Dialysis Patient Care Technician - Float PCT

About the role

The Patient Care Technician - Float (PCT) at Dialysis Clinic, Inc. supports the mission of prioritizing individualized care for patients facing chronic kidney disease. This position is part of an interdisciplinary team that ensures safe care and high-quality outcomes for every patient.

Responsibilities

• Actively participate in infection control, risk management, and patient education activities
• Guide new patients through a 120-day education plan
• Obtain and record patient vital signs and machine readings during treatment
• Set up and break down dialysis blood systems for treatment
• Insert and remove patient access needles
• Monitor patients during dialysis, document changes, and inform charge nurses of any concerns
• Calculate patient's weight loss to reach dry weight
• Determine patient care priorities and organize work load accordingly
• Maintain professional working relationships, observing patient privacy and rights
• Maintain and track inventory
• Perform laboratory work under RN supervision

Qualifications

• Excellent communication skills
• Desire to collaborate with care teams
• Ability to problem solve
• High school diploma or GED required
• Previous healthcare experience preferred, but not required
• CNA, EMT, medical assistant, CNT, and/or phlebotomy skills desired
• DCI provides a 3-month comprehensive education program, including classroom group sessions and one-on-one skills training
• Dialysis experience not required, job shadow opportunities available

Skills

Successful candidates should bring:

• Excellent communication skills
• Desire to collaborate with care teams
• Ability to problem solve

Benefits

• Paid 12-week training with preceptor
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits
• Life and long-term disability insurance provided at no additional expense to employee
• Paid time off (PTO) including holidays
• Extended Sick Bank (ESB) in addition to PTO – paid time for doctor appointments, sickness, or medical leave
• Retail plans with $.50 of each contributed dollar matched for eligible employees, up to 8 percent
• Education reimbursement
• Employee assistance program
• Wellness program

Pay

Pay range from $16-$25 per hour, depending on healthcare experience; experience not required

Schedule

Full-time, four 10-hour shifts; Sundays off; no overnight shifts

DCI’s Differentiator

Since opening the first clinic 50 years ago in Nashville, Tenn., Dialysis Clinic, Inc. has grown to be the nation’s largest nonprofit dialysis provider with more than 270 locations in 30 states, serving nearly 14,000 patients each day. DCI invests in its care teams and funds research to further kidney care and treatment options. DCI prioritizes a holistic approach and offers hemodialysis, home dialysis, and peritoneal dialysis treatment options. We empower patients to live meaningful and productive lives while also delivering high-quality kidney care, saving lives and reducing hospitalizations.

Contact Us

If you have any questions or need accommodations, please contact Doug Patterson at Accommodations@dciinc.org or 615-327-3061.