Virtual Safety Assistant (Onsite)
Location: Newport News, Virginia
Pay
Hiring range: $16.80 – $21.83 per hour. Actual pay is determined based on job-related factors such as relevant experience, education, credentials, skills, internal equity, and business needs.
About the role
This position provides continuous observation and surveillance of assigned patients. The first line of action is to verbally redirect the patient from engaging in any at-risk behaviors, then summon nursing staff if the patient requires assistance. The monitor must be knowledgeable about and abide by patient and institutional confidentiality and related hospital policies. The role requires the ability to multi-task, effectively prioritize, and respond with urgency when observing high-risk behaviors.
Responsibilities
- Remotely monitor patients and observe them to ensure no harm to self or others.
- Escalate concerns as appropriate.
- Prevent patients from attempting self-harm, falling, injuring themselves, or removing tubes or lines.
- Coach patients or use comforting touch and reassurance to help them ambulate safely.
- Recognize that the PSA is not a hands-on team member and cannot assist patients with ADLs they cannot normally do for themselves.
- Provide floor staff with timely information when a patient appears to pose a threat to themselves or others.
- Participate in collaborative identification and reporting of patient safety issues.
- Assure patient environment safety.
- Seek assistance with removal of any potential safety hazard from the room and report findings to appropriate staff members.
- Complete all assigned duties in a competent, professional, timely, and satisfactory manner.
Qualifications
Education
High School Diploma or GED (Required)
Experience
1 year experience in an acute care environment with direct patient care and clinical experience (Preferred)