Patient Care Tech - Dialysis

Hospital
1221 Highland Avenue
PO Box 189
Clarkston, WA 99403, USA

We are looking for a fun-loving, hard-working, detail-oriented person to join our care team! Being a Dialysis Patient Care Technician is a very important and fast paced job but also a very rewarding one. Tri State Dialysis is in the business of giving patients time. Time with their families, time to achieve goals, and time to live their lives. And we get to be a part of that!

The work we do makes a difference!

The Dialysis Patient Care Technician is responsible for the technical management of hemodialysis treatments for patients with kidney failure. Patient care techs work under the supervision of registered nurses, and are responsible for operating dialysis machines, initiation/termination of treatments, as well as providing basic dialysis-related patient care. They must complete specialized training through on-the-job clinical experience before they can earn professional certification.

Ideal candidates would be caring individuals with good communication, a strong sense of integrity and accountability, willingness to learn, attention to detail, and no aversion to the sight of blood or working with large needles. This position may require working days, evenings, and rotating Saturdays. All education/training is done on the job to provide candidate with all the necessary skills needed to safely provide hemodialysis treatments to multiple patients.

Medical experience, CNA or MA certifications are preferred but not required. Must be willing to obtain MA-HT certification for the State of Washington after 12-week training and take a national certified hemodialysis technician exam no later than 18 months after hire. Increase in pay will occur after passing of certification exam.

• High school diploma or equivalency (GED), required.
• Must be willing to obtain MA-HT certification for the State of Washington after 12-week training and take a national certified hemodialysis technician exam no later than 18 months after hire. Increase in pay will occur after passing of certification exam.

• Current American Heart Association BLS/CPR certification card on hire or within orientation period.

• Previous healthcare experience preferred but not required; previous experience in hemodialysis or in medical field (Nurses' Aide, EMT, Corpsman) preferred.

• Computer skills, medical terminology, and experience with office assessments necessary.

• Paid Time Off
• Medical, Dental, and Vision
• Flexible Health Spending Account and Dependent Care Spending Account
• Retirement - 403(b) with matching contributions

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