Patient Safety Attendant - Full Time Days
About The Position
Patient Safety Attendants help or assist the registered nurse in maintaining a safe environment for patients. This includes preventing patients from harming themselves or others and preventing interference with necessary medical care or treatment. The attendant remains within arm’s length of the patient, follows the nurse’s directions, completes observation records, and promptly reports unusual behavior, comments, or circumstances. Under the registered nurse’s direct supervision, the attendant also assists with hygiene and toileting and provides care responsive to the patient’s individual needs.
Requirements
- High school diploma, general equivalency diploma (GED), and/or GED equivalent programs.
Nice To Haves
- Knowledge of medical terminology.
Responsibilities
- Help or assist the registered nurse in maintaining a safe environment for the patient.
- Stay no more than arm’s length away from the patient at all times.
- Contact the nurse before leaving the patient’s bedside for any reason; never leave the patient alone or with a friend or family member unless directed by the registered nurse.
- Complete the Close Observation Record or Intensive Observation Record.
- Keep bed rails in the position directed by the registered nurse and keep the bed in the lowest possible position.
- Keep the call bell within reach.
- Remove sharp objects from the patient’s reach if directed by the nurse.
- Prevent patients from pulling out tubes, IVs, drains, or dressings by explaining that these are needed to help them get better.
- If the patient is in restraints, ensure they stay in place and never apply or remove restraints without the registered nurse at the bedside.
- Immediately inform the nurse if a patient loosens a restraint or disrupts a tube or dressing.
- Report unusual behavior, including confusion, disorientation, extreme sleepiness, or hallucinations, to the nurse.
- Report unusual comments, including statements about wanting to die or kill oneself, to the nurse.
- Assist with hygiene, toileting, and related needs under the direct supervision of the registered nurse.
- Immediately report anything unusual to the registered nurse, including inappropriate or upsetting behavior by visitors or family members.
- Identify the needs of the patient population served and adapt care and communication to individual needs, including age, culture, language, hearing, vision, developmental level, education, and literacy.
- Adhere to the standards identified in the Medical Center’s Organizational Competencies.
Benefits
- Health benefits
- Dental benefits
- Vision benefits
- Paid leave
- Tuition reimbursement
- Retirement benefits
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
High school or GED
