Patient Care Technician

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DaVita is seeking a Full Time Patient Care Technician who is looking to give life in an outpatient dialysis center. You can make an exceptional difference in the lives of our patients and their families dealing with endstage renal failure or chronic kidney disease. Do you desire to deliver care in an empathetic compassionate way the way youd want your own care to be

DaVita Patient Care Techs are Required to:

• Complete a full time fully paid training program for 10 weeks
• Interested in FullTime employment Schedule is variable/rotating: Monday through Saturday 3 days a week Sundays OFF
• Flexible/open availability is required
• Comfortable working up to 15 hours per shift
• Early morning 4:30 / 5 AM availability is required
• Seasonal Part Time or Per Diem schedules are not available
• Ready to Learn Attitude and interested in Career Growth (no prior dialysis experience required!)
• Desire to work in a fast paced highenergy clinic
• Enjoy working as a team
• Computer/Technology/Mathematically Savvy
  

What you can expect:

• Direct Patient Care. Spend the majority of your day in direct oneonone patient care to provide safe comfortable and hygienic dialysis treatment.
• Our PCTs care for multiple patients.
• Technician Duties. To monitor patients before during and after dialysis treatment including measuring and recording stats patient observations and hemodialysis machine setup. Please note you will have exposure to blood and needles.
• Building longterm relationships with your patients who are suffering from end stage renal disease and are receiving treatment on average 3 times/week. You will also be responsible for educating patients on Kidney Dialysis related topics.
• Team. Cross functional team of clinicians including technicians nurses dietitians social workers and leadership. PCTs work under the supervision of a RN.

What well provide:

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 pet insurance and more
• Paid training

Additional Requirements:

• Desire to enter the health care field to care for other people in need
• High school diploma or equivalent
• Must be comfortable working around blood and needles
• Must be comfortable mixing acid or bicarb
• Physical and mental ability to work long hours (some shifts are 15 hours) on your feet so wear comfortable shoes! Our work ends when its safe for our patients.
• Willingness to train and work across multiple clinics within the territory as needed.
• Health care experience a plus including: BONENT Certified Certified Hemodialysis Technician (CHT) Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) Certified Medical Assistant (CMA) or Phlebotomy certification.

DaVita is a clinical leader! We have the highest percentage of facilities meeting or exceeding CMSs standards in the governments two key performance programs. We expect our teammates to commit to improving patient health through clinical goal setting and quality improvement initiatives.

Ready to make a difference in the lives of patients Take the first step and apply now.

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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 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 comply with state and federal affirmative action requirements. 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.

This position will be open for a minimum of three days.

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