Patient Support Assistant

About the Role

Assist Registered Nurse in providing direct patient care to multiple patients at a time on a designated nursing unit.

Responsibilities

• Performs and/or assists the patient with activities of daily living (e.g., bathing, grooming, eating, walking).
• Maintains environmental cleanliness and safety of patient rooms, unit, and equipment.
• Provides assistance to patients, visitors, and nursing personnel in the assigned unit and maintains flexibility to help other departments with patient care as needed.
• Assists in creating the ideal patient experience through 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 clinician.
• May act as a transporter for the nursing unit assigned and runs errands to either pickup or deliver items for patient care.
• Performs delegable nursing tasks as directed by the Registered Nurse, including tasks with predictable results, safe execution, and minimal risk if performed improperly.
• Performs basic nursing care duties such as waived testing (fingerstick glucose, urine dipstick, occult fecal), non-sterile specimen collection, nasogastric tube care, 12-lead EKG, and simple clean non-sterile dressing changes.
• Accurately collects and records data such as height, weight, vital signs, intake and output.
• Competent in using portable technology, including handheld wireless devices for measurement and documentation of intake and output, vital signs, and point-of-care testing.
• Reports patient observations and concerns to the Registered Nurse.
• Assists hospital visitors and staff with information needs.
• May utilize wireless devices and technology for coordination of healthcare (e.g., scheduling, flowchart documentation, nutrition service ordering).
• May serve as a super user for nursing assistant information technology and/or preceptor for new nursing assistants.
• Maintains supplies and equipment necessary for patient care operations.
• Secures and handles appropriate supplies, medications, and lab specimens transported from/into and within the unit.

As a High Reliability Organization (HRO), responsibilities require focus on safety, quality, and efficiency in performing job duties.

Requirements

• High School diploma or GED.
• 16- and 17-year-old individuals without a high school diploma or GED will be considered only if they have a valid work permit.
• 18-year-old individuals enrolled in high school do not need a high school diploma, GED, or work permit to be considered.

Schedule

Night shift, scheduled weekly hours as needed.