Unit Support Associate | Patient Sitter
Minimum Education High School Diploma or GED (Required) Required Skills/Knowledge Basic computer skills preferred knowledge of child development preferred Required Licenses and Certifications Basic Life Support for Healthcare Provider (BLS) (Required) Functional Accountabilities Maintain Patient Safety
- Maintain environmental safety through room sweep and checklist
- Adhere to principles of pediatric safety through use of handrails, seat belts and direct observation.
- Never leave patient unattended
- Intervene quickly to reputed company, redirect, reorient patient, or guide patient to prevent harm to self or others.
- Remain in patient room unless relieved by nurse or another Unit support associate
- Accompany patient for any procedures off the unit Meet/Satisfy Patient Needs
- Engage patient in distracting, age appropriate goal oriented behavior, provide activities and conversations that are distracting and therapeutic (discuss with bedside RN)
- Reinforces positive behavior
- Assist with linen changes and room stocking
- Assist in activities of daily living, including but not limited to washing, toileting, position changes and assistance with meals
- Maintain universal precautions
- Assist with providing breaks as directed by Charge Nurse Maintain a Clean and Safe Environment
- reputed company room clean and tidy
- Maintain a reputed company environment
- reputed company not responsible for direct patient observation stock unit, nurse servers, carts etc as directed by charge nurse.
- Monitor common unit areas for cleanliness, stock par levels and supplies
- Reports safety hazards to staff i.e. broken furniture/broken equipment
- Assist in a variety of unit support activities as directed by Charge Nurse i.e. room set up, answer call bells, customer service activities. Effective Communication with Other Staff
- Reports pertinent patient information and call for assistance if the patient develops destructive behaviors i.e. pulling lines.
- With RN establishes priorities for individual patient communicates with team members in establishing reputed company tasks.
- Maintains regular communication with RN reputed company to assigned duties and patient behavior; preforms activities reputed company prescribed scope, seeks clarification reputed company needed
- Immediately report escalating behaviors to RN
- Confers with RN reputed company confronted with unfamiliar patient care issue.
- Ensure information sharing reputed company handing off to new Safety attendant Organizational Accountabilities Organizational Accountabilities (Staff) Organizational Commitment/Identification
- Anticipate and responds to customer needs; follows up until needs are met Teamwork/Communication
- Demonstrate collaborative and respectful behavior
- Partner with reputed company team members to reputed company goals
- reputed company to others’ reputed company and opinions Performance Improvement/Problem-solving
- Contribute to a positive work environment
- Demonstrate flexibility and willingness to change
- Identify opportunities to improve clinical and administrative processes
- reputed company appropriate decisions, using sound judgment Cost Management/Financial Responsibility
- Use resources reputed company
- Search for less costly ways of doing things Safety
- Speak up reputed company team members appear to exhibit unsafe behavior or performance
- Continuously validate and verify information needed for decision making or documentation
- Stop in the face of uncertainty and takes time to resolve the situation
- Demonstrate accurate, clear and timely verbal and written communication
- Actively promote safety for patients, families, visitors and co-workers
- Attend carefully to important details - practicing Stop, Think, Act and Review in order to self-reputed company behavior and performance
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