Dialysis Technician

**Responsibilities and Duties**
**Job Description**:

- 1) 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.
- 2) Mixes dialysate, according to formula.
- 3) Primes dialyzer with saline or heparinized solution to prepare machine for use.
- 4) Transports patient to dialysis room and positions patient on lounge chair at hemodialysis machine.
- 5) Takes and records patient's predialysis weight, temperature, blood pressure, pulse rate, and respiration rate.
- 6) Explains dialysis procedure and operation of hemodialysis machine to patient before treatment to allay anxieties.
- 7) Cleans area of access, using antiseptic solution.
- 8) Connects hemodialysis machine to access in patient's forearm or catheter site to start blood circulating through dialyzer.
- 9) Inspects equipment settings, including pressures, conductivity, and temperature to ensure conformance to safety standards.
- 10) Starts blood flow pump at prescribed rate.
- 11) Inspects venous and arterial pressures as registered on equipment to ensure pressures are within established limits.
- 12) Calculates fluid removal or replacement to be achieved during dialysis procedure.
- 13) Monitors patient for adverse reaction and hemodialysis machine for malfunction.
- 14) Takes and records patient's postdialysis weight, temperature, blood pressure, pulse rate, and respiration rate.

15) May fabricate parts, such as cannulas, tubing, catheters, connectors, and fittings, using handtools.

**Salary**: ₹10,000.00 - ₹15,000.00 per month

Schedule:

- Day shift

Supplemental pay types:

- Overtime pay

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Vadodara, Gujarat: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (required)

**Experience**:

- total work: 1 year (preferred)

Work Location: One location