Patient Safety Attendant

SSM Health • Fond du Lac, WI

2d • Onsite

About The Position

Performs basic patient monitoring activities under the supervision of a Registered Nurse (RN). This role involves providing one-on-one observation to ensure patient safety, supporting patients with dementia, cognitive impairment, or confusion, and assisting in maintaining a calm, safe, and supportive environment. The attendant will observe and report changes in patient condition to clinical staff and sit with patients experiencing behavioral health concerns, including suicidal ideation.

Requirements

• Comfort working with patients who are confused, disoriented, or cognitively impaired.
• Ability to provide compassionate care in sensitive and high-risk situations.
• Strong communication and observation skills.
• Constant standing and walking.
• Frequent use of hearing and speech to share information through oral communication.
• Frequent use of hearing to distinguish body sounds and/or hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.
• Frequent reaching, gripping, and keyboard use/data entry.
• Frequent use of vision for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.
• Occasional bending, stooping, crawling, kneeling, sitting, squatting and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.
• Occasional use of vision to judge distances and spatial relationships.
• Occasional use of smell to detect/recognize odors.
• Occasional driving.

Nice To Haves

• Experience working with patients in a healthcare, in-home care, or long-term care setting preferred.

Responsibilities

• Remains at bedside of assigned patient at all times unless relieved by an appropriate staff member.
• Assists in calming and/or reorienting patient in cases of agitation or confusion.
• Removes visible hazards and/or broken equipment from immediate environment and reports as appropriate.
• Documents observations according to hospital guidelines.
• Meets with the patient’s nurse at the beginning of shift to review the patient care plan and activities for the shift to ensure that the expectations, goals and responsibilities are clearly understood in order to achieve patient and staff safety.
• Observes isolation precautions as indicated.
• Observes monitoring equipment and notifies nursing staff of alarms.
• Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.
• Provides one-on-one observation to ensure patient safety.
• Supports patients with dementia, cognitive impairment, or confusion.
• Assists in maintaining a calm, safe, and supportive environment.
• Observes and reports changes in patient condition to clinical staff.
• Sits with patients experiencing behavioral health concerns, including suicidal ideation.

Benefits

• One week of paid parental leave for newborns or newly adopted children (pro-rated based on FTE).
• Instant access to earned, unpaid base pay before payday through DailyPay (fees may apply).
• Upfront tuition coverage through FlexPath Funded for eligible team members.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed