Patient Support Assistant

Responsibilities

• Performs and/or assists the patient with activities of daily living e.g. bathing, grooming, eating, walking, etc.
• Maintains environmental cleanliness and safety of patient rooms, unit and equipment.
• Provides assistance to patients, visitors and nursing personnel in assigned unit and maintains flexibility to help other departments with the care of patients as needed.
• Assists in creating the ideal patient experience through development of respectful and compassionate relationships with each patient and family.
• May serve as a patient safety champion, empowering equal responsibility for all safety guidelines among all licensed and unlicensed caregivers.
• May assist in telemetry cardiac monitoring, recognizing life-threatening arrhythmias and communicates immediately to available licensed clinicians.
• May act as a transporter for the nursing unit assigned.
• Runs errands to either pick up or deliver items for patient care.

Qualifications

• High School or GED
• BLS - Basic Life Support - American Heart Association
• CPR certified
• Basic PC skills required to manage patient information and ensure effective clinical workflows and documentation in the electronic medical record (EMR).

Skills

• Competent in the use of portable technology, using handheld wireless devices for measurement and documentation of intake and output, vital signs and point of care testing such as fingerstick glucoses or urine dipstick.
• Accurately collects data such as height, weight, vital signs, intake and output, etc. and records data on the appropriate documentation form.
• Performs delegable other nursing tasks delegated by the Registered Nurse which include those tasks which can be performed without requiring judgment based on nursing knowledge on part of the person performing the task k ; tasks with which the results are reasonably predictable; tasks which can be performed safely, according to exact, unchanging directions; tasks which do not require complex observations or critical decisions; and tasks which do not require assessment; and tasks where the consequences of performing the task improperly are minimal and not life threatening.
• Performs basic nursing care duties as directed by the RN including but not limited to waived testing fingerstick glucose, urine dipstick, occult fecal l, non-sterile specimen collection, nasogastric tube care, 1 2 lead EKG, and simple clean non-sterile e dressing changes.

Benefits

The job profile provides an overview of responsibilities and duties and is not intended to be an exhaustive list and is subject to change at any time.

Pay

Day Scheduled Weekly Hours 36

Schedule

Day

About the Role

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