Patient Care Technician
About The Position
DaVita Kidney Care is expanding its services by bringing industry-leading clinical quality to patients on-site at skilled nursing facilities (SNF) through a new team called DaVita Skilled Nursing Dialysis Services (DSD). This initiative aims to reduce the burden on patients who are transported for dialysis three times a week and to decrease avoidable healthcare costs. DSD Services teammates will leverage DaVita's resources to develop and grow this new service line. The ideal candidates will have significant experience within DaVita, thrive in a start-up environment, be passionate about improving patient lives, and demonstrate a "get stuff done" attitude. Teammates must be comfortable working autonomously and collaborating with cross-functional teams.
Requirements
- Prior Hemo-Dialysis experience
- Valid Certified Clinical Hemodialysis Technician (CCHT) certification
- High school diploma or equivalent
- Basic computer skills and proficiency in MS Word and Outlook
Nice To Haves
- Training/Teaching/Healthcare Education background
Responsibilities
- Take responsibility for the complete ongoing care of each patient to ensure their dialysis treatment stays on track.
- Work in conjunction with dialysis RNs to provide dialysis care.
- Provide safe, comfortable, and hygienic dialysis treatment through direct one-on-one patient care.
- Meet and/or exceed clinical outcomes in a complex and fulfilling service line.
- Multitask to meet the needs of the service, patients, and SNF partners.
- Provide comprehensive patient care in an independent setting.
- Monitor patients before, during, and after dialysis treatment, including measuring and recording stats, patient observations, and hemodialysis machine setup.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, 401(k) match, paid time off, PTO cash out
- Family resources
- EAP counseling sessions
- Access Headspace®
- Backup child and elder care
- Maternity/paternity leave
- Paid training: DaVita offers all new dialysis teammates a robust, paid training program to help you learn the right dialysis skills. The training is a mix of classroom and hands on training.
- Reimbursement for your Certified Hemodialysis Technician (CHT) license
- Preceptor University: Learn how to become teach future DaVita teammates clinical procedures and policies
- Opportunity to grow personally and professionally.
- DSSL & SPARK – Gives clinical teammates the chance to develop into supervisory and leadership skills
- Bridge to Your Dreams: Offers high-performing patient care technicians (PCTs) a path to becoming a registered nurse through fully funded tuition and career coaching.
- 100+ CEU courses at no cost
- Gateway: A web-based application available to teammates for career planning, learning and training, and recognition. It allows you to access new courses and CE credits and explore career paths on your own time. It also has a newsfeed to keep you up to date on Village news and functions as a social platform to connect you to teammates
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
