- Location
- Bethesda, MD
- Department
- IT
- Education
- High School
- Source
- Paylocity
Description
Description
Venesco LLC is searching for a talented Dialysis Technician who is eager to use their clinical and interpersonal skills to provide high-quality health care to active-duty military members and their families at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.
This is a full-time position working 8-, 10-, or 12-hour shifts Monday-Saturday, 40 hours/wk.
Job Duties & Responsibilities:
The ideal candidate is committed to delivering quality patient care and is eager to learn and develop their clinical skillset. A typical day will include the following duties:
- Identify and use necessary equipment and supplies and communicate the proper use with nurses, medical staff, patients, and family members for end-stage renal disease and hemodialysis treatment procedures.
- Maintain, calibrate, clean, and test sterility of medical laboratory dialysis equipment by checking for bleach or renalin and dialysis conductivity.
- Collect water culture samples.
- Conduct blood tests for transfusion purposes and report abnormal values to the Charge Nurse.
- Collect blood samples from patient, observing principles of asepsis to obtain blood sample.
- Perform subcutaneous and intramuscular injections.
Requirements
- High School Diploma/GED with vocational technology training in nursing care assistant or patient care technician.
- Be a Certified Clinical Hemodialysis Technician (CCHT) granted by Nephrology Nursing Certification Commission (NNCC) or Certified Hemodialysis Technician (CHT) granted by Board of Nephrology Examiners of Nursing and Technology (BONENT)
- Possess two years of continuous experience as a Hemodialysis Technician
- Possess and maintain current certification in Basic Life Support accredited through the American Heart Association.
Venesco LLC, is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Venesco is committed to administering all employment and personnel actions on the basis of merit and free of discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or status as an individual with a disability. Consistent with this commitment, we are dedicated to the employment and advancement of qualified minorities, women, individuals with disabilities, protected veterans, persons of all ethnic backgrounds and religions according to their abilities.
