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Patient Care Technician
Fresenius Medical Care. Provide safe and effective dialysis therapy under the direct supervision of a licensed nurse .
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Provide safe and effective dialysis therapy under the direct supervision of a licensed nurse
- Set up and operate hemodialysis machines
- Assist with maintenance of a safe and clean working environment
- Educate patients regarding adequacy measures, disease process, and vascular access
- Welcome patients and assess wellbeing, vascular access, vital signs, weight, and treatment response
- Cannulate vascular access and administer heparin as delegated or permitted by state law
- Initiate, monitor, document, and discontinue dialysis treatments according to prescribed orders and established procedures
- Evaluate and intervene in intradialytic problems as directed
- Calculate and enter dialysis machine programming for ultrafiltration goals, treatment time, and UF modeling
- Perform machine safety checks and report significant changes or unusual findings to the registered nurse or supervisor
- Obtain laboratory tests and collect, label, prepare, store, and arrange collection of specimens
- Clean and disinfect dialysis machines, chairs, equipment, and surrounding areas between treatments
- Participate in CQI activities and enter treatment data accurately and timely into clinical applications
- Prepare patient charts and laboratory requisitions; review treatment sheets for completeness
- Support infection-control practices, audits, and patient/family education
- Follow newly admitted patients through their first four weeks of dialysis and coordinate transitional dialysis care
- Reinforce education on home dialysis and treatment options, demonstrate peritoneal dialysis setup, and assist with modality transitions
- Set up and perform treatments on all machines used in the transitional care unit
- Assist with TCU supply ordering and inventory
- Assist in training applicable direct patient-care staff under nurse supervision
Requirements
What you’ll need- High School diploma or G.E.D. required
- Must meet Center for Medicaid/Medicare Services (CMS)-approved state and/or national certification requirements within the required state or CMS timeline
- All appropriate state licensure, education, and training required
- Demonstrated commitment to organization culture, values, and customer service standards
- Previous patient care experience in a hospital setting or a related facility preferred
- Continued employment is dependent on successful completion of the organization dialysis training program
- Continued employment is dependent on successful completion of CPR certification
- Must pass the Ishihara's Color Blindness test as a condition of employment; reasonable accommodations will be considered
- Ability to provide direct patient care involving heavy lifting and moving patients, assisting with ambulation, prolonged standing, bending, and lifting up to 40 lbs.
- Ability to travel between assigned facilities and various community locations; regional, Business Unit, and Corporate meeting travel may be required
Benefits
Comp & perks- Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions
- Two-person assist program and “material assist” devices for heavier items
- Equal opportunity employer
- Drug-free workplace