Certified Hemodialysis Technician - Far Rockaway, United States - St. John's Episcopal Hospital

St. John's Episcopal Hospital

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Far Rockaway, United States

4 weeks ago

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Description

Who We Are:

St.

John's Episcopal Hospital is the only hospital providing emergency and ambulatory care to the densely populated, culturally and economically diverse, and medically underserved populations of the Rockaways and Five Towns in southern Queens County and southwestern Nassau County, New York.

Celebrating over 110 years of community care, the 257-bed facility provides people of all faiths with comprehensive preventive, diagnostic treatment and rehabilitative services, regardless of ability to pay.

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Type:
Per Diem

Shift:
Varies

Hours:
Varies

Pay:
$ per hour

Job Summary:

It is the responsibility of the Hemodialysis Technician to provide direct and indirect patient and technical services under the supervision of a Registered Nurse in the dialysis unit.

The Hemodialysis Technician is also responsible to transport patients, assist the Registered Nurse(s), and perform clerical duties as assigned. The incumbent is guided by knowledge and training in the techniques of hemodialysis and by verbal and/or written instruction.

Responsibilities:

Sets up and operates the hemodialysis machine under the supervision of the RN
Provides direct patient care, including initiating monitoring/discontinuing dialysis, and meeting hygiene and nutritional needs
Performs and documents results of technical duties such as monitoring of water treatment equipment and other related functions
Mixes solutions according to formulas
Primes dialyzer and dialyzer bloodlines with the appropriate solution
Takes and records patients' predialysis and postdialysis vital signs

Requirements: