Patient Mobility Tech - Nursing Support

Responsibilities

• Prefer: 6 months patient care experience.
• Assists therapy and inpatient staff with patient care as directed.
• Assists with activities of daily living such as personal hygiene, positioning, and ambulation.
• Participates in the nutritional well-being of patients through tray delivery, assistance with patient set-up and feeding.
• Accurately records input and output.
• Reinforces education of patient and family/responsible party regarding individual care needs and safety issues.
• Participates in quality, safety, and care experience initiatives and goals.
• Maintains a safe environment and safe delivery of care.
• Makes rounds on patients and families frequently to assess and address personal needs, concerns, or comfort related issues.
• Reports information to responsible nurse for resolution when necessary.
• Operates patient monitoring systems specific to unit needs such as cardiac monitoring.
• Assists with application and removal of restraints under the direction of an RN.
• Affords oxygen delivery devices as ordered without altering settings or determining rates.
• Affords portable or wall oxygen, and assures proper storage of E cylinders.
• Documents all care provided in the appropriate place in the patient record.
• Uses the computerized documentation system at the skill level commensurate with the responsibilities included in this description.
• Affords assistance in maintaining nursing unit cleanliness and orderliness.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Must be 18 years old.
• High School Diploma or GED.
• BLS required at time of hire.
• Clinical experience preferred.
• Ability to learn and demonstrate competency in proper and safe patient handling including repositioning/bed mobility, transfer/lifting, and progressive ambulation using appropriate assistive devices as needed; cane, walker, crutches.
• Must successfully complete competency verification before starting on assigned unit.