Patient Safety Attendant - Full Time Days (7am-3:30pm)

Hackensack Meridian Health • Hackensack, NJ

22h • Onsite

About The Position

Our team members are the heart of what makes us better. At Hackensack Meridian Health we help our patients live better, healthier lives — and we help one another to succeed. With a culture rooted in connection and collaboration, our employees are team members. Here, competitive benefits are just the beginning. It’s also about how we support one another and how we show up for our community. Together, we keep getting better - advancing our mission to transform healthcare and serve as a leader of positive change.

Requirements

• High School diploma, general equivalency diploma (GED), and/or GED equivalent programs.

Nice To Haves

• Knowledge of medical terminology.

Responsibilities

• Help to or assist the registered nurse to maintain an environment that is safe for the patient.
• Prevent the patient from harming his/herself or others and/or preventing the patient from interfering with necessary medical care or treatment.
• Stay no more than arm's length away from the patient at all times.
• Contact the nurse if you need to leave the patient's bedside for any reason - never leave the patient alone or with a friend or family member unless directed to do so by the registered nurse.
• Complete the Close Observation Record or Intensive Observation Record.
• Keep bed rails in the position directed by the registered nurse.
• Keep bed in the lowest possible position.
• Keep call bell within reach to call for assistance if needed.
• Remove all sharp objects from patient's reach if directed by the nurse (razors, knives, glass, pens, pencils, scissors, etc.).
• Prevent patients from pulling out tubes, IVs, drains, dressings, etc. by explaining that it is something needed to make them better.
• If the patient is in restraints make sure, they stay in place and never apply or remove restraints without the registered nurse at the bedside with you.
• Inform the nurse immediately if a patient has loosened a restraint or disrupted as tube or dressing.
• Report any unusual behavior to the nurse i.e. confusion or disorientation (the patient does not know who they are or where they are), extreme sleepiness, hallucinations (the patient thinks they hear voices or see bugs / people who are not there).
• Report any unusual comments to the nurse such as 'I want to die.', 'I feel like killing myself', 'They won't stop me next time'.
• Assist with hygiene, toileting, etc. under the direct supervision of the registered nurse.
• Report anything unusual to the registered nurse immediately including visitors or family acting in an inappropriate manner or in a manner that is upsetting to the patient.
• Identify the needs of the patient population served and modifies and delivers care that is specific to those needs (i.e., age, culture, language, hearing and/or visually impaired, etc.). This process includes communicating with the patient, parent, and/or primary caregiver(s) at their level (developmental/age, educational, literacy, etc.).
• Adhere to the standards identified in the Medical Center's Organizational Competencies.

Benefits

• health
• dental
• vision
• paid leave
• tuition reimbursement
• retirement benefits

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED