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 to remain employed.
• Successfully complete CPR certification to remain employed.
• Take the Ishihara color blindness test as a condition of employment; failure of the test does not preclude employment, and reasonable accommodations may be considered.
• Ability to perform the role’s physical demands, including frequent prolonged standing and bending, assisting with patient ambulation and movement, and lifting or lowering solutions as described.

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

• Provide patient-specific education, as appropriate, about dialysis adequacy measures, disease processes, and vascular access.
• Welcome assigned patients and ask about their wellbeing since their last treatment.
• Assess vascular access patency; cannulate access and administer heparin when delegated or permitted by state law.
• Obtain and document pre- and post-treatment vital signs and weights, including required access evaluations and patient identification.
• Initiate dialysis according to prescribed orders, including blood and dialysate flow rates, and program ultrafiltration goals, treatment time, and ultrafiltration modeling as prescribed.
• Ensure appropriate machine safety alarms are enabled, including Narrow Venous Limits, and conduct machine safety checks according to facility policy.
• Monitor patients’ response to dialysis, evaluate intradialytic problems, and provide prescribed or directed interventions; document interventions and patient responses.
• Obtain vital signs before reinfusion, discontinue treatment according to established procedures, assess patients before termination of venous access, obtain hemostasis, and apply appropriate dressings.
• Evaluate patients before discharge and report significant information, changes, or unusual findings to the registered nurse or supervisor.
• Monitor vascular access during treatment, including arterial and venous pressures, intervene as needed, and document and report unusual findings.
• Complete accurate and timely treatment documentation, including treatment sheets, vital signs, parameters, and progress notes when applicable.
• Obtain prescribed laboratory tests; prepare, label, store, and arrange collection of specimens according to laboratory requirements.
• Clean blood spills promptly with 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.
• Maintain safe, clean, and orderly work areas; clean and disinfect machines, chairs, equipment, and surrounding areas between treatments.
• Prepare for dialysis and perform and document required pretreatment machine alarm testing, including Pressure Holding Testing; initiate the Solution Delivery System.
• Participate in and document Continuous Quality Improvement activities; enter treatment data accurately and promptly into 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, prepare or print laboratory requisitions, and ensure specimens are collected by the appropriate courier.
• Assist with infection-control audits, reinforce infection-control practices, follow infection-control policies and procedures, and support patient and family education under direction as permitted by state law.
• In the Transitional Care Unit, follow newly admitted patients through their first four weeks of dialysis and coordinate transitional dialysis care.
• Reinforce education and care information for new patients, liaise with appropriate staff to support the patient experience, and help ensure disciplines are scheduled according to the care plan.
• Help patients understand home dialysis products and benefits, treatment options, and peritoneal dialysis setup; 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.

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• 401(k) with company match
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Potential performance-based bonuses for bonus-eligible positions, depending on company and individual performance