Patient Care Technician Jobs

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 for continued employment.
• Successfully complete CPR certification for continued employment.
• Take the Ishihara Color Blindness test as a condition of employment; failing the test does not preclude employment, and reasonable accommodations may be considered.
• Ability to perform the described physical duties, including frequent prolonged standing, bending, assisting with patient movement and ambulation, and lifting or lowering solutions and equipment as described.

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.
• Evaluate vascular access, perform cannulation, and administer heparin as delegated or permitted by state law.
• Obtain and record pre- and post-treatment weights and vital signs, and perform pre-treatment vascular access evaluations.
• Initiate, monitor, and discontinue dialysis treatments according to prescribed orders and established procedures.
• Calculate and enter patient-specific dialysis machine programming, including ultrafiltration goals, treatment time, and UF modeling.
• Ensure appropriate machine safety alarms are enabled and observe patients while conducting machine safety checks.
• Monitor patient responses and vascular access during treatment, intervene as directed, document interventions and responses, and report significant changes or unusual findings to a registered nurse or supervisor.
• Obtain prescribed laboratory tests and collect, label, prepare, store, and arrange pickup of specimens according to laboratory requirements.
• Maintain accurate and timely treatment documentation and enter treatment data into the designated clinical application.
• Review treatment sheets for completeness and ensure required nursing signatures and corrections are completed by appropriate staff.
• Prepare initial patient charts and paperwork, and prepare or print laboratory requisitions.
• Clean and disinfect dialysis machines, chairs, equipment, and surrounding areas between treatments; clean blood spills using appropriate disinfectant.
• Prepare and efficiently use supplies and equipment, and perform required machine preparation, alarm testing, and Solution Delivery System initiation.
• Support patient and staff adherence to infection-control practices, assist with infection-control audits, and reinforce patient and family education as directed and permitted by law.
• Monitor patients performing self-care under RN supervision and assist with training applicable direct patient care staff under nurse supervision.
• Complete and document ongoing participation in Continuous Quality Improvement activities and follow organizational policies, procedures, systems, and ethical business practices.
• In the Transitional Care Unit, follow newly admitted patients through their first four weeks of dialysis and coordinate transitional care with appropriate staff.
• Reinforce education for new patients, support their understanding of home dialysis and treatment options, and assist with demonstrations, modality transitions, and TCU supply ordering and inventory.
• Maintain a safe and clean environment and travel between assigned facilities and community locations as required.