Patient Care Technician Jobs

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 and CPR certification to remain employed.
• Ability to meet the physical demands of direct patient care, including frequent standing, bending, assisting with patient movement and ambulation, and lifting solutions up to 30 pounds frequently and up to 40 pounds occasionally.
• Must take the Ishihara Color Blindness test as a condition of employment; failing the test does not preclude employment, and reasonable accommodations may be considered.

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

• Provide patient-specific education related to dialysis adequacy, disease processes, and vascular access under appropriate supervision.
• Welcome assigned patients and ask about their wellbeing since their previous treatment.
• Evaluate vascular access, perform cannulation, and administer heparin when delegated or permitted by state law.
• Collect and document pre- and post-treatment vital signs and weights, and evaluate vascular access before treatment.
• Initiate dialysis according to prescribed orders, including blood-flow and dialysate-flow settings.
• Monitor patients and evaluate intradialytic problems, providing interventions as prescribed or directed.
• Carry out treatment discontinuation procedures, obtain required vital signs, assess patients before discharge, achieve hemostasis, and apply dressings.
• Calculate and enter prescribed dialysis-machine settings, including ultrafiltration goals, treatment time, and UF modeling.
• Ensure appropriate machine safety alarms are enabled and conduct machine safety checks.
• Document treatment information, vital signs, parameters, interventions, and patient responses accurately and promptly.
• Report significant information, changes in patient condition, and unusual findings to the registered nurse or supervisor.
• Monitor vascular-access pressures during treatment and document, report, and respond to unusual findings as appropriate.
• Obtain prescribed laboratory tests and collect, label, prepare, store, and arrange courier collection of specimens.
• Clean blood spills promptly with appropriate disinfectant and follow facility infection-control procedures.
• 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.
• Maintain safe and clean facility areas and disinfect dialysis machines, chairs, equipment, and surrounding areas between treatments.
• Prepare for dialysis treatments, complete required machine alarm testing including Pressure Holding Test (PHT), and initiate the Solution Delivery System (SDS).
• Participate in and document Continuous Quality Improvement activities; enter treatment data and review treatment sheets for completeness and required signatures.
• Prepare initial patient charts and paperwork, and prepare or print laboratory requisitions.
• Assist with infection-control audits and reinforce infection-control practices and education for patients and families as directed and permitted by law.
• Follow newly admitted patients through their first four weeks of dialysis in the Transitional Care Unit and coordinate transitional dialysis care.
• Coordinate with appropriate staff to support the patient experience and ensure disciplines are scheduled according to the care plan.
• Help patients understand home dialysis products, benefits, and treatment options, including demonstrating peritoneal dialysis setup.
• Set up and perform treatments on machines used in the Transitional Care Unit, assist with transition to the patient’s chosen modality, and support TCU supply ordering and inventory.

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• 401(k) with company match
• Paid time off
• Parental leave