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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 organizational culture, values, and customer service standards.
• Successfully complete the organization’s dialysis training program; continued employment depends on successful completion.
• Successfully complete CPR certification; continued employment depends on successful completion.
• Pass the Ishihara Color Blindness test as a condition of employment; failure does not preclude employment, and reasonable accommodations may be considered.
• Ability to perform direct patient care involving frequent, prolonged standing, bending, heavy lifting and moving of patients, and assistance with ambulation.
• Ability to occasionally push or pull equipment using up to 15 pounds of force; frequently lift and lower solutions weighing up to 30 pounds; and occasionally lift up to 40 pounds as high as five feet. Assistance devices or coworkers may be available for heavier items.
• Ability to travel between assigned facilities and locations in the community; travel to regional, Business Unit, and Corporate meetings may be required.

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

• Assist health care team members with patient-specific education about adequacy measures, disease processes, and vascular access, as appropriate.
• Welcome assigned patients and ask about their wellbeing since their previous 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, weights, and 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’ response to dialysis, evaluate intradialytic problems, and intervene as prescribed or directed.
• Discontinue dialysis according to established procedures; obtain relevant vital signs, achieve hemostasis, apply dressings, and assess the patient before discharge.
• Record treatment parameters and patient information accurately and promptly, including treatment sheets and applicable progress notes.
• Report significant information, changes in patient condition, unusual findings, and vascular access concerns to the registered nurse or supervisor.
• Conduct patient observation and machine safety checks, ensure required safety alarms are enabled, and document interventions and patient responses.
• Obtain prescribed laboratory tests, prepare and store specimens according to laboratory specifications, and ensure their collection by the appropriate courier.
• 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, systems, and ethical business practices.
• Maintain a safe, clean environment; clean and disinfect machines, chairs, equipment, and surrounding areas between treatments according to facility policy.
• Prepare for dialysis treatments, perform and document required machine alarm testing including Pressure Holding Testing, and initiate the Solution Delivery System.
• Participate in and document ongoing Continuous Quality Improvement activities.
• Enter treatment data into the designated clinical application; review treatment sheets for completeness and ensure missing entries or signatures are corrected by appropriate staff.
• Prepare initial patient charts and paperwork, prepare lab requisitions, and collect, label, prepare, store, and route laboratory specimens.
• Assist with infection control audits, support staff and patient adherence to infection control practices, follow infection control policies, and reinforce infection control education under appropriate direction.
• In the Transitional Care Unit, follow newly admitted patients through their first four weeks of dialysis and coordinate transitional care.
• Reinforce education and care information for new patients within the scope allowed by state law, and liaise with facility staff to support the patient experience and scheduled multidisciplinary care.
• Help patients understand home dialysis products, benefits, and treatment options, including demonstrating peritoneal dialysis setup, and assist with transition 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.