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 applicable state or CMS timeline.
• Meet all 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; continued employment depends on successful completion.
• Successfully complete CPR certification; continued employment depends on successful completion.
• Take the Ishihara Color Blindness test as a condition of employment; failing the test does not preclude employment, and reasonable accommodations may be considered.
• Able to perform the physical demands of the role, including frequent prolonged standing and bending; heavy lifting and moving of patients and assisting with ambulation; occasionally pushing or pulling equipment with up to 15 pounds of force; frequently lifting or lowering solutions up to 30 pounds; and occasionally lifting up to 40 pounds as high as five feet. Assistance and material-assist devices are available for heavier items.
• Able to travel between assigned facilities and various community locations; travel to regional, Business Unit, and Corporate meetings may be required.

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

• Welcome assigned patients and ask about their wellbeing since their last treatment.
• Provide patient-specific education support, including education about adequacy measures, disease processes, and vascular access, as appropriate and within applicable state law.
• Assess vascular access for patency, perform cannulation, and administer heparin when delegated or permitted by state law.
• Obtain and document pre- and post-treatment weights and vital signs, including required assessments before treatment, before reinfusion, and before discharge.
• Initiate dialysis according to prescribed orders, including blood-flow and dialysate-flow settings, and calculate and enter prescribed ultrafiltration goals, treatment time, and ultrafiltration modeling.
• Monitor patient response to dialysis, evaluate intradialytic problems, provide prescribed or directed interventions, and document patient responses.
• Perform and document dialysis discontinuation procedures, including evaluation before termination of venous access, standing and sitting blood pressure measurements, hemostasis, and appropriate dressings.
• Ensure required machine safety alarms are enabled, observe patients, conduct machine safety checks, and report changes or unusual findings to the registered nurse or supervisor.
• Monitor vascular-access pressures during treatment, intervene as needed, document findings, and report unusual findings to the registered nurse or supervisor.
• Complete accurate and timely treatment records, including vital signs, treatment parameters, treatment sheets, and applicable progress notes.
• Report significant information and changes in patient condition directly to the registered nurse or supervisor.
• Obtain prescribed laboratory tests; collect, label, prepare, store, and arrange courier collection of specimens according to laboratory requirements.
• Clean blood spills immediately using the appropriate disinfectant and facility procedures.
• Prepare, organize, and efficiently use supplies and equipment 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.
• Follow organization policies, procedures, systems, and ethical business practices; maintain safe and clean areas and environmental integrity.
• Clean and disinfect dialysis machine surfaces, chairs, equipment, and surrounding areas between treatments according to facility policy.
• Prepare for dialysis treatments, document as appropriate, complete required machine alarm testing including Pressure Holding Test (PHT), and initiate the Solution Delivery System (SDS).
• Participate in and document ongoing CQI activities; enter treatment data accurately and promptly in the designated clinical application.
• Review treatment sheets for completeness, confirm nursing signatures, and ensure omitted entries are completed or corrected by appropriate staff.
• Prepare initial patient charts and paperwork for admission and placement in the chart; prepare and print laboratory requisitions for prescribed or stat specimens.
• Assist with infection-control audits, support staff and patient adherence to infection-control practices, follow infection-control policies and procedures, and reinforce patient and family education under the direction of the CM or designee as allowed by state law.
• Follow newly admitted Transitional Care Unit patients through their first four weeks of dialysis and coordinate transitional dialysis care.
• Reinforce education and care-related information for new patients as allowed by state law; liaise with appropriate staff to coordinate the patient experience and appointments with disciplines according to the plan.
• Help patients understand home dialysis products and benefits, treatment options, and how home dialysis may work for them; demonstrate peritoneal dialysis setup as appropriate.
• Set up and perform treatments on all machines used in the Transitional Care Unit.
• Assist with coordinating transition to the patient's chosen modality and with Transitional Care Unit supply ordering and inventory.