Safety Partner - Resource Pool

Sentara Hospitals•Norfolk, VA

7d•Onsite

About The Position

Sentara is hiring a Safety Partner for the Nursing Resource Pool at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital in Norfolk, Virginia. Resource Pool Safety Partners float to units that need additional support. The role is suited to candidates interested in working across a variety of units and learning new skills. The Safety Partner helps provide a safe hospital environment conducive to individualized patient care. The position supports patients at risk of suicide, falls, wandering, agitation, impulsiveness, self-harm, or other risk behaviors, helping them maintain or enhance function during their hospital stay. The schedule is two 12-hour night shifts per week, from 7:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m., for 24 hours per week. A premium divisional shift differential is offered. Sentara Norfolk General Hospital is a 525-bed tertiary care facility and the primary teaching hospital for Eastern Virginia Medical School. It includes the region’s only Level I Adult Trauma Center and burn trauma unit and specializes in areas including heart and vascular care, neurosciences, neurosurgery, behavioral health, maternity, and women’s health.

Requirements

High school graduate or equivalent.
Prior healthcare experience or enrollment in a health science program is strongly preferred.
Applicants without prior healthcare experience or current health sciences program status must successfully complete the Sentara Safety Partner Training Course in addition to core competencies during orientation.
Core competencies include communication, confidentiality, de-escalation, fall prevention, patient safety, restraints, stroke, and suicide.
BLS certification required within 90 days of hire.
De-escalation and physical intervention training required within 30 days of hire, or within 15 days for those working in Behavioral Health.

Nice To Haves

Prior healthcare experience.
Enrollment in a health science program.

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 units in the Nursing Resource Pool that have additional Safety Partner needs.

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision plans.
Life and disability insurance, including long-term and short-term disability and critical illness plans.
401(k)/403(b) with employer match.
Paid time off, including vacation, sick time, and holidays.
Paid parental, family caregiver, and military leave.
Adoption, fertility, and surrogacy reimbursement up to $10,000.
Emergency backup care.
Educational assistance, including tuition assistance of $5,250 per year and discounted educational opportunities through Guild Education.
Student loan repayment or student debt pay-down up to $10,000.
Pet insurance.
Legal resources plan.
Opportunity to earn an annual discretionary bonus, subject to established system and employee eligibility criteria.
Additional compensation may include shift differentials, on-call pay, overtime, shift premiums, extra-shift incentives, or bonus opportunities.