Dialysis Technician|Gregory Dialysis

Sioux Center Health; South Dakota; On-site; USD 27,000 - 36,000; Part time

Job summary

Avera Gregory Hospital in South Dakota is seeking a PRN Dialysis Technician to support maintenance dialysis for end-stage renal disease patients. Workdays with possible evenings, weekends, and holidays; shifts from 4am to 5pm and weekends as scheduled.

Responsibilities include equipment operation, patient monitoring, and close RN collaboration. Requires High School or GED, and certification windows for CCHT/CHT; healthcare experience preferred. Equal opportunity employer.

Qualifications

• High School or GED equivalent is required.
• CCHT certification must be obtained within 1-1/2 years.
• CHT certification (BONENT) must be obtained within 1-1/2 years.
• Dialysis or healthcare experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Operates water room equipment and records results and follow-ups.
• Completes dialysis treatments and monitors vascular access with RN guidance.
• Assembles supplies, primes dialyzer, and sets parameters per prescription.
• Monitors equipment, responds to alarms, adjusts flow and removal rates.
• Documents dialysis access and patient treatments accurately.
• Observes patients during treatment and reports adverse reactions to RN.
• Provides technical support to nurses and follows directions for treatment.
• Collaborates with patients, families, physicians, nurses and other departments.

Education

High School or GED Equivalent

CCHT - NNCC within 1-1/2 Yrs

CHT - BONENT within 1-1/2 Yrs

Dialysis experience or healthcare experience

Job description

Work Shift

Primarily days with possible weekends/evenings/holidays (United States of America)

Location

Avera Gregory Hospital

Worker Type

PRN

Pay Range

The pay range for this position is listed below. Actual pay rate dependent upon experience.

$19.75 - $26.00

Position Highlights

PRN - Days Mo-Sa (4am - 5pm) - rotatie Sa/Holi

You Belong at Avera

Be part of a multidisciplinary team built with compassion and the goal of Moving Health Forward for you and our patients. Work where you matter.

A Brief Overview

Performs tasks contributing to performance of maintenance dialysis for patients with end stage renal disease, under the direction and supervision of a Registered Nurse. All facility staff must meet the personnel qualifications and demonstrated competencies necessary to serve collectively the comprehensive complex needs of the dialysis patient. Identifies intradialytic comorbidities and monitors patient and equipment alarms during treatment.

What You Will Do

• Understands water room equipment operation and function; completes testing and follows up appropriately on abnormal results and completes required documentation.
• Completes dialysis treatments, initiation and discontinuation from internal accesses, monitoring of vascular access function and appropriately reports signs of stenosis, occlusion or infection to RN.
• Assembles and prepares necessary treatment supplies, rinses and primes dialyzer and attaches and installs all required tubing according to unit procedure. Test and set parameters according to dialysis prescription.
• Monitors equipment for safe and proper functioning, respond to alarms, and make appropriate adjustments; including blood flow rates and fluid removal rates
• Completes accurate documentation of dialysis access and patient treatment.
• Observes patient during treatments, notifies RN of any adverse reactions. Responds to dialysis –related emergencies, immediately seeking assistance from RN.
• Provides technical assistance to nurses and readily follows direction from nurses for hemodialysis treatments.
• Participates in collaboration with patients, family, physicians, other nursing staff and all ancillary departments.

Essential Qualifications

The individual must be able to work the hours specified. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential job function satisfactorily including having visual acuity adequate to perform position duties and the ability to communicate effectively with others, hear, understand and distinguish speech and other sounds. These requirements and those listed above are representative of the knowledge, skills, and abilities required to perform the essential job functions. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions, as long as the accommodations do not cause undue hardship to the employer.

Required Education, License/Certification, Or Work Experience

• High School or GED Equivalent
• Certified Clinical Hemodialysis Technician (CCHT) - Nephrology Nursing Certification Commission (NNCC) within 1-1/2 Yrs or
• Certified Hemodialysis Technologist/Technician (CHT) - Board of Nephrology Examiners Nursing and Technology (BONENT) within 1-1/2 Yrs
• Dialysis experience or healthcare experience

Expectations and Standards

• Commitment to the daily application of Avera’s mission, vision, core values, and social principles to serve patients, their families, and our community.
• Promote Avera’s values of compassion, hospitality, and stewardship.
• Uphold Avera’s standards of Communication, Attitude, Responsiveness, and Engagement (CARE) with enthusiasm and sincerity.
• Maintain confidentiality.
• Work effectively in a team environment, coordinating work flow with other team members and ensuring a productive and efficient environment.
• Comply with safety principles, laws, regulations, and standards associated with, but not limited to, CMS, The Joint Commission, DHHS, and OSHA if applicable.

Avera is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, Veteran Status, or other categories protected by law. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation for help with your online application, please call 1-605-504-4444 or send an email to [e-mail].