Dialysis Patient Care Technician-Chronic Hemodialysis

Full time Rotating Shift

Job Title:

Dialysis Technician

Employment Type:

Full Time

Shift:

Rotating

(SUMMARY) Position Highlights:

• Quality of Life:Flexible work schedules
• Advancement:professional growth within the organization
• Additional Benefits: tuition reimbursement, free parking, employee discounts
• Competitive pay
• Location:Holy Cross Health has two hospitals and four healthcare centers all a short driving distance from Washington DC and Baltimore, MD

Description:

• Dialysis Technician will work under the supervision of the RN to provide care to Dialysis patients.
• Reporting to the Director of Dialysis
• Full-Time 7am – 7pm

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for cardiovascular status by maintaining thermoregulation of patient.
• Initiates, monitors, and terminates dialysis treatments according to unit policies, procedures, and protocols.
• Completes pre, intradialytic, and post dialysis assessment of patient’s condition and documents.
• Monitors dialysis machine readings and parameters, dialyzer throughout the dialytic process. Make appropriate adjustments.
• Monitors intake and output (pre-dialysis weight, intradialytic weight gain, and target weight), evidence of pain, and pulse oximetry measurements and reports all to RN
• Prepares water treatment system and hemodialysis machine for patient shift in accordance with physician’s orders.
• Identifies and prioritizes assignment patients’ nursing care needs/ problems
• Draws periodic lab work per procedure and/or protocols
• Works closely with RN's to provide care to Labor & Delivery patient

What you will need:

Required:

• Completion ofCCHT or BONENT national certification required.
• Ability to lift up to 35 pounds, as determined by the nature of the patient care unit. Must be able to push,pull, lift patients and equipment (e.g. beds, stretchers). Must be able to bend body downward at the waist and be able to kneel. One-year experience as a dialysis technician preferable.
• Basic computer skills, to include data entry and retrieval. Ability to coordinate eyes and hands quickly and accurately. Ability to identify and distinguish color, temperature, texture, and size
• Certification as a nursing assistant by the Maryland State Board of Nursing, as a CNA-DT
• High school diploma or equivalent.

About us:

Holy Cross Health is a Catholic, not-for-profit health system that serves more than 240,000 individuals each year from Maryland's two largest counties — Montgomery and Prince George's counties. Holy Cross Health earns numerous national awards, clinical designations and accreditations across a wide range of specialties for providing innovative, high-quality health care services.

We were named one of America’s 100 Best Hospitals for 2022.

Holy Cross Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer. Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to Minority/Females/disabled/Veteran (M/F/D/V) status.

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