Patient Care Technician - PCT

Overview

As a Clinic Manager at Fresenius Medical Care, you’ll manage the daily operations of our outpatient centers. The role involves hiring, developing, and inspiring a multi-disciplinary team, collaborating with physicians, tracking and delivering superior patient outcomes, and monitoring regulatory and safety requirements. Strong management skills and prior direct patient care experience are required.

Job Description

Patient Care Technicians (PCTs) at Fresenius Medical Care support and collaborate with RNs to provide dialysis treatment to several patients at a time while maintaining the functionality of the clinic. This includes prepping and testing equipment, reviewing treatment sheets, and opening the clinic at 4am for first shift. PCTs need a combination of technical skills and genuine passion to develop deep relationships with patients and improve their quality of life. Prior customer service, healthcare, and direct patient care experience are required.

Success Profile

In this role, you'll drive the FMS culture through values and customer service standards, develop and maintain effective relationships through timely communication, and take initiative to resolve customer service issues. You'll assist other health care members in providing patient-specific education, evaluate vascular access, obtain vital signs, perform vascular access cannulation, administer Heparin, initiate dialysis treatment, monitor patients' response to therapy, and ensure appropriate safety alarms are enabled.

Rewards

• Opportunity to learn the discipline of dialysis
• Improving the quality of life of every patient, every day
• Working with a multi-disciplinary team to deliver a unique care plan to each patient
• Highly autonomous role in administering and assessing patient treatment plans
• Opportunity to work with a wide variety of patients
• Autonomy and decision-making in a fast-paced environment
• Exceptional customer service and education opportunities
• Opportunity to work with acute patient populations in various hospital settings
• Leadership skills and independence needed to make quick decisions
• Accountability for administering and assessing each patient's treatment plan
• Opportunity to work with a diverse range of patients and conditions
• Opportunity to work with a supportive and collaborative team
• Opportunity to learn and grow in a dynamic and challenging environment
• Competitive hourly rate based on work location and qualifications

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Fresenius Medical Care is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, parental status, national origin, age, disability, military service, or other non-merit-based factors. We maintain a drug-free workplace in accordance with applicable federal and state laws.