Mount Sinai Hospital
Dialysis Technician A - Renal Treatment Center - Mount Sinai Hospital - Part-Tim
Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, New York, United States, 10035
Job Description
The Nephrology Technician is a skilled individual who functions in a support role to the Registered Professional Nurse and other members of the health care team in the Dialysis Unit(s) by providing direct care activities as prescribed. The Nephrology Technician assumes responsibility for technical devices utilized in the delivery of renal replacement therapies. Provides direct care to patients receiving renal replacement therapies as delegated by the Registered Professional Nurse under direct supervision, or by the attending physician.
Responsibilities
1. Mixes dialysate according to formula, and monitors Reverse Osmosis (RO) logs
2. Obtains and records pre and post dialysis treatment weight, blood pressure, apical pulse and temperature.
3. Obtains and records blood pressure and dialysis parameters during treatment. Reports abnormal values to the nurse.
4. Cannulates patients with grafts or fistulas under the supervision of a Registered Professional Nurse or physician. Reports any unusual findings
5. Initiates hemodialysis via AVG or AVF under the direction of a Registered Professional Nurse
6. Sets Parameters for the hemodialysis treatment after consultation with a Registered Professional Nurse as follows:
a. Blood flow
b. Fluid removal parameters(calculates transmembrane pressure and sets same)
c. Pressure limits
7. Provides constant observation for patients during dialysis as assigned.
8. Provides emotional support and reports patients' concerns/questions to the nurse.
9. Lifts, positions and transports patients as necessary.
10.Terminates hemodialysis via arteriovenous graft (AVG) and arteriovenous fistula under the supervision of a Registered Professional Nurse.
11. Assumes responsibility for management, maintenance, safety and cleaning of all dialysis equipment per established protocol.
12. Obtains blood specimens as directed.
13. Assures availability of supplies and equipment at each dialysis station and PD area
14. Collaborates with the Materials Coordinator and the Dialysis Maintenance Coordinator to ensure adequate equipment and supplies.
15. Receives and stores equipment and supplies. Stocks the utility room
16. Performs other tasks as assigned.
Qualifications
Education Requirements
HS diploma or GED
Experience Requirements
One year minimum as nephrology technician.
Experience in an acute care setting preferred
Licensing and Certification Requirements (if applicable)
Certification by the Board of Nephrology Examiners Nursing and Technology (BONENT), or Certification by the Nephrology Nursing Certification Commission - Certified Clinical Hemodialysis Technician (CCHT)
Collective bargaining unit: SEIU 1199-MSH
SEIU 1199 at Mount Sinai Hospital, 709 - Renal Treatment Center - MSH, Mount Sinai Hospital
About Us
Strength Through Diversity
The Mount Sinai Health System believes that diversity, equity, and inclusion are key drivers for excellence. We share a common devotion to delivering exceptional patient care. When you join us, you become a part of Mount Sinai's unrivaled record of achievement, education, and advancement as we revolutionize medicine together. We invite you to participate actively as a part of the Mount Sinai Health System team by: Using a lens of equity in all aspects of patient care delivery, education, and research to promote policies and practices to allow opportunities for all to thrive and reach their potential. Serving as a role model confronting racist, sexist, or other inappropriate actions by speaking up, challenging exclusionary organizational practices, and standing side-by-side in support of colleagues who experience discrimination. Inspiring and fostering an environment of anti-racist behaviors among and between departments and co-workers.
At Mount Sinai, our leaders strive to learn, empower others, and embrace change to further advance equity and improve the well-being of staff, patients, and the organization. We expect our leaders to embrace anti-racism, create a collaborative and respectful environment, and constructively disrupt the status quo to improve the system and enhance care for our patients. We work hard to create an inclusive, welcoming and nurturing work environment where all feel they are valued, belong and are able to advance professionally.
Explore more about this opportunity and how you can help us write a new chapter in our history!
"About the Mount Sinai Health System:
Mount Sinai Health System is one of the largest academic medical systems in the New York metro area, with more than 43,000 employees working across eight hospitals, more than 400 outpatient practices, more than 300 labs, a school of nursing, and a leading school of medicine and graduate education. Mount Sinai advances health for all people, everywhere, by taking on the most complex health care challenges of our time - discovering and applying new scientific learning and knowledge; developing safer, more effective treatments; educating the next generation of medical leaders and innovators; and supporting local communities by delivering high-quality care to all who need it. Through the integration of its hospitals, labs, and schools, Mount Sinai offers comprehensive health care solutions from birth through geriatrics, leveraging innovative approaches such as artificial intelligence and informatics while keeping patients' medical and emotional needs at the center of all treatment. The Health System includes approximately 7,400 primary and specialty care physicians; 13 joint-venture outpatient surgery centers throughout the five boroughs of New York City, Westchester, Long Island, and Florida; and more than 30 affiliated community health centers. We are consistently ranked by U.S. News & World Report's Best Hospitals, receiving high "Honor Roll" status, and are highly ranked: No. 1 in Geriatrics and top 20 in Cardiology/Heart Surgery, Diabetes/Endocrinology, Gastroenterology/GI Surgery, Neurology/Neurosurgery, Orthopedics, Pulmonology/Lung Surgery, Rehabilitation, and Urology. New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai is ranked No. 12 in Ophthalmology. U.S. News & World Report's "Best Children's Hospitals" ranks Mount Sinai Kravis Children's Hospital among the country's best in several pediatric specialties. The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is ranked No. 14 nationwide in National Institutes of Health funding and in the 99th percentile in research dollars per investigator according to the Association of American Medical Colleges. Newsweek's "The World's Best Smart Hospitals" ranks The Mount Sinai Hospital as No. 1 in New York and in the top five globally, and Mount Sinai Morningside in the top 20 globally.
The Mount Sinai Health System is an equal opportunity employer. We comply with applicable Federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate, exclude, or treat people differently on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression. We are passionately committed to addressing racism and its effects on our faculty, staff, students, trainees, patients, visitors, and the communities we serve. Our goal is for Mount Sinai to become an anti-racist health care and learning institution that intentionally addresses structural racism."
EOE Minorities/Women/Disabled/Veterans
The Nephrology Technician is a skilled individual who functions in a support role to the Registered Professional Nurse and other members of the health care team in the Dialysis Unit(s) by providing direct care activities as prescribed. The Nephrology Technician assumes responsibility for technical devices utilized in the delivery of renal replacement therapies. Provides direct care to patients receiving renal replacement therapies as delegated by the Registered Professional Nurse under direct supervision, or by the attending physician.
Responsibilities
1. Mixes dialysate according to formula, and monitors Reverse Osmosis (RO) logs
2. Obtains and records pre and post dialysis treatment weight, blood pressure, apical pulse and temperature.
3. Obtains and records blood pressure and dialysis parameters during treatment. Reports abnormal values to the nurse.
4. Cannulates patients with grafts or fistulas under the supervision of a Registered Professional Nurse or physician. Reports any unusual findings
5. Initiates hemodialysis via AVG or AVF under the direction of a Registered Professional Nurse
6. Sets Parameters for the hemodialysis treatment after consultation with a Registered Professional Nurse as follows:
a. Blood flow
b. Fluid removal parameters(calculates transmembrane pressure and sets same)
c. Pressure limits
7. Provides constant observation for patients during dialysis as assigned.
8. Provides emotional support and reports patients' concerns/questions to the nurse.
9. Lifts, positions and transports patients as necessary.
10.Terminates hemodialysis via arteriovenous graft (AVG) and arteriovenous fistula under the supervision of a Registered Professional Nurse.
11. Assumes responsibility for management, maintenance, safety and cleaning of all dialysis equipment per established protocol.
12. Obtains blood specimens as directed.
13. Assures availability of supplies and equipment at each dialysis station and PD area
14. Collaborates with the Materials Coordinator and the Dialysis Maintenance Coordinator to ensure adequate equipment and supplies.
15. Receives and stores equipment and supplies. Stocks the utility room
16. Performs other tasks as assigned.
Qualifications
Education Requirements
HS diploma or GED
Experience Requirements
One year minimum as nephrology technician.
Experience in an acute care setting preferred
Licensing and Certification Requirements (if applicable)
Certification by the Board of Nephrology Examiners Nursing and Technology (BONENT), or Certification by the Nephrology Nursing Certification Commission - Certified Clinical Hemodialysis Technician (CCHT)
Collective bargaining unit: SEIU 1199-MSH
SEIU 1199 at Mount Sinai Hospital, 709 - Renal Treatment Center - MSH, Mount Sinai Hospital
About Us
Strength Through Diversity
The Mount Sinai Health System believes that diversity, equity, and inclusion are key drivers for excellence. We share a common devotion to delivering exceptional patient care. When you join us, you become a part of Mount Sinai's unrivaled record of achievement, education, and advancement as we revolutionize medicine together. We invite you to participate actively as a part of the Mount Sinai Health System team by: Using a lens of equity in all aspects of patient care delivery, education, and research to promote policies and practices to allow opportunities for all to thrive and reach their potential. Serving as a role model confronting racist, sexist, or other inappropriate actions by speaking up, challenging exclusionary organizational practices, and standing side-by-side in support of colleagues who experience discrimination. Inspiring and fostering an environment of anti-racist behaviors among and between departments and co-workers.
At Mount Sinai, our leaders strive to learn, empower others, and embrace change to further advance equity and improve the well-being of staff, patients, and the organization. We expect our leaders to embrace anti-racism, create a collaborative and respectful environment, and constructively disrupt the status quo to improve the system and enhance care for our patients. We work hard to create an inclusive, welcoming and nurturing work environment where all feel they are valued, belong and are able to advance professionally.
Explore more about this opportunity and how you can help us write a new chapter in our history!
"About the Mount Sinai Health System:
Mount Sinai Health System is one of the largest academic medical systems in the New York metro area, with more than 43,000 employees working across eight hospitals, more than 400 outpatient practices, more than 300 labs, a school of nursing, and a leading school of medicine and graduate education. Mount Sinai advances health for all people, everywhere, by taking on the most complex health care challenges of our time - discovering and applying new scientific learning and knowledge; developing safer, more effective treatments; educating the next generation of medical leaders and innovators; and supporting local communities by delivering high-quality care to all who need it. Through the integration of its hospitals, labs, and schools, Mount Sinai offers comprehensive health care solutions from birth through geriatrics, leveraging innovative approaches such as artificial intelligence and informatics while keeping patients' medical and emotional needs at the center of all treatment. The Health System includes approximately 7,400 primary and specialty care physicians; 13 joint-venture outpatient surgery centers throughout the five boroughs of New York City, Westchester, Long Island, and Florida; and more than 30 affiliated community health centers. We are consistently ranked by U.S. News & World Report's Best Hospitals, receiving high "Honor Roll" status, and are highly ranked: No. 1 in Geriatrics and top 20 in Cardiology/Heart Surgery, Diabetes/Endocrinology, Gastroenterology/GI Surgery, Neurology/Neurosurgery, Orthopedics, Pulmonology/Lung Surgery, Rehabilitation, and Urology. New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai is ranked No. 12 in Ophthalmology. U.S. News & World Report's "Best Children's Hospitals" ranks Mount Sinai Kravis Children's Hospital among the country's best in several pediatric specialties. The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is ranked No. 14 nationwide in National Institutes of Health funding and in the 99th percentile in research dollars per investigator according to the Association of American Medical Colleges. Newsweek's "The World's Best Smart Hospitals" ranks The Mount Sinai Hospital as No. 1 in New York and in the top five globally, and Mount Sinai Morningside in the top 20 globally.
The Mount Sinai Health System is an equal opportunity employer. We comply with applicable Federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate, exclude, or treat people differently on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression. We are passionately committed to addressing racism and its effects on our faculty, staff, students, trainees, patients, visitors, and the communities we serve. Our goal is for Mount Sinai to become an anti-racist health care and learning institution that intentionally addresses structural racism."
EOE Minorities/Women/Disabled/Veterans