Certificate in Dialysis Technician: Details, Scope, Jobs & Salary

Do you want to become a Dialysis Technician right after completing 10th standard? If yes, this article will be of help to you. In this article, details about dialysis technician certificate course have been provided. Article covers topics like course details, duration, eligibility criteria, admission process and career prospects.

Here is a quick overview of Certificate in Dialysis Technician course –

 
First of all, let me point it out to you that the course discussed in this article is ‘Certificate’ course. It is not Bachelor’s Degree or Diploma course. If you are interested in relevant Diploma course, try Diploma in Dialysis Technology.

Certificate course is shorter that its Diploma counterpart, when it comes to course duration. While Diploma course lasts for 2-3 years, certificate course is just 1 year long.

This course is not as valued as its Diploma counterpart. But this certification is enough to help you land an entry level job at hospitals and clinics providing dialysis treatment to patients suffering from kidney failure.

Dialysis Technician: Basic details

A Dialysis technician’s main task is to operate the Hemodialysis machine used to perform dialysis for patients suffering from kidney failure. In a healthy human body, the kidney purifies the blood. But in case of patients suffering from kidney failure, dialysis machine is used to do the purification process.

Tasks of a dialysis technician include- noting down important details like patient’s temperature, blood pressure, pulse rate and weight, giving directions to the patient, setting up the dialysis equipment, supervising the purification process, monitoring the patient, calculating and monitoring the blood flow, cleaning and inspection of the dialysis machine.

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Certificate in Dialysis Technician: Course details

Nature of course: It is a medical certificate course. On course completion, one will get certificate from the institute. It is a job oriented medical certificate course and helps acquire key dialysis technology skills.

Duration

Duration: Typical certificate course lasts for a period of 6 to 12 months. Course duration may vary from one institute to another.

Eligibility criteria

Eligibility criteria: 10th passed from a recognized board is the minimum qualification required. Please note that most reputed paramedical institutes allow admission for only 12th passed candidates. Only few institutes allow 10th passed candidates to pursue this course right after completing 10th. So if you come across such an institute, please check its credibility and accreditation status thoroughly.

Admission process

Admission process: Depending upon the institute, it could be direct admission process of merit based admission process. Most institutes follow direct admission process.

Certificate in Dialysis Technician syllabus

Here are some of the important subjects present in the curriculum –

• Human anatomy & physiology
• Anatomy of human kidney
• Pharmacology
• Microbiology
• Hemodialysis
• Dialysis equipment
• Biomedical waste management
• Patient preparation
• Communication skills

Dialysis Technician jobs & scope

Since this is a certificate course, it won’t guarantee you supervisor level jobs. After completion of the course, one may land entry level technician’s post at hospitals offering dialysis treatment to patients. You may also check – Medical courses after 12th in India.

Dialysis technician’s tasks include operating the dialysis machine, preparing sterilization mix, noting down vital details about the patient, monitor the patient and supervising the dialysis process.

In short, technicians may work at hospitals (Government or private), clinics and healthcare centres offering dialysis treatment.

Salary

Starting salary of a Dialysis technician depends on factors like job location, profile of the employer and his/her skills. Depending upon the above mentioned factors, a dialysis technician could earn anywhere between 8-15k Rupees per month (at start).

If you are looking for a short, job oriented medical certificate course, Dialysis technician certificate course will suit you! If you want to go for an advanced course, and have time in your hand, then go for Diploma in Dialysis course.

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Arun is a passionate educationalist who started this blog in 2016. He has been helping students, their parents, and teachers through his posts, guides, and articles on this blog. He has 10+ years of work-experience in the field of education, career counseling, and training.

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