Patient Care Technician - PCT
Core
Provide safe and effective hemodialysis therapy for patients with kidney disease under nurse supervision.
Role type
Patient Care Technician (PCT)
Builds
Dialysis treatments and patient care services
Domain
Healthcare / Nephrology
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
Hemodialysis machine operation, vascular access cannulation, vital signs monitoring, lab sample collection, infection control, patient education assistance, equipment preparation, data entry
Preferred skills
Previous hospital patient care experience
Technologies
Hemodialysis machines, clinical applications
Responsibilities
Set up, test, and operate hemodialysis machines; obtain and document vital signs and weight; evaluate vascular access and perform cannulation; monitor patient response to therapy; intervene in intradialytic problems; collect and prepare lab samples; clean and disinfect equipment and areas; enter treatment data into clinical systems.