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Dialysis Clinic

Dialysis Patient Care Technician (PCT) / Secretary

Dialysis Clinic, Taos, New Mexico, United States, 87571


Overview

Dialysis Clinic, Inc. is recruiting top talent interested in supporting our nonprofit mission to prioritize individualized care for patients facing chronic kidney disease. Our mission states “the care of the patient is our reason for existence,” and our dedicated team embodies our sole purpose during every patient interaction. We seek motivated, compassionate individuals to provide top-notch patient care and offer paid training, competitive pay, outstanding benefits, Sundays off and a positive, mission-driven culture. Join DCI today to build relationships and gain fulfillment serving individuals in our comfortable clinical setting with a lower caregiver-to-patient ratio than other providers.The Patient Care Technician

(PCT) / Secretary

is part of the team providing direct care to patients with End Stage Renal Disease.

The PCT supports clinical staff, start to finish, throughout the dialysis treatment process, and delivers prescribed dialysis treatment according to physician orders and nursing assessment.

This position will also spend a portion of their time providing administrative support to the clinic staff, greeting and assisting patients with their appointments, and ensuring the patients' charts are in order in accordance with Medicare and company policies and procedures.

You must have skills as a Patient Care Technician to be considered for this position.Schedule:

Full-time, three 12-hour shifts starting at 4:45am; Sundays off; no overnight shiftsBenefits:Paid 12-week training with preceptorComprehensive medical, dental and vision benefitsLife and long-term care insurance provided at no additional expense to employeePaid time off (PTO) including holidaysExtended Sick Bank (ESB) in addition to PTO – paid time for doctor appointments, sickness or medical leaveRetirement plans with $.50 of each contributed dollar matched for eligible employees, up to 8 percentEducation reimbursementEmployee assistance programWellness programAmong others

Responsibilities

PCT Duties:Obtains and records patient vital signs and machine readings according to facility policies.Sets up and tears down the dialysis blood system for the treatment process.Inserts and removes access needles in patients for dialysis treatment.Monitors and assesses patients during the course of treatment, documents changes in the patient condition, and informs charge nurse of problems during treatment.Calculates patient’s weight loss to reach dry weight.Maintains and tracks inventory.Performs laboratory work.Medical Secretary Duties:Perform duties of receptionist including sorting and distributing mail, answering and routing phones calls, greeting and directing visitors, and other clerical duties.Enters treatment information into the MIS.Assists in other data related needs which may include entering episodes of care, responding to requests for data from the Network or DCI request.Maintains accurate treatment statistics, including treatment dates, hospital dates, no-show, and information on absences.Provides reports to the nurse manager or area operations director.