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Hemodialysis Technician

CommonSpirit Health

Chattanooga, TNJob$18.96–26.78/hrSeen 4 days agoSeen in employer's feed 4 days ago

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Compensation
$18.96–26.78/hr
Location
Chattanooga, TN
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Basic Life Support CPRHemodialysis Technician Or Listed Clinical Credential

Job overview

The Hemodialysis Technician prepares, operates, and maintains hemodialysis equipment and helps care for patients during treatments under a registered nurse’s supervision. The role works with Dialysis RNs to provide safe and effective services, monitors equipment, and supports patients throughout treatment. CommonSpirit Memorial is a not-for-profit health care organization serving Southeast Tennessee and Northwest Georgia.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Hemodialysis Equipment OperationPatient CareCommunicationHemodialysis

Qualifications

High School Graduate or EquivalentPrevious Health Care ExperienceBasic Life Support CPRHemodialysis Technician or Listed Clinical CredentialPrevious Hemodialysis Experience

Full job description

Job Summary and Responsibilities

As our Hemodialysis Technician, you will prepare, operate, and maintain hemodialysis equipment and help care for patients during hemodialysis treatments, under the supervision of a registered nurse.

Every day you will set up and monitor dialysis equipment and support patients throughout their treatments.

To be successful in this role, you will bring hemodialysis technical training, careful attention to safety and detail, and a caring approach with patients.

  • Works with Dialysis RNs to provide safe and effective dialysis services

  • Use of general patient care and communication equipment such as nurse call pager system;

  • EMR; Bed Tracking System; all equipment used to monitor patient’s vital signs, including all patient scales.

  • Good communication skills including pleasant phone manner, and good patient care techniques

Job Requirements Required

  • High School Graduate or Equivalent and Previous health care experience as a CNA, EMT, Medical Assistant, etc., upon hire and

  • Basic Life Support - CPR, upon hire and

  • Certified Clinical Hemodialysis Technician, within 6 - months or

  • Certified Nursing Assistant: TN, within 6 - months or

  • Emergency Medical Technician: TN, within 6 - months or

  • Certified Clinical Medical Assistant, within 6 - months or

  • Certified Medical Assistant AAMA, within 6 - months or

  • Certified Medical Assistant NHA, within 6 - months or

  • National Certified Medical Assistant NCCT, within 6 - months or

  • National Registered/Certified Medical Assistant NAHP, within 6 - months or

  • Registered Medical Assistant AMT, within 6 - months or

  • Registered Medical Assistant, within 6 - months or

  • Cert Med Asst - MMCI, within 6 - months

Preferred

  • and Previous Hemodialysis experience, upon hire

Where You'll Work

CommonSpirit Memorial is an award-winning, not-for-profit, faith-based health care organization dedicated to the healing ministry of Jesus Christ. Founded by the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth, we offer a comprehensive continuum of care, from preventative and primary care to acute hospital services specializing in cancer, cardiac, neuroscience, stroke, and orthopedic services. Our commitment to excellence has earned us top prestigious recognition repeatedly from U.S. News and World Report, PINC AI™, CMS, Healthgrades®, Leapfrog, and most recently as one of the Best Places to Work in Tennessee. We are proud to serve Southeast Tennessee and Northwest Georgia with the expertise of 4,700 employees and nearly 500 affiliated physicians.

Pay Range

$18.96 - $26.78 /hour

We are an equal opportunity employer.

How this job compares

Set against the 3,374 open Patient Care jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 5, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$18.96–26.78/hr
  • Tennessee median$30–42/hr35 hourly ranges
  • US median$24–34/hr1,908 hourly ranges

This range's midpoint, $22.87/hr, is 36% below the Tennessee median midpoint ($36/hr) — in the lowest quarter of Patient Care hourly ranges in Tennessee.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 71 open Patient Care jobs in Tennessee and 3,374 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Tennessee
Experience
Patient Care postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 2 years (869 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a high school diploma; 2,023 of the 3,374 open Patient Care jobs (60%) ask for a high school diploma or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 5, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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