Find Your Passion
in Patient Care

As a patient care technician (PCT) at DaVita, you will make an exceptional difference in the lives of our patients and their families dealing with end stage kidney disease or chronic kidney disease. You will be a part of a team that works closely with nursing professionals and a dedicated care team to provide personalized care to dialysis patients, prioritizing their comfort and overall well-being. The PCT role is also a powerful gateway into the healthcare field — offering hands-on experience, valuable clinical skills and clear pathways for career growth.

Sundays off &
no on-call shifts

Great benefits

Career growth

Direct patient care

Supportive culture

Tuition reimbursement

Work That Fits Your Lifestyle

There are a lot of choices for how you can focus your career at DaVita, with career path options that fit different lifestyles:

Home Dialysis

Home Dialysis PCTs support patients doing peritoneal dialysis (PD) or home hemodialysis (HHD) outside the center. Working with home RNs, they help patients learn to manage their care safely and confidently.

Responsibilities include:

Assist nurses with training and education for home treatments
Teach patients to identify and respond to complications
Encourage confidence and independence in home care
Provide ongoing support and communication for treatment success

In-Center Hemodialysis

In-Center Hemodialysis PCTs provide direct patient care during dialysis under an RN’s supervision. They monitor patients throughout treatment to support safe, effective care.

Responsibilities include:

Assess and respond to patient needs during treatment
Monitor vital signs and treatment progress
Assist with post-dialysis care and documentation
Maintain a safe, compassionate treatment environment

Hospital Services Group

Hospital Services Group partners with over 800 hospitals nationwide to provide dialysis for patients during hospital stays. In this fast-paced setting, PCTs deliver safe, effective hemodialysis under RN supervision.

Responsibilities include:

Support RNs in providing dialysis to hospitalized patients
Monitor vital signs and treatment response in an acute setting
Ensure patient safety and comfort throughout treatment
Adapt to the fast pace and unique needs of hospital care

Skilled Nursing Facility

PCTs provide dialysis wherever patients need treatment, including skilled nursing facilities. Using a den model, ensuring patients receive the same high-quality care as in outpatient centers.

Opportunities include:

Provide dialysis care in various settings, including skilled nursing facilities
Work as part of a dedicated care team delivering hemodialysis on-site
Ensure patients receive the same high-quality care

Other Opportunities

DaVita teammates support patients through every stage of kidney care—from early disease management to post-transplant support. As a PCT, you may find unique opportunities to grow and specialize as you build your career.

Opportunities include:

Providing pediatric dialysis care to younger patients
Exploring new care settings or specialties within DaVita
Growing your career through training, mentorship, and advancement

Explore Your Career in Healthcare

There are many ways to grow your career at DaVita, with paths that fit different lifestyles and goals. Students enrolled in a full-time accredited program can apply for a PCT internship, gaining hands-on experience as a Patient Care Technician while preparing for a rewarding healthcare career. Learn more.

See Why Other PCTs Choose to Work at DaVita

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What is Career Growth Like for a PCT at DaVita?

Clinical Ladders is a career-mapping model that puts our frontline teammates in the driver's seat of their careers. Our Clinical Ladders framework provides clarity on what it takes for our PCTs to progress in their role and links career progression to compensation in a way that is consistent with our pay-for-performance philosophy.

Resident

Performs job under direction and supervision. Completing PCT
training programs.

Intermediate

Has completed training programs.
Can manage a patient assignment independently, under supervision
of a charge nurse.

PD/HHD: Can operate home equipment and understands vendor collateral and education opportunities.

Experienced

Has earned CMS approved PCT certification, can administer more advanced steps of dialysis care.

PD/HHD: Trained in PD and/or HHD, can support RN in patient care partner education and troubleshooting access complications.

Advanced

Shares expertise through training and coaching, serves as a preceptor, handles complex cannulations and patient situations, and may be trained in multiple modalities.

PD/HHD: Supports administrative duties, supply management and ordering.

Expert

Leads facility initiatives, coordinates PCTs, and is trained in multiple modalities. Coaches teammates, may be a preceptor, takes on additional roles such as master mixologist, expert cannulator, Kidney Smart instructor, and modality educator.

PD/HHD: Facilitator for modality choice.

PCT Career Paths
Advance your career in a clinical setting, laboratory testing at Davita Labs, or a job in a corporate or call-center environment:

Administrative Support
Call Center Representative
Clinical Research Coordinator

Facility Administrator
Healthcare Operations Manager
Lab Assistant

Medical Technologist
Registered Nurse
Regional Operations Director

Choose a path in leadership, corporate, clinical or the lab. They’re not one-size-fits-all or linear. You can explore, pivot and shape a path that’s uniquely yours. These example paths are just a starting point.

Bridge to Your Dreams Program: Become an RN with our support—tuition coverage, job placement and more!

PCT
↓
Bridge to Your Dreams Program
↓
In-Center RN
↓
Clinical Coordinator
↓
Director of Clinical Services

PCT
↓
Facility Administrator
↓
Talent Acquisition Partner
↓
Talent Acquisition Manager

PCT
↓
Administrative Assistant
↓
Bridge to Your Dreams Program
↓
Acutes RN
↓
Clinical Services Manager

PCT
↓
Resident
PCT
↓
Clinical Research Coordinator
↓
Lab Assistant
↓
Medical Lab Technologist

Become a Nurse at DaVita

Create Your Path:
Bridge to Your Dreams

We help fulfill our patient care technicians' dreams of becoming a nurse through our Bridge to Your Dreams program. We will cover the cost of the nursing program, allowing our teammates to decrease their working hours while maintaining full-time benefits and providing school counseling.

"Becoming a nurse at DaVita has been a huge dream of mine."

Bobbie

DaVita Patient Care Technician

"When I started at DaVita as a patient care technician (PCT), I thought DaVita would be a brief stop in my professional journey—but quickly, I learned I had found a home where I could learn and grow. Now, as chief nursing officer, it's important to me that our teammates have the same experience."