Dialysis Technician Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Valid PCT national certification or state-specific certification as defined by CMS.
• Any applicable state licensure, education, and training required for the role.
• Demonstrated commitment to organizational culture, values, and customer service standards.
• Successful completion of the organization's dialysis training program is required for continued employment.
• Successful completion of CPR certification is required for continued employment.
• Must take the Ishihara Color Blindness test as a condition of employment; failure does not preclude employment, and reasonable accommodation will be considered.
• Ability to perform direct patient care involving frequent, prolonged standing, bending, lifting and moving patients, and assisting with ambulation.
• Ability to occasionally push or pull equipment using up to 15 pounds of force; frequently lift and lower solutions up to 30 pounds; and occasionally lift up to 40 pounds to a height of five feet. Assistance or material-assist devices are available for heavier items.

Nice To Haves

• At least five years of patient-care experience in a hospital setting or related facility is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Welcome assigned patients and ask about their wellbeing since their last treatment.
• Evaluate vascular access for patency, perform access cannulation, and administer heparin as delegated or permitted by state law.
• Obtain and record pre- and post-treatment vital signs and weights, and perform pre-treatment vascular access evaluations.
• Initiate dialysis according to prescribed orders, including blood-flow and dialysate-flow settings.
• Evaluate and intervene in intradialytic problems as prescribed or directed, monitor patient response, and report significant information or changes to a registered nurse or supervisor.
• Perform treatment discontinuation procedures, obtain pre-reinfusion vital signs, evaluate patients before termination and discharge, obtain hemostasis, apply dressings, and document care.
• Calculate and enter prescribed dialysis machine programming for ultrafiltration goal, treatment time, and ultrafiltration modeling; ensure required safety alarms are enabled.
• Record accurate and timely vital signs, treatment parameters, evaluations, interventions, and other patient-treatment information in required records and clinical applications.
• Observe patients, perform machine safety checks, monitor vascular-access pressures, and document and report unusual findings.
• Obtain prescribed laboratory tests; prepare, label, store, and arrange collection of specimens according to laboratory requirements.
• Clean blood spills promptly with appropriate disinfectants and organize supplies and equipment to prevent waste.
• Monitor patients performing self-care under RN supervision and assist with self-care as applicable.
• Participate in recruitment of clinical staff and assist with clinical orientation, ongoing training, and staff development.
• Serve as a preceptor for direct patient-care training in accordance with state guidelines, organizational standards, policies, and training manuals.
• Deliver and maintain competency evaluations and audits for other patient care technicians.
• Collaborate with Clinical Managers and Education Coordinators to promote quality standards, regulatory compliance, continuous quality improvement, and staff training.
• Educate appropriate personnel about facility water-system integrity and safety and environmental integrity, as allowed by local regulations.
• Support communication and coordination among Clinical Managers, Education Coordinators, direct-care staff, and support staff regarding training and development programs.
• Participate in or design educational programs for patient care technician staff and assist with scheduling and implementing training.
• Monitor patient-care processes through continuous quality improvement activities and incorporate organizational business policies and ethical practices into training.
• Maintain facility cleanliness and environmental integrity; clean and disinfect dialysis machines, chairs, equipment, and surrounding areas between treatments.
• Prepare for dialysis treatments, perform and document required machine alarm testing, including pressure-holding tests, and initiate the Solution Delivery System.
• Complete and document participation in continuous quality improvement activities; review treatment sheets for completeness and follow up on omitted or corrected entries with appropriate staff.
• Prepare initial patient charts and paperwork, prepare laboratory requisitions, and ensure specimens are collected by the appropriate laboratory courier.
• Assist with facility infection-control audits, reinforce infection-control policies and practices, monitor adherence under direction, and support infection-control engagement and education for staff, patients, and families.
• Participate in education responses to internal and external facility surveys under Education Department direction.
• Follow newly admitted patients through their first four weeks of dialysis and coordinate transitional dialysis care.
• Reinforce new-patient education, coordinate appropriate staff visits, and help patients understand home dialysis products, benefits, and treatment options, including peritoneal dialysis setup demonstrations.
• Set up and perform treatments on machines used in the Transitional Care Unit, coordinate transition to the patient's chosen modality, and assist with supply ordering and inventory.
• Attend and actively participate in applicable preceptor training and assigned skill-based training.