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General Summary
Provides hemodialysis treatments in a safe and efficient manner.
Job Description
Hours: 24 hours/week
Shift: 6am-6pm
General Summary
Provides hemodialysis treatments in a safe and efficient manner.
Responsibilities
Duties and Responsibilities
Essential Functions
- Accurately prepares supplies and equipment, primes a dialysis machine and initiates and discontinues dialysis.
- Demonstrates the ability to cannulate a dialysis access and identifies appropriate therapy for access complications.
- Demonstrates proficiency in conducting and monitoring dialysis treatments.
- Uses appropriate observation techniques, demonstrates proficiency in documentation and appropriately notifies the RN
- Assists in taking action and responds quickly and appropriately when the patient’s condition changes.
- Correctly draws lab studies and reports abnormal results to the RN.
- Cleans and disinfects equipment pre and post dialysis.
- Demonstrates aseptic and sterile techniques.
- Checks patient’s vital signs.
- Transports patients.
Common Expectations
- Demonstrates behavior that shows courtesy and respect for all members of the interdisciplinary team. Freely offers assistance to others and displays a positive attitude.
- Accepts direction from the charge nurse or team leader.
- Recognizes and, under the direction of the RN, assists with appropriate action for dialysis complications.
- Demonstrates a commitment to patients, visitors, and all disciplines of the dialysis team.
- Maintains established policies and procedures, objectives, quality assessment, safety, environmental and infection control standards.
- Enhances professional growth and development through participation in educational programs, current literature, inservice meetings, and workshops.
- Provides outstanding service to all customers; fosters teamwork; and practices fiscal responsibility through improvement and innovation.
Qualifications
QUALIFICATIONS
Minimum Education
- High School Diploma or GED Required
- Certificate Program CNA or other medical background. Preferred
Work Experience
- Less than 1 year Relevant experience. Required
Licenses
- Certified Clinical Hemodialysis Technician within 1-1/2 years Required and
- Basic Life Support Upon Hire Required
Benefits Offered
- Comprehensive health benefits
- Flexible spending and health savings accounts
- Retirement savings plan
- Paid time off (PTO)
- Short-term disability
- Education assistance
- Financial education and support, including DailyPay
- Wellness and Wellbeing programs
- Caregiver support via Wellthy
- Childcare referral service via Wellthy
About Us
WellSpan Health’s vision is to reimagine healthcare through the delivery of comprehensive, equitable health and wellness solutions throughout our continuum of care. As an integrated delivery system focused on leading in value-based care, we encompass more than 2,300 employed providers, 250 locations, nine award-winning hospitals, home care and a behavioral health organization serving central Pennsylvania and northern Maryland. Our high-performing Medicare Accountable Care Organization (ACO) is the region’s largest and one of the best in the nation. With a team 23,000 strong, WellSpan experts provide a range of services, from wellness and employer services solutions to advanced care for complex medical and behavioral conditions. Our clinically integrated network of 3,000 aligned physicians and advanced practice providers is dedicated to providing the highest quality and safety, inspiring our patients and communities to be their healthiest.
About The Team
WellSpan York Hospital
Built on a solid 140-year legacy of providing high-quality, high-volume, community-based care, WellSpan York Hospital, the largest of WellSpan’s eight hospitals, is a 596-bed acute care community teaching hospital that employs nearly 5,000 people, making WellSpan the largest employer in York County. Driven by a mission to provide exceptional care to all, WellSpan York Hospital serves a diverse population of more than 520,000 residents from the greater York County area. WellSpan York Hospital was one of several WellSpan Health hospitals honored by U.S. News & World Report with the High Performing recognition for 2022-23.
The hospital offers services and programs that feature highly skilled clinical staff, life-saving technology and state-of-the-art facilities to address some of the most complex medical, surgical and behavioral health conditions.
WellSpan York Hospital’s Regional Resource/Level 1 Trauma Center has been accredited by the Pennsylvania Trauma Systems Foundation and is the only accredited trauma center in York, Adams and Franklin counties. It is a nationally recognized teaching hospital with nine residency programs, six allied health schools and other training programs. More than 700 physicians and other professionals are members of WellSpan York Hospital’s medical and dental staff.
WellSpan York Hospital in embarking on a significant five-year project. The centerpiece will be a new, eight-story surgical and critical care tower, which will dramatically expand the hospital’s intensive care unit as well as develop new state of-the-art surgical suites, making it one of the top 10 largest hospitals in Pennsylvania with approximately 600 beds.
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