Patient Safety Companion-Part Time

Responsibilities

• Assists in the delivery of patient care as a nursing team member by performing tasks as directed by the nurse for patients who require close observation.
• Adheres to hospital policy on infection control by performing hand hygiene and adheres to isolation precautions.
• Assists in the provision of comfort measures and therapeutic activities to patients as directed by the nurse (assist with vision and hearing aids, sleep and noise reduction strategies, orientation to surrounding, ambulation, and toileting).
• Reviews with nurse written care plan and tasks for shift.
• Receives a report from the primary nurse upon arrival to the unit and reports off to the primary nurse when leaving unit.
• Communicates any special care needs to the primary nurse for integration into the patient's care plan.
• Reports unusual conditions, patient concerns, or complaints to the primary nurse and/or management.
• Affords safe transfer of patients to and from stretcher or wheelchair to bed or chair, using safe transfer techniques, assistive devices as needed, and proper body mechanics always.
• Performs transportation of patients within the hospital, adhering to safe transfer techniques and always utilizing two patient identifiers and ticket to ride.
• Utilizes Vocera and Zebra/IPOD device appropriately and keep patient's privacy.
• Affords the continuity of patient care through harmonious working relationships with other staff members and through appropriate interfacing with patient, family, and providers.
• Distributes equipment (i.e. pumps, wheelchairs, venodynes, VMS, feeding pumps, or as other assigned) as they are requested by nursing floors within 15 minutes of request.
• Affords transportation of stretchers or other equipment to hospital departments.
• Maintains and Models Nuvance Health Values.
• Demonstrates regular, reliable, and predictable attendance.
• Performs other duties as required.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or equivalent experience.
• Must successfully complete Patient Safety Companion Orientation & Competencies.

Other Information

• Basic Life Support Certification required within 6 months; of hire date, transfer date, or by 6/1/23 for existing PSC staff.
• Working Conditions: Manual: significant manual skills/motor coord & finger dexterity Occupational: Some occupational risk Physical Effort: Very Heavy effort. May exert up to 50 lbs. force Physical Environment: Generally pleasant working conditions.
• Credentials: BLS