1039 Champions Way, Suffolk, Virginia, 23435-3771, United States of America

Joining DaVita as a Patient Care Technician (PCT) is an exciting opportunity to jump start your career in the health care industry. With paid, extensive training, you will gain the skills needed to care for our patients and build a network of other health care professionals.

What We'll Provide:

• Competitive Compensation. Compensation for the role will depend on a number of factors, including a candidate's qualifications, skills, competencies and experience.
• Comprehensive benefits. Medical, dental, vision, 401(k) match, paid time off, PTO cash out.
• Schedule. Shifts are typically 10-12 hours, 3-4 days per week Monday - (rotating) Saturdays. NO Sundays and NO overnights!

You will typically be working between 32-40 hours per week, day time shifts.

• Support for you and your family. family resources, counseling sessions, Headspace®, backup child and elder care, maternity/paternity leave and more.
• Long term patient relationships. As a PCT you will treat and educate patients who are suffering from end stage renal disease and are receiving Kidney Dialysis treatment on average 3 times a week.
• Fast paced. PCT's conduct patient observations, measure stats and set-up machines. You will work with your head, heart and hands each day.

What you can expect:

• Direct Patient Care. Spend the majority of your day in direct one-on-one patient care to provide safe, comfortable and hygienic dialysis treatment.
• Technician Duties. Monitor patients before, during and after dialysis treatment including measuring and recording stats, patient observations, and hemodialysis machine setup. Please note you will have exposure to blood and needles.
• Continuous Improvement: We are consistently looking for ways to improve processes for our patients and teammates as we aim to build the greatest health care community the world has ever seen.
• Teamwork. Cross functional team of technicians, nurses, dietitians, social workers and leadership. Technicians work under the supervision of a nurse.

Requirements:

• Desire to enter the health care.
• High school diploma or equivalent
• Must be comfortable working around blood and needles
• Must be comfortable mixing acid or bicarb
• Physical and mental ability to work long hours (some shifts are 12+ hours) on your feet so wear comfortable shoes! Our work ends when it's safe for our patients.
• Willingness to train and work across multiple clinics within the territory as needed.
• You must be flexible on the final home clinic placement as it may be in a different location; there is also the potential to float to various clinics during and after your training
• Health care experience a plus including: BONENT Certified, Certified Hemodialysis Technician (CHT), Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA), Certified Medical Assistant (CMA), or Phlebotomy certification.

Are you ready to make a positive difference in a patient's life? Take the first step at careers.davita.com.

DaVita is an equal opportunity employer - Vet and Disability. To learn more about what this means click here.

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At DaVita, we strive to be a community first and a company second. We want all teammates to experience DaVita as "a place where I belong." Our goal is to embed Diversity & Belonging into everything we do in our Village, so that it becomes part of who we are. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and an affirmative action employer. As such, individuals are recruited, hired, assigned and promoted without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.

Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis.

Salary/ Wage Range

Compensation for the role will depend on a number of factors, including a candidate's qualifications, skills, competencies and experience and may fall outside of the range shown. DaVita offers a competitive total rewards package, which includes a 401k match, healthcare coverage and a broad range of other benefits. Learn more at https://careers.davita.com/benefits

Colorado Residents: Please do not respond to any questions in this initial application that may seek age-identifying information such as age, date of birth, or dates of school attendance or graduation. You may also redact this information from any materials you submit during the application process. You will not be penalized for redacting or removing this information.