Dialysis Tech Sr Seneca Ridge; Part-Time

Job Title: Dialysis Tech Sr.
Department: Dialysis
Location: Seneca Ridge
Hours Per Week: 20
Schedule: 515a-145p or 130p-10p every other saturday

SUMMARY:
As a Senior Dialysis Tech, team members look to you for leadership and guidance. Your attention to detail and kind, patient focused attitude while administering dialysis is vital to sustaining the lives of our patients.

Rochester Regional Health offers a full range of Dialysis treatment options to patients with chronic kidney disease. We treat adults from people from multiple backgrounds, cultures and ethnicities. We care for patients temporarily, either their kidney function recovers or they return to their home dialysis center, move or get a transplant; or some are with us on an ongoing basis. Patients have dialysis treatment anywhere from 2-3 days a week, from 3 to 5 hours each treatment.

Our staffing model consists of RN’s, LPN’s and Techs.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Patient Care. Set up and deliver dialysis treatment; cannulate fistula or graft; obtain blood samples and culture specimens; calculate fluid removal based on nursing assessment; respond to treatment complications under the direction of the Registered Nurse (RN)
• Reporting. Monitor patient’s vital signs during treatment as well as record observations and interventions in Electronic Medical Record (EMR) system; report patient status changes to RN when appropriate; retrieve lab results when necessary
• Site Management. Inspect and evaluate dialysis access site and report conditions to the RN

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Dialysis Technician National Certification required
• Maintains unit based competency and skill in monitoring water treatment systems and Bicarbonate mixing systems

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• High School diploma or an equivalent combination of education and healthcare related work experience.
• 2 – 4 years of experience in patient care or as an EMT preferred

• Strong customer service, computer, and communication skills

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: M
- Medium Work
- Exerting 20 to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or 10 to 25 pounds of force frequently, and/or greater than negligible up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects;
Requires frequent walking, standing or squatting.

LICENSES/CERTIFICATIONS:

• DT
  - Dialysis Technician certification
  - Board of Nephrology Examiners Nursing and Technology (BONENT)
  Board of Nephrology Examiners Nursing and Technology (BONENT)

PAY RANGE: $19.00 - $25.00