**Hiring Patient Safety Attendant Full-time/PRN Day Shift

About the role

The Patient Safety Attendant (PSA) plays a crucial role in ensuring high-quality, efficient care for patients. They are responsible for observing patient behavior, communicating with and de-escalating patients, and notifying nursing personnel of any changes in the patient's condition or needs.

Responsibilities

• Be present for the designated patient, either visually or physically, to observe patient behavior and communicate with and de-escalate patient.
• Notify nursing personnel if the patient condition changes or requires assistance.
• Serve as a resource to assist PCT/MST and nursing staff with basic functions for the designated patient.
• Ensure the patient environment is free of obstacles and minimize risk of falls and accidental or intentional self-harm.
• Accompany patient and ensure patient safety during transportation, testing, and procedures occurring away from the patient’s normal environment.
• Establish a safe, risk-free patient environment by utilizing knowledge of fall prevention protocols, infection control measures, and self-harm prevention.
• Create clear, accurate documentation on patient status and activity during the shift.
• Perform other duties as needed when not providing direct patient observation.
• Assist nursing staff with tasks such as transporting patients, delivering equipment and supplies, transporting specimens, delivering patient trays, answering phones, and assisting visitors.
• Participate as an active member of the healthcare team and positively promote the rest of the team to patients, families, caregivers, and other colleagues.
• Participate in hospital or departmental performance improvement activities and seek opportunities to improve department and inter-department processes.
• Restock non-medicinal patient room supplies as needed.

Requirements

• Require BLS/CPR certification within ninety (90) days of start date.
• Mandatory Education: HS EQ - High School Diploma, GED, or Certificate.
• Monday- Sunday, alternating weekends and holidays required.
• Day Shift: 7 am- 7:30 pm
• Night Shift: 7 pm- 7:30 am
• Full-time is three shifts/week. Requires four days per week of availability.

Qualifications

• Prefer demonstrated interpersonal skills to provide calm verbal feedback to patients, re-direct behavior, and reinforce safety with patients.
• Prefer the ability to follow oral and written instructions.
• Prefer the ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Prefer demonstrated knowledge/experience of growth and development, and possess the ability to interact, communicate, and care for specific patient population with care and compassion.
• Prefer previous experience in health care field.

Skills

• Knowledge of fall prevention protocols.
• Knowledge of infection control measures.
• Knowledge of self-harm prevention.

Benefits

• Highest 5-Star rating from Medicare for quality and safety.
• Listed among U.S. News “Best Hospitals for Maternity” for 2021-2022; the only hospital in the region to make the list.
• One of the nation's 100 Top Hospitals, 40 Top Teaching Hospitals and 50 Top Cardiovascular Hospital.
• Listed among U.S. News' 50 Best Hospitals for Rehabilitation Services and Specialized Urology Care, 2022 - 2023.
• Named among the World’s Best Hospitals by Newsweek, 2019-2022.

Pay

• Not specified.

Schedule

• Not specified.