Water Equipment Tech

Responsibilities

• Oversees the management of the RODI system through coordination with the manufacturer/vendor and Facilities Department.
• Performs scheduled disinfection of dialysis and portable RO machines.
• Collects and monitors culture and LAL sampling of dialysis and RO machines on a monthly basis and as needed.
• Manages reports associated with machine disinfection, water culture and LAL sampling, and other reports as required.
• Manages HD machine in partnership with Clinical Engineering and service contract provider.
• Implements activities as assigned according to policies, protocols and practice guidelines.
• Troubleshoots equipment as needed.
• Utilizes computer information management systems to facilitate assigned duties.
• Initiates action plans for cultures out of range of the AAMI standards.
• Reports all findings to Clinical Coordinator/Director of Renal Services.
• Organizes and reprioritizes work based on unit needs, available resources and unit requirements.
• Supports compliance with hospital accreditation, state licensure, and other external accrediting agency requirements.
• Reviews unit/department communication to maintain current working knowledge of job responsibilities.
• Prepares water samples for shipping.
• Provides coverage for unit clerk duties in both acute and chronic unit.
• Affords assistance in patient transport both in acute and chronic unit.
• Identifies safety risks and participates in instituting measures to prevent/reduce the risk.
• Contributes to prevention of infectious diseases among employees, patients, and visitors by adhering to Infection Control policies and procedures.
• Completes employee accident reports and contributes information to complete incident, medication variance, and infection control variance reports.
• Reports environmental safety hazards, including damaged and broken equipment.
• Ensures emergency readiness, and initiates timely emergency measures as appropriate according to role responsibilities.
• Conserves hospital resources.
• Reviews records for accuracy and completion, pursues corrections as needed.
• Participates in CQI process and reports data collected.
• Participates in formal group discussion for improvement.

Qualifications

• Dialysis Technician Certification required.
• Complete Water Class Training within 6 months of hire.
• Knowledge of Spreadsheet and Word Processing software.
• Participate in Water CEUs.
• Dialysis Technician Certification required.