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About The Position

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED.
• Meet applicable CMS-approved state and/or national certification requirements within the required state or CMS timeline.
• Meet all 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.
• Take the Ishihara Color Blindness test as a condition of employment; failing the test does not preclude employment, and reasonable accommodations will be considered.
• Ability to perform the stated physical duties, including frequent prolonged standing and bending; direct patient care involving lifting and moving patients and assisting with ambulation; occasional pushing or pulling of equipment with up to 15 pounds of force; frequent lifting and lowering of solutions up to 30 pounds; and occasional lifting up to 40 pounds as high as 5 feet.

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

• Welcome assigned 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 weights and vital signs, including required access evaluations and patient identification.
• 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 prescribed ultrafiltration modeling; ensure required safety alarms are enabled.
• Monitor patient response and machine safety, assess vascular access and pressures, intervene as prescribed or directed, document interventions, and report significant changes or unusual findings to a registered nurse or supervisor.
• Obtain prescribed laboratory tests; prepare, label, store, and arrange collection of specimens according to laboratory requirements.
• Prepare and organize supplies and equipment, prevent waste, and promptly clean blood spills according to facility policy.
• Monitor patients performing self-care under RN supervision.
• Assist with training applicable direct patient care staff on appropriate programs under nurse supervision.
• Follow organizational policies, procedures, business systems, and ethical practices; maintain a safe and clean environment.
• Clean and disinfect dialysis machines, chairs, equipment, and surrounding areas between treatments.
• Prepare machines for treatment, perform required pretreatment alarm tests including Pressure Holding (PHT), and initiate the Solution Delivery System (SDS).
• Participate in and document CQI activities; enter treatment data accurately and promptly, review treatment sheets for completeness, and ensure omissions are corrected by appropriate staff.
• Prepare initial patient charts and paperwork and prepare laboratory requisitions for prescribed or stat specimens.
• Assist with infection-control audits, follow infection-control procedures, support staff and patient adherence, and reinforce patient and family education under appropriate direction.
• For Transitional Care Unit patients, follow newly admitted patients through their first four weeks of dialysis and coordinate transitional care.
• Reinforce education and care information for new patients, coordinate appointments with appropriate staff, and support understanding of home dialysis products, benefits, and options.
• Set up and perform treatments on machines used in the Transitional Care Unit, demonstrate peritoneal dialysis setup as appropriate, and assist with transition to the patient's chosen modality.
• Assist with Transitional Care Unit supply ordering and inventory.