Certified Dialysis Technician - Relief/Per Diem

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Rotating - 08 Hour (United States of America)

Commitment expectation: This is a non-benefitted, as needed role. The scheduling expectation would be to provide three days of availability per two week period. There is no guarantee to be scheduled.

This is a Stanford Health Care job.

A Brief Overview
The Certified Dialysis Technician (CDT) is responsible for directing and coordinating the technical component of operations at the Dialysis Center.

Locations
Stanford Health Care

What you will do

• Adjusts water connection access in patient care areas to accommodate dialysis equipment.
• Assists in training/orienting new staff to the mechanical and technical procedures related to the water treatment systems and equipment setup.
• Assists with routine cleaning and disinfection of central and portable water treatment systems.
• Communicates observed technical problems to the Patient Care Manager.
• Completes annual water treatment system module and competency check.
• Coordinates the location of patient therapies with the Resource Nurse.
• Develops and maintains an effective stock and inventory system for supplies and forms.
• Ensures that all blood spills are immediately cleaned with appropriate disinfectant according to unit policy.
• Evaluates new equipment as directed by management staff.
• Evaluates patient arterio-venous blood accesses as directed by the RN.
• Initiates the daily machine set-up procedures for mobile acute dialysis therapies.
• Maintains a high standard of infection control for dialysis machines and unit environment.
• Maintains effective communication with nursing staff, Patient Care Manager and other departmental personnel.
• Monitors documents and reports dialysis equipment culture results.
• Monitors the need for technical procedure changes.
• Obtains and records pre and post dialysis vital signs and weight as directed by the RN.
• Organizes and transports equipment to patient care areas.
• Performs dialysis machine and water treatment setup procedures as needed.
• Performs minor equipment repairs.
• Performs other duties that training and certification qualify the employee to perform.
• Performs the daily water system and dialysis machines safety checks.
• Prepares blood tubes and labels for specimen collection. Transports blood tubes to lab.
• Prepares initial patient charts.
• Reports patient complaints and noted observations to the R.N.
• Reports the need for preventative maintenance for dialysis equipment to Clinical Engineering Staff.
• Responds to dialysis machine patient alarms and notifies RN of alarm condition.
• Reviews patient treatment flowsheets for completeness and signatures.
• Schedules and monitors the routine disinfection for all equipment
• Transports and stocks dialysis solutions and disposables.

Education Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED equivalent

Experience Qualifications

• None

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Ability to consider age-specific needs when interacting with patients and families
• Ability to deal collaboratively with staff in varied job classifications
• Ability to effectively communicate and interact with patients, families, staff and members of the community from diverse backgrounds
• Ability to effectively communicate and perform the reading, writing and calculations required by the job in an accurate, complete and independent manner
• Ability to pass a test for color-blindness. If color blindness is detected, further practical testing will be done to be certain the employee can do routine color comparator testing

Licenses and Certifications

• CAHET- California Hemodialysis Tech and
• BLS - Basic Life Support

These principles apply to ALL employees:

SHC Commitment to Providing an Exceptional Patient & Family Experience

Stanford Health Care sets a high standard for delivering value and an exceptional experience for our patients and families. Candidates for employment and existing employees must adopt and execute C-I-CARE standards for all of patients, families and towards each other. C-I-CARE is the foundation of Stanford’s patient-experience and represents a framework for patient-centered interactions. Simply put, we do what it takes to enable and empower patients and families to focus on health, healing and recovery.

You will do this by executing against our three experience pillars, from the patient and family’s perspective:

• Know Me: Anticipate my needs and status to deliver effective care
• Show Me the Way: Guide and prompt my actions to arrive at better outcomes and better health
• Coordinate for Me: Own the complexity of my care through coordination

Equal Opportunity Employer Stanford Health Care (SHC) strongly values diversity and is committed to equal opportunity and non-discrimination in all of its policies and practices, including the area of employment. Accordingly, SHC does not discriminate against any person on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation or gender identity and/or expression, religion, age, national or ethnic origin, political beliefs, marital status, medical condition, genetic information, veteran status, or disability, or the perception of any of the above. People of all genders, members of all racial and ethnic groups, people with disabilities, and veterans are encouraged to apply. Qualified applicants with criminal convictions will be considered after an individualized assessment of the conviction and the job requirements.

Base Pay Scale: Generally starting at $37.73 - $42.19 per hour

The salary of the finalist selected for this role will be set based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to, internal equity, experience, education, specialty and training. This pay scale is not a promise of a particular wage.