Patient Care Technician - PCT
Core
Provide hands-on dialysis therapy and patient care in an outpatient clinic under nurse supervision.
Role type
Patient Care Technician / Dialysis Technician
Builds
Safe and effective dialysis treatments for patients
Domain
Healthcare / Dialysis
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
Vascular access cannulation, hemodialysis machine operation, vital signs monitoring, infection control protocols, patient education, lab specimen collection, documentation, equipment maintenance
Preferred skills
Prior patient care experience (STNA, Phlebotomist, EMT)
Technologies
Hemodialysis machines, Solution Delivery Systems (SDS), clinical applications for data entry
Responsibilities
Initiate and monitor dialysis treatments, evaluate vascular access, obtain pre/post treatment vitals and weights, administer heparin, clean and disinfect equipment, collect lab specimens, document treatment data, educate patients on disease process and self-care
Seniority
Entry-level with paid training provided