Continuous Visual Monitoring Technician-Delnor Patient Monitoring Part Time Nights

Job Description

The schedule for this position is three 8-hour shifts per week 11p - 7:30a with every other weekend (Friday and Saturday nights) and rotating holidays throughout the year required.

Responsibilities

• Provides continuous safety observation via continuous video monitoring, of patients identified to be at risk for causing injury to themselves or to others.
• Offers basic comfort measures to help the patient relax and addresses the emotional needs of specific patients served, including the use of encouragement, distraction, coping strategies, cognitive stimulation activities, and de-escalation techniques within the scope of this role as appropriate.
• Maintains situational awareness and monitors multiple patients via continuous video monitoring onsite at Delnor Hospital.
• Provides effective verbal redirection of designated remote continuous observation patients from engaging in risk behaviors and summoning appropriate staff via communication device/STAT Alert Alarm when appropriate.

Qualifications

• High School diploma or equivalent

Additional Information

Northern Michigan is an equal opportunity employer (disability, VETS) and does not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of age, sex, race, color, religion, national origin, gender identity, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation or any other protected status. Benefits We offer a wide range of benefits that provide employees with tools and resources to improve their physical, emotional, and financial well-being while providing protection for unexpected life events. Please visit our Benefits section to learn more. Sign-on Bonus Eligibility (if sign-on bonus offered for position): Internal employees and rehires who left Northwestern Medicine within 1 year are not eligible for the sign on bonus. Exception: New graduate internal employees seeking their first licensed clinical position at NM may be eligible depending upon the job family.