Safety Partner - Resource Pool
About The Position
Sentara is hiring a Safety Partner for the Nursing Resource Pool at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital in Norfolk, Virginia. The position works three 12-hour night shifts per week, from 7:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m., for 36 hours per week. Resource Pool staff float to units with additional Safety Partner needs, so candidates should be interested in working across a variety of units and learning new skills. A premium divisional shift differential is offered. The Safety Partner helps provide a safe hospital environment that supports individualized patient care. The role works with patients at risk of suicide, falls, wandering, agitation, impulsiveness, self-harm, or other risk behaviors, helping them maintain or enhance their function during their hospital stay. Sentara Norfolk General Hospital is a 525-bed tertiary care facility and the primary teaching hospital for Eastern Virginia Medical School. It is home to the region’s only Level I Adult Trauma Center and burn trauma unit, and includes a Comprehensive Stroke Center and a range of specialized services. Sentara describes its workplace as diverse and inclusive and states that the facility is tobacco-free.
Requirements
- High school graduate or equivalent.
- BLS certification required within 90 days of hire.
- Complete de-escalation and physical intervention training within 30 days of hire; within 15 days for Behavioral Health positions.
- Applicants without prior experience or current health sciences program enrollment must successfully complete the Sentara Safety Partner Training Course in addition to core competencies during orientation.
Nice To Haves
- Prior healthcare experience or enrollment in a health science program is strongly preferred.
- Interest in working across a variety of units and learning new skills.
Responsibilities
- Help provide a safe hospital environment conducive to individualized patient care.
- Support patients at risk of suicide, falls, wandering, agitation, impulsiveness, self-harm, or other risk behaviors.
- Help patients maintain or enhance function during their hospital stay.
- Float to hospital units with additional Safety Partner needs.
- Apply core competencies including communication, confidentiality, de-escalation, fall prevention, patient safety, restraints, stroke, and suicide.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision plans.
- Adoption, fertility, and surrogacy reimbursement up to $10,000.
- Paid time off and sick leave.
- Paid parental and family caregiver leave.
- Emergency backup care.
- Long-term and short-term disability and critical illness plans.
- Life insurance.
- 401(k)/403(b) with employer match.
- Tuition assistance up to $5,250 per year and discounted educational opportunities through Guild Education.
- Student debt pay down up to $10,000.
- Pet insurance.
- Legal resources plan.
- Opportunity to earn an annual discretionary bonus if system and employee eligibility criteria are met.
- Market-competitive compensation with possible shift differentials, on-call pay, overtime, shift premiums, extra-shift incentives, or bonus opportunities.
- Premium divisional shift differential.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
