Patient Care Technician Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED required.
• Must meet applicable CMS-approved state and/or national certification requirements within the required state or CMS timeline.
• Must meet applicable state licensure, education, and training requirements.
• Demonstrated commitment to organizational culture, values, and customer service standards.
• Successful completion of the organization’s dialysis training program is required for continued employment.
• Successful completion of CPR certification is required for continued employment.
• 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.
• Ability to perform the stated physical duties, including frequent prolonged standing and bending, patient lifting and movement, and lifting or lowering solutions as described.

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

• Assist health care team members with patient-specific education on adequacy measures, disease processes, and 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 when delegated or permitted by state law.
• Obtain and record pre-, intradialytic, and post-treatment vital signs and weights, and perform vascular access evaluations.
• Initiate dialysis according to prescribed orders, including blood flow and dialysate flow, and program ultrafiltration goals, treatment time, and ultrafiltration modeling as prescribed.
• Monitor patients’ responses to therapy, evaluate intradialytic problems, and provide interventions as prescribed or directed.
• Discontinue treatment according to established procedures, assess patients before termination and discharge, obtain hemostasis, and apply appropriate dressings.
• Complete and document patient evaluations, treatment parameters, vital signs, interventions, and responses accurately and promptly, including required treatment sheets and progress notes.
• Ensure appropriate machine safety alarms are enabled and conduct patient observation and machine safety checks according to facility policy.
• Monitor vascular access pressures during treatment, intervene as appropriate, and report unusual findings or changes in patient condition to a registered nurse or supervisor.
• Obtain prescribed laboratory tests, prepare requisitions, collect and label samples, store them according to laboratory specifications, and coordinate their collection by the appropriate courier.
• Clean blood spills promptly with the appropriate disinfectant and 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 programs under nurse supervision.
• Follow organizational policies, procedures, systems, and ethical business practices; maintain safe and clean facility areas.
• Clean and disinfect dialysis machine surfaces, chairs, equipment, and surrounding areas between treatments.
• Prepare for dialysis treatment, complete required machine alarm testing including Pressure Holding Test, initiate the Solution Delivery System, and document as appropriate.
• Participate in and document Continuous Quality Improvement activities; enter treatment data accurately and timely; review treatment sheets for completeness and ensure missing entries are completed or corrected by appropriate staff.
• Prepare initial patient charts for admission and compile paperwork for placement in the chart.
• Assist with infection-control audits, support staff and patient adherence to infection-control practices, follow infection-control policies, and reinforce infection-control education for patients and families under the direction of the CM or designee, as allowed by state law.
• Follow newly admitted patients through their first four weeks of dialysis and coordinate transitional dialysis care.
• Reinforce education and care information for new patients as allowed by state law, and liaise 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 options, including demonstrating peritoneal dialysis setup, and assist with transitions 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.