Technician

About the role

To provide dialysis treatment for patients with kidney failure

What you'll do

• Sets up and operates hemodialysis machine to provide dialysis treatment for patients with kidney failure: Attaches dialyzer and tubing to machine to assemble for use
• Mixes dialysate, according to formula
• Primes dialyzer with saline or heparinized solution to prepare machine for use
• Transports patient to dialysis room and positions patient on lounge chair at hemodialysis machine
• Takes and records patient's predialysis weight, temperature, blood pressure, pulse rate, and respiration rate