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 any applicable state licensure, education, and training requirements.
• Successfully complete the organization's dialysis training program.
• Successfully complete CPR certification.
• Demonstrate commitment to the organization's culture, values, and customer service standards.
• Ability to perform the job's physical demands, including frequent prolonged standing, bending, assisting with patient lifting and movement, and lifting solutions up to 30 pounds frequently and up to 40 pounds occasionally.

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

• Assist health care team members with patient-specific education about adequacy measures, disease processes, and vascular access.
• Welcome patients and ask about their wellbeing since their last treatment.
• Assess vascular access, perform cannulation, and administer heparin when delegated or permitted by state law.
• Obtain and document pre- and post-treatment vital signs and weights, and perform vascular access evaluations.
• Initiate, monitor, and discontinue dialysis treatments according to prescribed orders and established procedures.
• Monitor patient response to dialysis, evaluate intradialytic problems, provide interventions as prescribed or directed, and report significant changes or unusual findings to the registered nurse or supervisor.
• Calculate and enter prescribed dialysis machine parameters, including ultrafiltration goals, treatment time, and ultrafiltration modeling; ensure required safety alarms are enabled.
• Perform machine safety checks and required pretreatment alarm testing, including Pressure Holding Testing, and initiate the Solution Delivery System.
• Document treatment parameters, patient assessments, interventions, and responses accurately and promptly in required records and clinical applications.
• Obtain prescribed laboratory tests; prepare, label, store, and arrange collection of specimens according to laboratory requirements.
• Clean blood spills promptly using appropriate disinfectant and clean and disinfect machines, chairs, equipment, and surrounding areas between treatments.
• Prepare and use supplies and equipment efficiently to prevent waste, and maintain a safe and clean environment.
• Monitor patients performing self-care under RN supervision.
• Assist with training applicable direct patient care staff under nurse supervision.
• Participate in Continuous Quality Improvement activities and infection control audits, follow infection control procedures, and reinforce infection control education as directed and permitted by state law.
• Review treatment sheets for completeness, ensure nursing signatures are documented, and arrange for omitted entries to be completed or corrected by appropriate staff.
• Prepare initial patient charts and paperwork, print laboratory requisitions, and ensure specimens are collected by the appropriate laboratory courier.
• In the Transitional Care Unit, follow newly admitted patients through their first four weeks of dialysis and coordinate transitional care.
• Reinforce education for new patients, support understanding of home dialysis products and treatment options, and assist with demonstrations and transitions to the patient's chosen modality.
• Coordinate with appropriate staff to support the patient experience and ensure disciplines are scheduled according to the care plan.
• Set up and perform treatments on machines used in the Transitional Care Unit and assist with supply ordering and inventory.

Benefits

• 11 weeks of paid on-the-job training
• Major holidays off
• Pay increase and promotion upon certification
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 401(k) with company match
• Paid time off
• Parental leave