Patient Care Technician Jobs in San Jose, AZ

About The Position

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED.
• Meet applicable CMS-approved state and/or national certification requirements within the required state or CMS timeline.
• Meet any applicable state licensure, education, and training requirements.
• Demonstrate commitment to the organization's culture, values, and customer service standards.
• Successfully complete the organization's dialysis training program to remain employed.
• Successfully complete CPR certification to remain employed.
• Take the Ishihara Color Blindness test as a condition of employment.

Nice To Haves

• Previous patient care experience in a hospital setting or related facility.

Responsibilities

• Provide dialysis therapy under the direct supervision of a licensed nurse and in accordance with organizational policies, procedures, training, and applicable regulations.
• Set up, operate, and perform required safety checks on hemodialysis machines, including pretreatment alarm testing and Pressure Holding testing.
• Welcome assigned patients, inquire about their wellbeing, and evaluate their condition and vascular access before, during, and after treatment.
• Perform vascular access cannulation and administer heparin as delegated or permitted by state law.
• Obtain and document pre-, intra-, and post-treatment vital signs and weights, including required evaluations before treatment discontinuation and discharge.
• Initiate and discontinue dialysis according to prescribed orders and established procedures, including prescribed blood flow and dialysate flow.
• Calculate and enter prescribed machine programming, including ultrafiltration goals, treatment time, and ultrafiltration modeling, and ensure required safety alarms are enabled.
• Monitor patient response to therapy, evaluate intradialytic problems, provide interventions as prescribed or directed, and report significant changes or unusual findings to a nurse or supervisor.
• Document treatment parameters, interventions, patient responses, and other required information accurately and promptly in treatment sheets, progress notes, and clinical applications.
• Monitor vascular access pressures during treatment, intervene as appropriate, and document and report unusual findings.
• Obtain prescribed laboratory tests; prepare, collect, label, store, and arrange collection of specimens according to laboratory requirements.
• Clean and disinfect dialysis machines, chairs, equipment, and surrounding areas between treatments, and promptly clean blood spills using appropriate disinfectant.
• Prepare, organize, and use supplies and equipment efficiently to prevent waste.
• Monitor patients performing self-care under RN supervision.
• Assist with training applicable direct patient care staff on appropriate programs under nurse supervision.
• Participate in and document CQI activities, review treatment sheets for completeness, correct omissions through appropriate staff, and prepare patient charts and laboratory requisitions.
• Support infection-control audits, follow infection-control policies and procedures, reinforce adherence, and participate in patient and family infection-control education as directed and permitted by state law.
• Follow newly admitted patients through their first four weeks of dialysis and coordinate transitional dialysis care with appropriate staff.
• Reinforce education for new patients, help them understand treatment options and home dialysis products, and assist with modality-choice transitions, including peritoneal dialysis setup demonstrations.
• Ensure transitional care patients are scheduled to see the appropriate disciplines according to their care plan, and assist with TCU supply ordering and inventory.