Virtual Safety Assistant (Onsite)
About The Position
The Virtual Safety Assistant provides continuous observation and surveillance of assigned patients to help prevent harm to themselves or others. The first response to at-risk behavior is verbal redirection; the assistant summons nursing staff when a patient requires assistance. The role requires multitasking, effective prioritization, urgency when observing high-risk behaviors, and adherence to patient and institutional confidentiality and hospital policies. The position is onsite in Newport News, Virginia, with hours of 11:00 AM to 7:30 PM and weekend availability required. The assistant remotely monitors patients and escalates concerns appropriately. The role is not hands-on: the assistant cannot help patients with activities of daily living they are not normally able to perform independently. The assistant may coach or reassure patients to help them ambulate safely, report safety concerns promptly to floor staff, collaborate in identifying and reporting patient safety issues, and help ensure the patient environment is safe by seeking removal of potential hazards and reporting findings to appropriate staff. Assigned duties must be completed competently, professionally, promptly, and satisfactorily.
Requirements
- High school diploma or GED.
- Weekend availability.
- Ability to multitask, effectively prioritize, and respond with urgency when observing high-risk behaviors.
Nice To Haves
- One year of experience in an acute care environment with direct patient care and clinical experience.
Responsibilities
- Remotely monitor assigned patients continuously to help ensure they do not harm themselves or others.
- Verbally redirect patients engaging in at-risk behavior and summon nursing staff when assistance is needed.
- Prevent patients from attempting self-harm, falling, injuring themselves, or removing tubes or lines.
- Coach or reassure patients to help them ambulate safely; do not provide hands-on assistance with activities of daily living the patient cannot normally perform independently.
- Provide floor staff with timely information when a patient appears to pose a threat to themselves or others.
- Collaborate in identifying and reporting patient safety issues.
- Help assure patient-environment safety by seeking assistance to remove potential hazards and reporting findings to appropriate staff.
- Complete assigned duties competently, professionally, and in a timely and satisfactory manner.
- Follow patient and institutional confidentiality requirements and related hospital policies.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
