Dialysis Facility Administrator

Dialysis Facility Administrator will oversee dialysis treatments and make sure the clinical outcomes are the best they can be for their patients; the FA will make sure their dialysis team members come to work as scheduled and that the center is in top condition.

The FA will monitor each patient’s clinical outcomes with the center’s nurses. In an effort to provide service excellence to all Vistacare Dialysis Center patients.

Each month the FA will have a patient care conference with the center’s nephrologists (kidney doctors) and other members of the health care team to discuss how each patient is doing. The FA will coordinate with doctors and nurses to make sure each patient is receiving the best care and education so they can get the most out of dialysis.

In order to give patients the best care, the FA will put together the best team of nurses, dietitians, social workers, patient care technicians, reuse technicians, biomedical technicians and all the others that keep the center running smoothly.

Some of the responsibilities the FA must focus on in regard to employees include:

Interviewing and hiring staff

Making sure staff complete all training and pass competency exams

Performing staff job evaluations

Determining staff work schedules

Delegating duties to the right person to complete a job

Assisting members of the team, such as social workers with finding patient transportation or nurses with determining patient scheduling.

In addition to overseeing patient care and managing a team of employees, the FA is responsible for the complete operation of the center. Everything from ordering supplies and making sure the center is clean to completing paperwork and attending meetings. Adhering to public health and safety regulations.

Some administrative functions include:

Ordering center supplies and patient medications

Receiving and inventorying supplies

Communicating with vendors

Completing administrative paperwork

Attending quarterly meetings

Dialysis Facility Administrator will also spend time working with new nephrologists (kidney doctors) and building relationships with medical directors and other doctors.