Patient Support Associate-central Nursing - New York, United States - NYU Langone Health

NYU Langone Health
NYU Langone Health
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NYU Langone Health is a world-class, patient-centered, integrated academic medical center, known for its excellence in clinical care, research, and education. It comprises more than 200 locations throughout the New York area, including five inpatient locations, a children's hospital, three emergency rooms and a level 1 trauma center. Also part of NYU Langone Health is the Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center, a National Cancer Institute designated comprehensive cancer center, and NYU Grossman School of Medicine, which since 1841 has trained thousands of physicians and scientists who have helped to shape the course of medical history. At NYU Langone Health, equity, diversity, and inclusion are fundamental values. We strive to be a place where our exceptionally talented faculty, staff, and students of all identities can thrive. We embrace diversity, inclusion, and individual skills, ideas, and knowledge. _For more information, go to _nyulangone.org_, a_nd interact with us on _LinkedIn_, _Glassdoor_, _Indeed_,_ _Facebook_, _Twitter_, _YouTube_ and _Instagram_._


Position Summary:

We have an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Patient Support Associate-Central Nursing Service-Evening Shift (35 hours).


Responsibilities:


  • Removes linen from patient care areas and assists in changing linen on unoccupied patient beds.
  • Distributes water pitchers, cups, and straws as directed by the RN.
  • Assists in the management of patient belongings by conducting an inventory, securing and transporting patient belongings.
  • Performs patient transport of discharged patients on occasion to meet our target of discharge before noon.
  • Prepares patients through notification and place said patient on mode of transportation prior to patient transport arrival (Future scope)
  • Assures adequate inventory of patient care supplies
  • Removes waste as needed within patient rooms and only when overflowing and BSD personnel are not readily available. Assists with food service to insure patient tray return from patient room.
  • Redistributes supplies within the unit and maintains pars across clean supply room (including secured intravenous solutions and medication preparation supplies), nurse servers, patient rooms, unitspecific carts (e.g. dressing carts) and other pointofuse areas.
  • Retrieves supplies (e.g. emergency supply requests, supplemental patient supply deliveries), from Pneumatic Tube, Central Distribution and replenishes to appropriate locations or assigned nurse. Retrieves supplies from the service corridor and replenishes appropriate locations.
  • Redistribute medications that they pick up from the pneumatic tube system.
  • Picks up and drops off medications from the inpatient pharmacy.
  • Notifies SCM / Logistics Manager of nonpar stocked specialty order needs.
  • Performs regular regulatory compliance rounds (e.g. Supply expiration checks. Ensures supply locations are clean, orderly and free of loose trash and supply bins are free of dust or dirt and are not damaged).
  • Facilitates exchange of emergency code carts and intubation boxes to/from Pharmacy, Central Sterile Processing, Central Distribution.
  • Transport of clinical equipment to and from various departments (e.g. Clinical Engineering, Central Sterile Processing)
  • Demonstrates understanding of infection prevention standards.
  • Cleans spills and unitbased equipment and stores as instructed
  • Assembles, locates and maintains unit specific equipment (e.g. trapeze, CPMs, Hip Chairs)

Minimum Qualifications:

To qualify you must have a High school education or its equivalent. Working knowledge of English is evident in verbal, reading and writing abilities. Expected to perform the job satisfactorily within 3 months.

NYU Langone Health provides its staff with far more than just a place to work.

Rather, we are an institution you can be proud of, an institution where you'll feel good about devoting your time and your talents.


NYU Langone Health provides a salary range to comply with the New York state Law on Salary Transparency in Job Advertisements.

The salary range for the role is $50, $50,854.95 Annually. Actual salaries depend on a variety of factors, including experience, specialty, education, and hospital need.

The salary range or contractual rate listed does not include bonuses/incentive, differential pay or other forms of compensation or benefits.

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