- Assists in the delivery of patient care as a nursing team member by performing tasks as directed by the nurse for patients who require close observation.
- Assists in always maintaining patient safety. Adheres to hospital policy on infection control by performing hand hygiene and adheres to isolation precautions.
- Assists in the provision of comfort measures and therapeutic activities to patients as directed by the nurse (assist with vision and hearing aids, sleep and noise reduction strategies, orientation to surrounding, ambulation, and toileting).
- Reviews with nurse written care plan and tasks for shift. Receives a report from the primary nurse upon arrival to the unit and reports off to the primary nurse when leaving unit. Communicates any special care needs to the primary nurse for integration into the patient's care plan. Reports unusual conditions, patient concerns, or complaints to the primary nurse and/or management.
- Assists with safe transfer of patients to and from stretcher or wheelchair to bed or chair, using safe transfer techniques, assistive devices as needed, and proper body mechanics always.
- Performs transportation of patients within the hospital, adhering to safe transfer techniques and always utilizing two patient identifiers and ticket to ride.
- Utilizes Vocera and Zebra/IPOD device appropriately and keep patient's privacy.
- Assists with the continuity of patient care through harmonious working relationships with other staff members and through appropriate interfacing with patient, family, and providers.
- Distribute equipment (i.e. pumps, wheelchairs, venodynes, VMS, feeding pumps, or as other assigned) as they are requested by nursing floors within 15 minutes of request.
- Assists with transportation of stretchers or other equipment to hospital departments.
- Maintains and Models Nuvance Health Values.
- Demonstrates regular, reliable, and predictable attendance.
- Performs other duties as required.
- Basic Life Support
- Basic Life Support
- Significant manual skills / motor coord & finger dexterity
- Some occupational risk
- Very Heavy effort. May exert up to 50 lbs. force
- Generally pleasant working conditions.
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patient safety companion - Poughkeepsie, NY , USA, United States - Nuvance Health
Description
Nuvance Health has a network of convenient hospital and outpatient locations - Danbury Hospital, New Milford Hospital, Norwalk Hospital and Sharon Hospital in Connecticut, and Northern Dutchess Hospital, Putnam Hospital Center and Vassar Brothers Medical Center in New York.
Summary:
Patient Safety Companions will provide close observation and constant monitoring of patients with changes in physical or mental status under the supervision of the registered nurse upon receipt of a physician order.
The patient safety companion performs all duties necessary to provide transportation of patients and equipment needed within the hospital to support optimum safe and efficient patient care.
The hospital patient safety companion will seek to provide the highest quality care while demonstrating respect for the dignity of each patient consistent with the hospital's philosophy, goals, policies, and procedures of the nursing department.
Population served based on scope of services in the department.Responsibilities:
High School Diploma or equivalent experience.
Must successfully complete Patient Safety Companion Orientation & Competencies.
Other Information
Essential:
Basic Life Support Certification required within 6 months; of hire date, transfer date, or by 6/1/23 for existing PSC staff.
Other information:
Basic Life Support Certification required within 6 months; of hire date, transfer date, or by 6/1/23 for existing PSC staff.
Location:
Vassar Brothers Medical Center
Work Type:
Full-Time
Standard Hours: 40.00
FTE:
Work Schedule:
Night 8
Work Shift: 11pm-730am, 5 shifts per week, alternating weekends and holiday rotation
Org Unit: 1219
Department:
Nursing Float Pool
Exempt:
No
Grade:
U2
Salary Range:
$19.67 Hourly
Credentials:
Essential:
Working conditions:
Essential:
We will endeavor to make a reasonable accommodation to the known physical or mental limitations of a qualified applicant with a disability unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business.
