Patient Care Technician Jobs in San Jose, AZ

About The Position

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED.
• Meet CMS-approved state and/or national certification requirements within the required state or CMS timeline.
• Meet 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 and CPR certification; continued employment depends on successful completion.
• Pass the Ishihara Color Blindness test as a condition of employment; failure does not preclude employment, and reasonable accommodations may be considered.
• Ability to perform direct patient care involving regular heavy lifting and moving of patients and assisting with ambulation.
• Ability to stand for frequent, prolonged periods and bend over.
• Ability to occasionally push or pull equipment with up to 15 pounds of force; frequently lift and lower solutions up to 30 pounds and occasionally lift up to 40 pounds as high as five feet.
• Previous patient care experience in a hospital setting or related facility is preferred.

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

• Assist health care team members with patient-specific education about adequacy measures, disease processes, and vascular access, as appropriate.
• Welcome assigned patients and ask about their wellbeing since their previous treatment.
• Evaluate vascular access for patency; perform cannulation and administer heparin as delegated or permitted by state law.
• Obtain and document pre- and post-treatment vital signs, weights, and vascular-access evaluations.
• Initiate dialysis according to prescribed orders, including blood-flow and dialysate-flow settings; calculate and enter prescribed machine programming for ultrafiltration goals, treatment time, and UF modeling.
• Monitor patients’ response to dialysis, evaluate intradialytic problems, and provide interventions as prescribed or directed.
• Perform pre-reinfusion checks and the functions required to discontinue treatment; evaluate patients before treatment termination and discharge, obtain hemostasis, and apply appropriate dressings.
• Document treatment information accurately and promptly, including vital signs, treatment parameters, evaluations, interventions, and patient responses.
• Ensure required machine safety alarms are enabled and conduct patient and machine safety checks according to facility policy.
• Evaluate vascular access during treatment, monitor arterial and venous pressures, intervene as needed, and report unusual findings to a registered nurse or supervisor.
• Report significant information and changes in patient condition to the registered nurse or supervisor.
• Obtain prescribed laboratory tests; collect, label, prepare, store, and arrange appropriate courier collection of specimens.
• Clean blood spills promptly with appropriate disinfectant and maintain infection-control practices.
• Prepare and efficiently use supplies and equipment to prevent wastage; monitor patients performing self-care under RN supervision.
• Assist in training applicable direct patient care staff on appropriate programs under a nurse’s supervision.
• Follow organizational policies, procedures, systems, and ethical business practices.
• Maintain safe and clean areas; clean and disinfect dialysis machines, chairs, equipment, and surrounding areas between treatments.
• Prepare for dialysis and perform and document required pretreatment machine alarm testing, including Pressure Holding Testing; initiate the Solution Delivery System.
• Participate in and document Continuous Quality Improvement activities.
• Enter treatment data in the designated clinical application; review treatment sheets for completeness and ensure missing entries are completed or corrected by appropriate staff.
• Prepare initial patient charts and admission paperwork; prepare and print laboratory requisitions for prescribed or stat specimens.
• Assist with infection-control audits, reinforce staff and patient adherence, follow infection-control procedures, and support patient and family education under the direction of the CM or designee as permitted by state law.
• Follow newly admitted patients through their first four weeks of dialysis and coordinate transitional dialysis care.
• Reinforce education and care matters for new patients as permitted by state law; liaise with appropriate staff to support the patient experience and ensure disciplines are scheduled according to the plan.
• Help patients understand home-dialysis products, benefits, and options, including demonstrating peritoneal dialysis setup, and assist with transition to the patient’s chosen modality.
• Set up and perform treatments on machines used in the Transitional Care Unit and assist with supply ordering and inventory.
• Travel between assigned facilities and locations in the community; travel to regional, Business Unit, or Corporate meetings may be required.