Job description
Regional One Health Extended Care Hospital is currently seeking a full-time Patient Safety Technician. This position involves turning patients and floating within the department to assist with patient care.
Summary:
The Patient Safety Tech, working under the supervision and guidance of professional nursing staff provides ongoing monitoring of the patient to assist the health care team maintain a safe and comfortable environment.
Education Requirement:
High school diploma or equivelant required.
Completion of an approved nursing assistant program preferred.
Experience Requirement:
One (1) year of clinical experience in an acute care setting required.
Licensure/Certification Requirement:
Current CPR/BLS certification required.
Certified Nursing Assistant Certificate preferred.
Key Job Responsibilities:
- Receives assignments as directed in accordance with established policies and procedures including age specific patient needs. Demonstrates knowledge and skills to provide care and meet patient needs in a caring, compassionate, and sensitive manner.
- Provides patient care by performing assigned tasks for patient care plan implementation.
- Delivers general hygiene such as bath, shower, grooming, oral care.
- Assists with elimination via urinals, bedpans, bowel and/or bladder programs.
- Transfers and ambulates patients.
- Assists with post mortem care.
- Assists and prepares patients for meals, including feeding patients.
- Assists in turn, cough and deep breathing routines.
- Assists in activities of daily living.
- Assists in admission, transfer and discharge of patients.
- Makes beds both occupied and unoccupied.
- Maintains record of fluid intake and output.
- Completes calorie count and other nutrition information as delegated.
- Provides measures of comfort and convenience (i.e., water, blankets, etc.).
- Performs technical procedures as delegated and after observation by the RN/LPN according to unit policy.
- Takes and records patient’s vital signs
- Takes and records height and weight.
- Applies dressings, compresses, bandages and preoperative skin preps.
- Applies heat and cold.
- Sits in the patient’s room with an unobstructed view of the patient to observe the patient and maintain a safe environment.
- Provides nourishments and water, prepares patients for meals by assisting with tray set up.
- Accompanies and remains with patient for clinical tests or procedures off the unit.
- Provides direct patient care in accordance with patient treatment plans to meet the personal needs and comfort of patient as directed by RN/Nursing Supervisor.
- Reports any unusual changes in the patient’s condition or behavior to patient’s primary nurse or team leader/PCC.
- Transports records, equipment and supplies to and from department in a safe and timely manner.
- Interacts and communicates with members of the health care team, patients and visitors in a customer responsive and courteous manner.
- Keeps patient and nursing areas clean and orderly. Assists with stocking supplies/inventory.
- Adheres to established department policies and procedures and maintains compliance, performance improvement, safety, environmental and infection control programs.
- Performs other duties as required.
Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:
- Ability to read, write and understand verbal and written instructions.
- Ability to communicate verbally with others.
- Ability to maintain working relationships with co-workers.
- Ability to organize and complete tasks.
- Aility to work with age specific populations.
Supervision Provided by this Job:
- There are no lead or supervisory duties associated with this role.
Physical Demands/Conditions:
- Constant walking and standing during assigned shift. Ability to bend, stoop, twist; assist patients in turning, assist patients in treatment room, push wheelchair patients, and assist patients in rising from and returning to wheelchair; exposure to infectious agents; hearing and visual acuity to perform tasks on patients and receive/interpret instructions. Heavy Work - Exerting up to 150 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 75 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 30 pounds of force constantly to move objects. (May be further defined as "with assistance" or "without assistance").
Location: Regional One Health · LTACH
Schedule: Full-time, Day shift w/rotation, 7a - 3p
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