registered nurse - dialysis

administrative assistant

Dialyze Direct

What is the best part of working at the company?
I would’ve worked to my annual anniversary but the company does not work with your schedule, they are not flexible when they can be. You are required to work Monday through Friday from dusk to dawn. I was told I would work only 8 hours a day when I have been working well over 8 hours. There is no set off time as they make it seem and training isn’t thorough as it should be. I only trained for two weeks and I was let on my own. If you have a family or a tight schedule this company is not for you! 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The workload, ccht’s have to work on machines and are their own biomed person instead of hiring someone for that role. Everyday is a lot! 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Work environment isn’t the best there is no designated bathroom for Dialyze direct staff nor is there a designated break room for us. We rarely get to take our full break and we have no where to put our personal belongings. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Busy, busy, and even busier. We Dialyze 12 patients everyday, with only me and a RN who does not help as they could so it’s pretty much you doing most of the work. Setting up machines independently, sticking all patients who have regular access and the RN expects you to wrap their catheters to make there job easy when yours is hard enough!

1. There is no coverage for RNs when you need off for medical / dental appointments, sick/injured family etc. 
2. RNs are stress loaded with the same duties of LVNs caring for 2 patients on a shift, plus simultaneously having to handle administrative duties of new patient admissions, monthly case reassessments, patient lab results reviews, ordering medications, etc. 
3. For Float Nurse travel to other sites 40 mins is  automatically deducted from your round trip as 20 mins is said to be the average drive time to plus 20 mins from your home base, even though you're not going to/from your home base!  
4. There is no increase pay incentive i.e. $1.00/hour like other dialysis companies for earning your Certified Dialysis Nurse credential, though they encourage getting it at 6 -12 months. 
5. The duties that used to be those of Biomeds (all fired to save money) now are handed to the Nurses which are expected to the machine repair and maintenance. A Cycler weighs 75 lbs. And when does any Nurse ever have time to fix machines?? 
6. Conflicts with SNF Management and Staff is not backed up by company management.
7. Rules are not consistent from site to site, and many don't make sense. 
8. Can't take any days off in November and December

I’ve been working at DD for several years, and even though I can indeed echo back what’s been said about long hours in other comments, it’s the same at any dialysis clinic. If you are not ready to work long hours, and put in the effort, this probably isn’t the job for you. However, there’s a lot of flexibility and freedom that you get in return. On top of that, the company has your back in case of a family emergency, and this is not something I’ve seen a lot in this line of work where you need to be on call at all times. To me, the biggest strength of DD is the growth opportunities it offers to valued employees who are loyal and passionate. I have worked my way up to the role I have now and I love it. My managers have been excellent from the moment I was hired on and I can see myself staying with DD for the rest of my career. 
I believe it’s such a great clinic because the top leadership here at DD is very involved in the company’s day-to-day operations, and are surprisingly humane and ethical when it comes to running their business.

Very high turnover. They pride themselves on only hiring experienced dialysis staff and you better be because after one week of classroom and one week in a unit with a mentor your flying solo. If you get a poor  mentor your problem to deal with (as I did).   If you are waiting on your Den to open you will be treated like a float until that happens. It’s nothing to drive an hour to an hour and a half away ( and have to be there at 530,6,630, or 7 am. You may have anywhere from 3-4 patients to 12-16 (1-RN/1to 2 techs).   If your an RN you better like paperwork because there will be no shortage of it thrown at you. These “Dens” are located within SNF’s and lots of compliance.   Your dependent on aids bringing pts down and picking them up (as if they needed more on their plates) and it’s a daily struggle. 5 days a week pay is good but honestly I didn’t find it worth staying as I felt like a warm body and nothing more.  I did not feel supported nor did I feel management would have my back in any situation. 

What is the best part of working at the company?
Unclean facilities where subacute is used at nursing homes.  Nurses required to do 4 different job roles.  Communication between nursing home and Dialyze Direct very poor and unmanaged.  Do not get the amount of hours you need in a week to be full time.  Everything you do and even when you need to talk to some one is mainly via of email.  Work conditions are very poor and put staff at risks for many health problem.   

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Never ever given a honest answer.  Every thing falls on the nurse.  

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Poor work environment and the culture is very negative due to nothing ever get taken care of.  

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
You never know until you get there, but one thing for sure it is never good.

What is the best part of working at the company?
The patient load, The coworker I worked with.  In the beginning the health benefits the pay especially coming from Davita

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The change of management The lack of support from management.  Communication was lacking ,Benefits way to expensive 😒 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Just get it done no different from the bigger dialysis companies  No support from management, truly unprofessional this last manager I had, that's why I got out

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Good at the clinic the nurse I worked with was easy to get along with and believed in teamwork

The company doesn’t care about the staff, no days off… you have to cash up your PTO, because if you request days the management automatically  rejects it.  You have to provide patient care and do the biomed at the same time, because they want to cut cost, but at the same time adding more patients, Nurses are responsible for  dialyzing up to 4 patients a day by themselves with no help , The so called supervisors are not remotely familiar with the dialysis’s machines , Managers / Supervisors are clueless, their answer is ,  “I don’t do patients “. Besides our patient care , we are responsible for the repair of the equipment , if you work late , fixing or any other reason  , they are always questioning an hour of overtime. You spend more time explaining it , than the hour you actually worked.  

I love working in dialysis in this setting, but the management team with this company is not the best. POOR communication skills, micromanagement at it's finest. Does not support you or respond to your emails. This makes it hard to care for your patients properly because you don't have the back up you need. They keep staff on that should've been let go a long time ago. SNF staff reported harassment by one of the covering nurses and when this was reported, nothing was done. Company pulled out of the facility and gave 6 days notice, manager never contacted staff about anything in the process of all this. What started as a lovely job ended with a very sour taste and clouded out all the good. 

I’ve been a PCT for almost 10 years, and I’ve never been treated so poorly at a company. If you don’t have RN behind your name, look elsewhere. Great on paper, NOT WORTH IT. No training, they expect everything from you, and won’t tell you how to do it, and/or won’t provide working equipment to get things done. (It’s a lot different from incenter) And when you DO do what they tell you to do, they act like they never told you to do whatever it was. If management has an issue with you, instead of talking to you about it, they go to other people in the company and complain about you. There is no winning. If you’re a tech, this is NOT the company for you. If you have RN behind your name however, you’ll be praised. 

•In all the years I have been in the workplace, Dialyze Direct is the only company that actually made me feel valued. 

•Dialyze Direct is a company that respects and treats all their employees equally as well as shows genuine interest in employees families. For example, my boss called me in to his office multiple times to inquire on the well-being of me and family. 

•Dialyze Direct is a place of growth and opportunities. I have been here for two years and I have moved up the ladder quite quickly. If you put the work in, you are certain to grow.

•I would highly recommend Dialyze Direct to a friend or family member.

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