Patient Care Technician Preceptor - PCT

Patient Related Education

• Assist other health care members in providing patient specific detailed education regarding adequacy measures where appropriate - Online Clearance Monitoring (OLC), Adequacy Monitoring Program (AMP), Urea Kinetic Modeling (UKM), and regarding disease process/access.

Treatment

• Welcome assigned patients and inquire as to their wellbeing since their last treatment.
• Evaluate vascular access for patency, perform vascular access cannulation, and perform administration of heparin as delegated or as allowed by state law.
• Obtain necessary pre and post treatment vital signs and weight and perform vascular access evaluation pre-treatment.
• Initiate dialysis treatment according to prescribed orders including blood flow (QB) and dialysate flow (QD).
• Evaluate intradialytic problems and provide intervention as prescribed by physician order or as directed.
• Maintain a safe and clean working environment.

Staff Related

• Participates in the recruitment process for new clinical staff.
• Aids in clinical orientation and on-going training of all appropriate direct patient care personnel as well as the orientation of all facility staff to organization.
• Functions as a preceptor in direct patient care training, as determined by state specific guidelines and regulations, to support the delivery of quality patient care as per the standards set forth in the organization Clinical Services Clinical Training Manual(s), organization policies and procedures, and organization training standards.

Education/Communication

• Partners with RN and IDT staff to educate the appropriate personnel regarding the integrity and safety of the facility water systems, as allowed by local regulations.
• Partners with RN and IDT staff to educate the appropriate personnel regarding the maintenance of environmental integrity, including patient and staff safety, of the facility.
• Ensures a strong communication process between the Clinical Managers, Education Coordinators, direct patient care staff, and all support staff at the facility regarding appropriate training and organizational development programs and initiatives.
• Participates in implementing and potentially designs creative educational programs for PCT staff including contests and other team-based programs.
• Collaborates with Clinical Managers and Education Coordinators in the scheduling and implementation of training programs and processes as directed.
• Maintains processes in the delivery of patient care through regular Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) activities.
• Ensures all organization business policies, procedures and systems incorporated into training, including compliance with ethical business practices.

Maintenance/Technical

• Maintain environmental integrity and aesthetics - ensure all areas are safe and clean.
• Clean and disinfect dialysis machine surface, chair, equipment, and surrounding area between treatments according to facility policy.
• Conduct all tasks necessary for preparation for dialysis treatment and document where appropriate and perform all required pretreatment dialysis machine alarm testing including Pressure Holding (PHT).
• Initiate Solution Delivery System (SDS) system.

Record Keeping

• Complete and document ongoing participation in Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) activities.
• Enters all treatment data into the designated clinical application in an accurate and timely manner.
• Reviews treatment sheets for completeness, ensure nursing signatures are documented, and ensure omitted entries are completed or corrected by appropriate staff.
• Prepares initial patient chart for admission and compile paperwork for appropriate placement in chart.
• Prepares/print lab requisitions for prescribed or stat Lab specimens according to laboratory destination.
• Collects, labels, appropriately prepares and stores lab samples according required laboratory specifications.
• Ensures collection of lab specimens by appropriate lab courier.

Infection Control

• Assists with facility QAI infection control audits.
• Monitors staff and patient adherence to infection control practices.
• Reinforces new hire employee adherence to infection control Policies and Procedures.
• Supports ongoing staff and patient engagement on infection control practices under the direction of CM or designee for example participation in patient lobby days and staff meetings to reinforce infection control practice.
• Quarterly and under the direction of the CM reinforces patient and staff adherence to infection control Policies and Procedures through visual media such as posters, flyers, or bulletin boards.
• Under the direction of the Education Dept. participates in education response to internal and external facility surveys.
• Supports infection control education of patients and families under the direction of the CM or designee as allowed by state law.

Transitional Care Unit

• Follows all newly admitted patients through their first 4 weeks of dialysis and coordinating their transitional dialysis care.
• Reinforces all education and care related matters as it relates to the new patient as allowed by state law.
• Liaises with appropriate FKC staff members to provide the best patient experience including making sure all disciplines are scheduled to see patient according to plan.
• Aids in assuring patient understanding or home dialysis products, benefits of home and how home dialysis can work for them.
• Sets and preforms a treatment on all machines used in the transitional care unit.
• Aids in assuring patient understanding of treatment options including demonstration of the peritoneal dialysis set-up.
• Aids in assuring patient understanding of treatment options including demonstration of the peritoneal dialysis set-up.
• Aids in coordination of transition to patient’s modality choice.
• Aids in supply ordering and inventory for TCU.