Mobility Assistant

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

To be successful at Brown University Health, all employees commit to sharing our mission of “Delivering health with care” and successfully practicing our values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence, which guide our everyday actions with patients, customers, and one another. Employees are also responsible for knowing and acting in accordance with the principles of the Brown University Health Corporate Compliance Program and Code of Conduct.

• Provides mobility interventions including safe bed mobility, transfers to and from bed and chair/commode, ambulation with/without assistive device.
• Affords assistance with activities of daily living (ADLs) with a focus on mobility independence to include: Ambulation, Positioning, Dressing, Toileting.
• Ensures accurate fitting of assistive device for mobility.
• Progresses individual patient mobility to achieve Johns Hopkins–Highest Level of Mobility (JH-HLM) Goal of the day.
• Communicates all pertinent observations to the responsible RN.
• Immediately reports patient complaints and observations, including, but not limited to: Abnormal vital signs, Fever, Chills, Shortness of breath, Chest pain, Bleeding, Nausea, Vomiting, Diarrhea.
• Maintains a safe patient environment.
• Complies with infection control practices in accordance with established Hospital and department policies and procedures.
• Performs basic patient care skills, such as vital sign reading and recording under the direction of the RN.
• Maintains education and competencies within the Departments of Nursing and LRS directed by supervisor.
• Affords assistance with all aspects of the nursing process including, but not limited to: Assisting with collection of baseline and ongoing assessment data, Following the management plan, Monitoring the patient response to mobility interventions, Providing and/or reinforcing patient instruction regarding safe mobility, gait sequencing, and weight bearing status as appropriate.
• Maintains quality assurance, safety, environmental, and infection control, in accordance with established hospital department policies, procedures, and objectives.
• Ability to perform responsibilities in emergency/code situations, including CPR.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field preferred.
• Current certification in Basic Life Support with Healthcare Provider.
• Certified Nursing Assistants preferred; Healthcare focused student or equivalent experience and/or education in patient mobility considered.
• Read, write, and speak English; ability to perform basic computer skills.
• Ability to identify and report unsafe situations to the Staff Nurse.
• Demonstrates knowledge and skills necessary to provide care to patients throughout the life span, with consideration of aging processes, human development stages, and cultural patterns in each step of the care process.
• Experience and/or education in patient mobility recommended.
• Interpersonal skills to effectively interact with patients, visitors, physicians, and hospital staff at all levels.
• Reading and mathematical abilities in order to complete documentation, operate monitoring equipment, and maintain an environment conducive to patient comfort and safety.

Work Environment and Physical Requirements

• Healthcare environment such as acute care hospitals, physicians’ offices, and ancillary healthcare enterprises.
• Works with medical equipment and has direct patient contact.
• Any potential hazards are minimized or nullified by adherence to established safety procedures and precautions including use of safety equipment and protective clothing.
• Prolonged sitting, standing, and walking.
• May be required to lift/turn patients and equipment.
• Repeated bending, squatting, stooping.

Independent Action

• Works under the supervision of the RN in collaboration with LRS therapists within the scope of Hospital and department policies and procedures.
• Refers specific complex problems to supervisor where clarification of departmental policies and procedures may be required.
• Supervisory staff is physically present most of the time.