Job Description

Job Title : Dialysis Technician

Location: Neptune, NJ

Initial Duration – 3+ months contract

Shift Time: 1:30 PM – 10:00 PM (5 x 8 hr shift )

· Multiple openings in New York and New Jersey and other states also available.

Required Skills & Experience:

· Minimum 1-year prior experience ad a Dialysis Tech required.

· Outpatient Hemodialysis experience

Preferred Skills & Experience:

· Previous patient care experience in a hospital setting or related facility preferred.

· Fresenius experience preferred

Required Education:

· Center for Medicaid/Medicare Services (CMS)approved state and/or national certification or High School diploma or G.E.D. and must meet certification requirements within the required state or CMS timeline.

Required Certifications & Licensure:

· All appropriate state licensure, education and training (if any) required.

· BLSAHA required.

Job Summary:

Assist in providing patient specific detailed education regarding adequacy measures where appropriate:

· Online Clearance Monitoring (OLC), Adequacy Monitoring Program (AMP), Urea Kinetic Modeling (UKM), and regarding disease process/access.

· Report any complaints or observations to the supervisor.

· Evaluate vascular access for patency, report any unusual findings supervisor. Obtain necessary pre/post treatment vitals, report unusual findings to supervisor.

· Perform vascular access evaluation pretreatment, report unusual findings to supervisor.

· Perform vascular access cannulation, report any difficulties or unusual findings to supervisor.

· Perform administration of Heparin as delegated or as allowed by state law. Initiate dialysis treatment according to prescribed orders including blood flow (QB) and dialysate flow (QD).

· Evaluate intradialytic problems and provide intervention as prescribed by physician order.

· Monitor patients’ response to dialysis therapy, report any unusual findings to supervisor.

· Obtain vital signs prior to reinfusion; perform all relevant functions necessary for the discontinuation of treatment.

· Discontinue dialysis treatment according to established procedures, evaluate patient prior to termination of venous access.

· Obtain Hemostasis, apply appropriate dressings.

· Evaluate patient for discharge, report any unusual findings to supervisor.

· Perform and record Pre and Post dialysis evaluation.

· Responsible for calculating and entry of patients’ dialysis machine programming for Ultrafiltration (UF) goal; treatment time; Sodium (Na) modeling; and UF modeling as prescribed.

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