritizing patient care needs, and initiating, monitoring, and terminating dialysis treatments according to unit policies, procedures, and protocols. The technician will also draw periodic lab work, monitor patient intake and output, vital signs, and report findings to the RN. Preparation of the water treatment system and hemodialysis machine, monitoring of dialysis machine readings and parameters, and making appropriate adjustments are key responsibilities. Additionally, the technician will work closely with RNs to provide care to Labor & Delivery patients and be responsible for maintaining the patient's cardiovascular status by ensuring thermoregulation.

Requirements

• Certification as a nursing assistant by the Maryland State Board of Nursing, as a CNA-DT
• Completion of CCHT or BONENT national certification required.
• High school diploma or equivalent.
• BLS from American Heart Association
• Basic computer skills, to include data entry and retrieval.
• Ability to coordinate eyes and hands quickly and accurately.
• Ability to identify and distinguish color, temperature, texture, and size
• Ability to lift up to 35 pounds, as determined by the nature of the patient care unit.
• Must be able to push, pull, lift patients and equipment (e.g. beds, stretchers).
• Must be able to bend body downward at the waist and be able to kneel.

Nice To Haves

• One-year experience as a dialysis technician preferable.

Responsibilities

• Completes pre, intradialytic, and post dialysis assessment of patient’s condition and documents.
• Identifies and prioritizes assignment patients’ nursing care needs/ problems
• Initiates, monitors, and terminates dialysis treatments according to unit policies, procedures, and protocols.
• Draws periodic lab work per procedure and/or protocols
• Monitors intake and output (pre-dialysis weight, intradialytic weight gain, and target weight), evidence of pain, and pulse oximetry measurements and reports all to RN
• Prepares water treatment system and hemodialysis machine for patient shift in accordance with physician’s orders.
• Monitors dialysis machine readings and parameters, dialyzer throughout the dialytic process. Make appropriate adjustments.
• Works closely with RN's to provide care to Labor & Delivery patient
• Responsible for cardiovascular status by maintaining thermoregulation of patient.

Benefits

• medical
• dental
• vision
• mental health
• paid time off
• 403B
• education assistance
• voluntary benefits (pet insurance, accident insurance, hospital indemnity and others)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED