Patient Safety Attendant – Part Time – Days in Vernon, IL – (job id: 1682752536)
Patient Safety Attendant - Part Time - Days - - Vernon, IL - work from home job Company: Job description: It's more than a career, it's a calling. IL-SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital - Mt. Vernon Worker Type: Regular Job Highlights: At SSM Health, we know the healing power of presence begins with compassionate employees like you. Our employees come from a diverse set of backgrounds, making SSM Health a great place both to share your own knowledge and, more broadly, to learn from your peers. In return, you can expect a work environment where: Each employee finds meaning in work, leveraging skills and talents toward a greater purpose; Teamwork and collaboration is encouraged, while management is supportive. If you’re a patient advocate first… If the needs, wants, and goals of each patient matter to you… Then we’d love to learn more! Please fill out your application today. This is a part-time, 24 hours per week, day shift, float position, so the hours would be 7 am to 7 pm and you would be working shifts at Good Samaritan Hospital in Mt. Vernon and St. Mary’s Hospital in Centralia, Illinois. Job Summary: Performs basic patient monitoring activities under the supervision of a Registered Nurse (RN). Job Responsibilities and Requirements: PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Remains at bedside of assigned patient at all times unless relieved by an appropriate staff member.
- Assists in calming and/or reorienting patient in cases of agitation or confusion.
- Removes visible hazards and/or broken equipment from immediate environment and reports as appropriate.
- Documents observations according to hospital guidelines.
- Meets with the patient’s nurse at the beginning of shift to review the patient care plan and activities for the shift to ensure that the expectations, goals and responsibilities are clearly understood in order to achieve patient and staff safety.
- Observes isolation precautions as indicated.
- Observes monitoring equipment and notifies nursing staff of alarms.
- Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
EDUCATION
- No education required
EXPERIENCE
- No experience required
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
- Constant standing and walking.
- Frequent use of hearing and speech to share information through oral communication.
- Frequent use of hearing to distinguish body sounds and/or hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.
- Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.
- Frequent reaching, gripping, and keyboard use/data entry.
- Frequent use of vision for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.
- Occasional bending, stooping, crawling, kneeling, sitting, squatting and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.
- Occasional use of vision to judge distances and spatial relationships.
- Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.
- Occasional lifting/moving patients.
- Occasional use of smell to detect/recognize odors.
- Occasional driving.
Department: 8452000046 RN Float Pool Work Shift: Day Shift (United States of America) Scheduled Weekly Hours: 24 SSM Health is an equal opportunity employer. SSM Health does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Patient Safety Attendant - Part Time - Days - - Vernon, IL - work from home job Expected salary: Location: Vernon, IL Patient Safety Attendant - Part Time - Days - - Vernon, IL - work from home job Job date: Sat, 29 Apr 2023 07:15:36 GMT Apply for the job now! Patient Safety Attendant - Part Time - Days - - Vernon, IL - work from home job Apply tot his job Apply To this Job