Patient Safety Assistant

About the role

The Patient Safety Assistant will float as needed to different inpatient units around the Parkview Randallia campus including, but not limited to, Med Surg units, the Emergency Care department, Progressive Care and ICU departments.

Responsibilities

• Assisting with unit clerical activities
• Providing supervision and continuous monitoring of the patient to ensure the patient's safety
• Reporting any abnormal patient findings to the Registered Nurse
• Safe and efficient transport movement of patients to and from clinical units
• General housekeeping duties for transport equipment
• Comfortable supervising and monitoring patients such as, but not limited to, suicide-watch patients

Requirements

• High school graduate or equivalent with GED
• Must obtain CPR certification within 30 days of employment

Qualifications

• Interest in the healthcare field
• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Able to walk extensively
• Able to walk while pushing wheelchair/cart/bed
• Able to lift 50 pounds and assist with 100 pounds
• Completes a physical abilities test
• Able to attend mandatory training days week of start
• New Hire Orientation (Monday – all day)
• Patient Care Essentials (Tuesday-Thursday – all day)