Patient Safety Companion Per Diem Day VBMH

Patient Safety Companion

Position at Vassar Brothers Medical Center Northwell is the largest not-for-profit health system in the Northeast, serving residents of New York and Connecticut with 28 hospitals, more than 1,000 outpatient facilities, 22,000 nurses and over 20,000 physicians. Northwell cares for more than three million people annually in the New York metro area, including Long Island, the Hudson Valley, Connecticut and beyond, thanks to philanthropic support from our communities. Northwell is New York State's largest private employer with over 104,000 employees including members of Northwell Health Physician Partners who are working to change health care for the better.

Job Summary:

Patient Safety Companions will provide close observation and constant monitoring of patients with changes in physical or mental status under the supervision of the registered nurse upon receipt of a physician order. The patient safety companion performs all duties necessary to provide transportation of patients and equipment needed within the hospital to support optimum safe and efficient patient care. The hospital patient safety companion will seek to provide the highest quality care while demonstrating respect for the dignity of each patient consistent with the hospital's philosophy, goals, policies, and procedures of the nursing department. Population served based on scope of services in the department.

Responsibilities:

• Assists in the delivery of patient care as a nursing team member by performing tasks as directed by the nurse for patients who require close observation.
• Assists in always maintaining patient safety. Adheres to hospital policy on infection control by performing hand hygiene and adheres to isolation precautions.
• Assists in the provision of comfort measures and therapeutic activities to patients as directed by the nurse (assist with vision and hearing aids, sleep and noise reduction strategies, orientation to surrounding, ambulation, and toileting).
• Reviews with nurse written care plan and tasks for shift. Receives a report from the primary nurse upon arrival to the unit and reports off to the primary nurse when leaving unit. Communicates any special care needs to the primary nurse for integration into the patient's care plan. Reports unusual conditions, patient concerns, or complaints to the primary nurse and/or management.
• Assists with safe transfer of patients to and from stretcher or wheelchair to bed or chair, using safe transfer techniques, assistive devices as needed, and proper body mechanics always.
• Performs transportation of patients within the hospital, adhering to safe transfer techniques and always utilizing two patient identifiers and ticket to ride.
• Utilizes Vocera and Zebra/IPOD device appropriately and keep patient's privacy.
• Assists with the continuity of patient care through harmonious working relationships with other staff members and through appropriate interfacing with patient, family, and providers.
• Distribute equipment (i.e. pumps, wheelchairs, venodynes, VMS, feeding pumps, or as other assigned) as they are requested by nursing floors within 15 minutes of request.
• Assists with transportation of stretchers or other equipment to hospital departments.
• Maintain and Model Nuvance Health Values.
• Demonstrate regular, reliable, and predictable attendance.
• Performs other duties as required.

Other Information:

HS diploma or equivalent: required Basic Life Support Certification required within 6 months; of hire date, transfer date, or by 6/1/23 for existing PSC staff.

Working Conditions:

Manual: significant manual skills/motor coord & finger dexterity

Occupational: Some occupational risk

Physical Effort: Very Heavy effort. May exert up to 50 lbs. force

Physical Environment: Generally pleasant working conditions

Company: Vassar Brothers Medical Center

Org Unit: 1002

Department: Patient Transport

Exempt: No

Salary Range: $21.75 Hourly