Patient Care Technician - Weymouth, United States - DAVITA

DAVITA

Verified Company

Weymouth, United States

3 weeks ago

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Mark Lane

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Description

330 Libbey Industrial PkwySte 900, Weymouth, Massachusetts, , United States of America

Patient Care Technician DSD

Hancock Park Rehabilitation & Nursing Center, Skilled Nursing Floor, 164 Parkingway, Quincy, MA 02169

Per Diem

No On Call

Dialysis Experience Required

DaVita Kidney Care, is bringing our industry-leading clinical quality to patients on-site at skilled nursing facilities (SNF) through a new team called DaVita Skilled Nursing Dialysis Services.

Approximately 10% of all dialysis patients reside in a SNF and are transported to dialysis three times a week placing a significant burden on patients and adding significant avoidable costs to the health care system.

DSD Services teammates will have access to all the capabilities and resources DaVita has to offer, and will work to quickly leverage these to develop the infrastructure and rapidly grow the new service line.

Ideal teammates will have significant experience within DaVita, get energized by a start-up type environment and improving the lives of patients, and have a track record of finding ways to GSD.

Teammates must be comfortable working autonomously and have demonstrated the ability to collaborate with cross-functional resources across the Village.

What you can expect:

In this role, you take responsibility for the complete ongoing care of each patient to ensure their dialysis treatment stays on track.

PCTs will work in conjunction with dialysis RNs to provide dialysis care.

You will work 3 days a week - with no required on call, yet your impact on the lives of our patients and their families will be felt every day.

Patient Care:

Spending the majority of your day in direct one-on-one patient care to provide safe, comfortable and hygienic dialysis treatment.

Complexity:
DSD Dialysis care is a complex but fulfilling service line.

Meeting and/or exceeding clinical outcomes are the goals and multitasking is an expectation to meet the needs of the service, the patients and our SNF partners.

Some details about this position:

Your training will include a combination of classroom and handson learning, through DaVita's awardwinning training programs
Training may take place in a facility or a training clinic with a class of new teammates other than your assigned home clinic
Hours of work may vary during the training period; however, you will typically be working between 3240 hours per week during training
May be asked to support other local SNF dens

You must have:

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Prior Hemo-Dialysis experience:

High school diploma or equivalent
Basic computer skills and proficiency in MS Word and Outlook

You might also have (a.k.a.

nice-to-haves):

Valid Certified Clinical Hemodialysis Technician (CCHT) certification
Training/Teaching/Healthcare Education background

What We'll Provide:

More than just pay, our DaVita Rewards package connects teammates to what matters most including:

Comprehensive benefits: Medical, dental, vision, 401(k) match, paid time off, PTO cash out
Support for you and your family: family resources, EAP counseling sessions, access Headspace, backup child and elder care, maternity/paternity leave and more
Paid training: DaVita offers all new dialysis teammates a robust, paid training program to help you learn the right dialysis skills. The training is a mix of classroom and hands on training.
Reimbursement for your Certified Hemodialysis Technician (CHT) license
Preceptor University: Learn how to become teach future DaVita teammates clinical procedures and policies
Opportunity to grow personally and professionally.

DaVita is committed to providing robust development opportunities including:

DSSL & SPARK
Gives clinical teammates the chance to develop into supervisory and leadership skills
Bridge to

Your Dreams:

Offers high-performing patient care technicians (PCTs) a path to becoming a registered nurse through fully funded tuition and career coaching.

100+ CEU courses at no cost

At DaVita, we strive to be a community first and a company second.

We want all teammates to experience DaVita as "a place where I belong." Our goal is to embed Diversity & Belonging into everything we do in our Village, so that it becomes part of who we are.

We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and an affirmative action employer.

As such, individuals are recruited, hired, assigned and promoted without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.

Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis.

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