Location:
Avera Dialysis-Sioux Falls
Worker Type:
Regular
Work Shift:
Primarily days with rotating weekends and holidays (United States of America)
Pay Range:
The pay range for this position is listed below. Actual pay rate dependent upon
experience.
$19.75 - $33.75
Position Highlights
May be eligible for $2,000-$4,000 sign on bonus!
72hrs/2wks including every other Saturday
You Belong at Avera
Be part of a multidisciplinary team built with compassion and the goal of Moving
Health Forward for you and our patients. Work where you matter.
A Brief Overview
Performs tasks contributing to performance of maintenance dialysis for patients
with end stage renal disease, under the direction and supervision of a
Registered Nurse. All facility staff must meet the personnel qualifications and
demonstrated competencies necessary to serve collectively the comprehensive
complex needs of the dialysis patient. Identifies intradialytic comorbidities
and monitors patient and equipment alarms during treatment.
What you will do
* Understands water room equipment operation and function; completes testing
and follows up appropriately on abnormal results and completes required
documentation.
* Completes dialysis treatments, initiation and discontinuation from internal
accesses, monitoring of vascular access function and appropriately reports
signs of stenosis, occlusion or infection to RN.
* Assembles and prepares necessary treatment supplies, rinses and primes
dialyzer and attaches and installs all required tubing according to unit
procedure. Test and set parameters according to dialysis prescription.
* Monitors equipment for safe and proper functioning, respond to alarms, and
make appropriate adjustments; including blood flow rates and fluid removal
rates
* Completes accurate documentation of dialysis access and patient treatment.
* Observes patient during treatments, notifies RN of any adverse reactions.
Responds to dialysis –related emergencies, immediately seeking assistance
from RN.
* Provides technical assistance to nurses and readily follows direction from
nurses for hemodialysis treatments.
* Participates in collaboration with patients, family, physicians, other
nursing staff and all ancillary departments.
Essential Qualifications
The individual must be able to work the hours specified. To perform this job
successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential job function
satisfactorily including having visual acuity adequate to perform position
duties and the ability to communicate effectively with others, hear, understand
and distinguish speech and other sounds. These requirements and those listed
above are representative of the knowledge, skills, and abilities required to
perform the essential job functions. Reasonable accommodations may be made to
enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions, as
long as the accommodations do not cause undue hardship to the employer.
Required Education, License/Certification, or Work Experience:
* High School or GED Equivalent
* Certified Clinical Hemodialysis Technician (CCHT) - Nephrology Nursing
Certification Commission (NNCC) within 1-1/2 Yrs or
* Certified Hemodialysis Technologist/Technician (CHT) - Board of Nephrology
Examiners Nursing and Technology (BONENT) within 1-1/2 Yrs
* Dialysis experience or healthcare experience
Expectations and Standards
* Commitment to the daily application of Avera’s mission, vision, core values,
and social principles to serve patients, their families, and our community.
* Promote Avera’s values of compassion, hospitality, and stewardship.
* Uphold Avera’s standards of Communication, Attitude, Responsiveness, and
Engagement (CARE) with enthusiasm and sincerity.
* Maintain confidentiality.
* Work effectively in a team environment, coordinating work flow with other
team members and ensuring a productive and efficient environment.
* Comply with safety principles, laws, regulations, and standards associated
with, but not limited to, CMS, The Joint Commission, DHHS, and OSHA if
applicable.
Benefits You Need & Then Some
Avera is proud to offer a wide range of benefits to qualifying part-time and
full-time employees. We support you with opportunities to help live balanced,
healthy lives. Benefits are designed to meet needs of today and into the future.
* PTO available day 1 for eligible hires.
* Up to 5% employer matching contribution for retirement
* Career development guided by hands-on training and mentorship
Avera is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Qualified applicants will receive
consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex,
national origin, disability, Veteran Status, or other categories protected by
law. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an
accommodation for help with your online application, please call 1-605-504-4444
or send an email to talent@avera.org [talent@avera.org].