Junior Technician

Narayana Health; Jaipur; On-site; INR 250,000 - 450,000; Full time

Job summary

Narayana Health in Jaipur, India is seeking a Dialysis Technician to operate hemodialysis equipment and monitor patients during dialysis sessions. The role includes setup, patient prep, and ensuring safety protocols are followed.

The candidate will work in a clinical setting, handle dialysate mixing and machine priming, and maintain accurate pre- and post-dialysis records while ensuring aseptic technique.

Qualifications

• Operates hemodialysis machine to deliver dialysis treatments.
• Monitors patient vital signs before, during, and after dialysis.
• Maintains aseptic technique and infection control in the dialysis area.

Responsibilities

• Sets up and operates hemodialysis machine to provide dialysis treatment for patients with kidney failure.
• Attaches dialyzer and tubing to machine to assemble for use.
• Mixes dialysate according to formula.
• Primes dialyzer with saline or heparinized solution to prepare machine for use.
• Transports patient to dialysis room and positions patient on lounge chair at the hemodialysis machine.
• Takes and records predialysis weight, temperature, blood pressure, pulse rate, and respiration rate.
• Explains dialysis procedure to patient to allay anxieties.
• Cleans access area with antiseptic solution.
• Connects machinery to vascular access to start blood flow.
• Inspects equipment settings, pressures, and temperature to ensure safety.
• Starts blood flow pump at prescribed rate and monitors pressures.
• Calculates fluid removal or replacement during dialysis.
• Monitors patient for adverse reactions and machine for malfunction.
• Records post-dialysis measurements.

Skills

Dialysis machine operation

Patient monitoring

Infection control

Job description

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• Sets up and operates hemodialysis machine to provide dialysis treatment for patients with kidney failure: Attaches dialyzer and tubing to machine to assemble for use.
• Mixes dialysate, according to formula.
• Primes dialyzer with saline or heparinized solution to prepare machine for use.
• Transports patient to dialysis room and positions patient on lounge chair at hemodialysis machine.
• Takes and records patient's predialysis weight, temperature, blood pressure, pulse rate, and respiration rate.
• Explains dialysis procedure and operation of hemodialysis machine to patient before treatment to allay anxieties.
• Cleans area of access, using antiseptic solution.
• Connects hemodialysis machine to access in patient's forearm or catheter site to start blood circulating through dialyzer.
• Inspects equipment settings, including pressures, conductivity, and temperature to ensure conformance to safety standards.
• Starts blood flow pump at prescribed rate.
• Inspects venous and arterial pressures as registered on equipment to ensure pressures are within established limits.
• Calculates fluid removal or replacement to be achieved during dialysis procedure.
• Monitors patient for adverse reaction and hemodialysis machine for malfunction.
• Takes and records patient's postdialysis weight, temperature, blood pressure, pulse rate, and respiration rate.

May fabricate parts, such as cannulas, tubing, catheters, connectors, and fittings, using handtools.