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About The Position

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED.
• Meet CMS-approved state and/or national certification requirements within the required state or CMS timeline.
• Hold any applicable state licensure and complete required education and training.
• Demonstrate commitment to the organization's culture, values, and customer service standards.
• Successfully complete the organization's dialysis training program; continued employment is dependent on successful completion.
• Successfully complete CPR certification; continued employment is dependent on successful completion.
• 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 described physical functions, including frequent prolonged standing and bending, patient lifting and movement, and lifting solutions up to 30 pounds frequently and up to 40 pounds occasionally; accommodations may be considered.

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

• Assist with patient-specific education about adequacy measures, disease processes, and vascular access, as appropriate.
• Welcome assigned patients and inquire about their wellbeing since their last treatment.
• Evaluate vascular access for patency, 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 pre-treatment vascular access evaluations.
• Initiate, monitor, and discontinue dialysis treatments according to prescribed orders and established procedures.
• Calculate and enter prescribed dialysis-machine programming, including ultrafiltration goals, treatment time, and ultrafiltration modeling; ensure required safety alarms are enabled.
• Monitor patient response to therapy, evaluate intradialytic problems, provide prescribed or directed interventions, and report significant changes or unusual findings to a registered nurse or supervisor.
• Evaluate vascular access during treatment, including arterial and venous monitoring pressures; intervene as needed and document and report unusual findings.
• Document vital signs, treatment parameters, patient evaluations, interventions, responses, and other treatment information accurately and promptly.
• Conduct patient and machine safety checks according to facility policy.
• Obtain prescribed laboratory tests; collect, label, prepare, 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 in training applicable direct patient care staff on appropriate programs under nurse supervision.
• Follow organizational policies, procedures, systems, and ethical business practices; maintain safe, clean, and orderly work areas.
• Clean and disinfect dialysis machine surfaces, chairs, equipment, and surrounding areas between treatments.
• Prepare for dialysis treatments, perform and document required machine alarm tests including Pressure Holding Test (PHT), and initiate the Solution Delivery System (SDS).
• Participate in and document CQI activities; enter treatment data into the designated clinical application; review treatment sheets for completeness and ensure appropriate corrections or missing entries are addressed.
• Prepare initial patient charts and paperwork, prepare or print laboratory requisitions, and ensure specimens are collected by the appropriate laboratory courier.
• Assist with infection-control audits and reinforce adherence to infection-control practices and education for patients and families under the direction of the CM or designee, 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, and liaise with facility staff to support the patient experience and scheduled multidisciplinary care.
• Help patients understand home-dialysis products and benefits, treatment options, and peritoneal dialysis setup; support coordination of 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.