PCT in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

POSITION FEATURES:

-Secure parking

-New management

-2021 & 2022 America’s Most Beloved Office (Newsweek)

-No Sunday’s, on-call or nights

-Tuition Reimbursement for RN Program Enrollment

-12 weeks of paid, structured coaching with a Dialysis RN Educator & Preceptor

-One-on-one affected person care, be part of their whole well-being – not simply part of their day!

-Supportive workforce surroundings

-Advantages & PTO accrual begin after 30 days

About this position: As a Affected person Care Technician (PCT) at Fresenius Medical Care, you play an important half in supporting individuals who entrust us with their care, their households, and your fellow care workforce members. You’ll construct deep relationships with sufferers after they come into our clinic.

The way you develop or advance: Earlier healthcare expertise will not be required to hitch us as a PCT. Ardour for serving to others, teamwork, and a need to study and develop are what you’ll want to achieve success. We’ll present sturdy coaching and assist as you kick off your profession, and we are going to introduce you to profession path choices as you develop with us both as a PCT or enterprise into a brand new position similar to Registered Nurse or a management position.

Our tradition: We consider our staff are our most vital asset — we worth, care about, and assist our folks. We’re there when it’s possible you’ll want us most, from tuition reimbursement to assist your schooling targets, scholarships to relations, aid when pure disasters strike, and monetary assist when private hardship hits; we handle our folks.

Our give attention to variety: Now we have constructed a nurturing surroundings that welcomes all ages, race, gender, sexual orientation, background, and cultural custom. Now we have a various vary of worker useful resource teams (ERGs) to encourage staff with related pursuits, targets, social and cultural backgrounds, or experiences to come back collectively for skilled and private growth, dialogue, actions, and peer assist. Our numerous workforce and tradition encourage alternative, fairness, and inclusion for all, which is an amazing asset that units us aside.

At Fresenius Medical Care, you’ll actually make a distinction within the lives of individuals dwelling with kidney illness. If this sounds just like the profession and firm you will have been on the lookout for, and also you need to be an important a part of the way forward for healthcare, apply right this moment.

PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

As a member of the nephrology healthcare workforce, you’ll present secure and efficient dialysis remedy for sufferers underneath the direct supervision of a licensed nurse.

• Units up, exams, and operates hemodialysis machines for affected person remedies.

• Obtains and paperwork needed pre- and post-treatment very important indicators and weight for every affected person.

• Evaluates vascular entry pre-treatment and performs vascular entry cannulation.

• Evaluates intradialytic issues and gives intervention as prescribed by doctor order or as directed.

• Screens sufferers’ response to dialysis remedy.

• Evaluates affected person previous to termination of venous entry and discontinues dialysis remedy in keeping with established procedures.

• Reviews any important data and/or change in affected person situation on to supervisor.

• Enters all remedy information into the designated scientific software in an correct and well timed method.

• Collects, labels, appropriately prepares, and shops lab samples in keeping with required laboratory specs.

• Cleans and disinfects dialysis machine floor, chair, gear, and surrounding space between remedies in keeping with facility coverage.

• Assists different healthcare members in offering affected person schooling.

• Prepares, organizes, and effectively makes use of provides and gear to stop waste.

EDUCATION AND LICENSES :

• Highschool diploma or G.E.D. required.

EXPERIENCE AND REQUIRED SKILLS :

• Qualities and traits: reliable, compassionate, caring, supportive, collaborative, dependable.

• Earlier affected person care expertise in a hospital setting or a associated facility (most popular however not required).

• Continued employment relies on profitable completion of the Fresenius Medical Care dialysis coaching program and profitable completion of CPR certification.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORKING CONDITIONS:

The bodily calls for and work surroundings traits described listed below are consultant of these an worker encounters whereas performing the important capabilities of this job. Cheap lodging could also be made to allow people with disabilities to carry out the important capabilities.

• Staff are required to take the Ishihara’s Colour Blindness take a look at as a situation of employment. Word that: Failing the Ishihara Check for Colour Blindness doesn’t preclude employment. We’ll take into account whether or not cheap lodging might be made.

• Day-to-day work contains desk and private laptop work and interplay with sufferers, facility workers, and physicians. The place requires journey between assigned amenities and varied places inside the neighborhood. Journey to regional, enterprise unit and company conferences could also be required.

• The work surroundings is attribute of a healthcare facility with air temperature management and reasonable noise ranges. Could also be uncovered to infectious and contagious ailments/supplies.

• The place gives direct affected person care that frequently includes heavy lifting and shifting of sufferers and helping with ambulation. Gear aids and/or coworkers might present help. This place requires frequent, extended durations of standing and the worker should have the ability to bend over. The worker might sometimes be required to push and/or pull gear, exerting as much as 15 kilos of pressure. The worker could also be required to raise and to decrease options on a frequent foundation of as much as 30 lbs., and on an occasional foundation raise as much as 40 lbs., as excessive as 5 toes. There’s a 2-person help program and “materials help” gadgets for the heavier gadgets.

EO/AA Employer: Minorities/Females/Veterans/Incapacity/Sexual Orientation/Gender Id

Fresenius Medical Care North America maintains a drug-free office in accordance with relevant federal and state legal guidelines.