Patient Care Technician - Dialysis or Medical Experience Highly Preferred (Lansing, MI)

Company: DaVita
Location: East Lansing
Posted on: June 4, 2021

Job Description:

1675 Watertower Pl Ste 700, East Lansing, Michigan, 48075-3122, United States of America

Post Acute Services – Patient Care Technician (Lansing, MI)

DaVita Kidney Care, Post-Acute Service is bringing our industry-leading clinical quality to patients on-site at skilled nursing facilities (SNF) through a new team called Post-Acute Services.  Approximately 10% of all dialysis patients reside in a SNF and are transported to dialysis three times a week placing a significant burden on patients and adding significant avoidable costs to the health care system. Post-Acute Services teammates will have access to all the capabilities and resources DaVita has to offer, and will work to quickly leverage these to develop the infrastructure and rapidly grow the new service line. Ideal teammates will have significant experience within DaVita, get energized by a start-up type environment and improving the lives of patients, and have a track record of finding ways to GSD. Teammates must be comfortable working autonomously and have demonstrated the ability to collaborate with cross-functional resources across the Village.

What you can expect:

In this role, you take responsibility for the complete ongoing care of each patient to ensure their dialysis treatment stays on track. PCTs will work in conjunction with dialysis RNs to provide dialysis care. You will work three to four shifts a week (10-12 hour shifts)-with no required on call (typical schedule MWF or TTS), yet your impact on the lives of our patients and their families will be felt every day.

Patient Care: Spending the majority of your day in direct one-on-one patient care to provide safe, comfortable and hygienic dialysis treatment.

Complexity: Post-Acute Dialysis care is a complex but fulfilling service line.  Meeting and/or exceeding clinical outcomes are the goals and multitasking is an expectation to meet the needs of the service, the patients and our SNF partners.  

Autonomy and Critical Thinking: Provide comprehensive patient care in an independent setting. Plan to be on your toes at all times. You use your mind constantly. You apply your "core" skills to monitor patients before, during and after dialysis treatment including measuring and recording stats, patient observations, and hemodialysis machine setup. There's a lot to track and manage and the joy comes in witnessing how your care impacts patients' lives.

Some details about this position:

• Your training will include a combination of classroom and hands-on learning, through DaVita’s award-winning training programs
• Training may take place in a facility or a training clinic with a class of new teammates other than your assigned home clinic
• Hours of work may vary during the training period; however, you will typically be working between 32-40 hours per week during training

You must have:

• Valid Certified Clinical Hemodialysis Technician (CCHT) certification
• High school diploma or equivalent
• Basic computer skills and proficiency in MS Word and Outlook

You might also have (a.k.a. nice-to-haves):

• Prior Home Hemo Dialysis experience
• Training/Teaching/Healthcare Education background

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