Patient Care Sitter

Employment Type:

Full time

Shift:

Day Shift

Description:

Full-Time/Days

ABOUT TRINITY HEALTH OAKLAND HOSPITAL

Trinity Oakland Hospital is a 497-bed community teaching hospital, level II trauma center and longtime leader in health care in Oakland County. We provide comprehensive care including cardiovascular, stroke, orthopedics, obstetrics, gynecology and cancer care. The hospital has been a leading provider of the most advanced medical care for more than 90 years. As part of Trinity Health we have received numerous local and national awards in recognition of our leadership, quality outcomes and clinical excellence.

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BENEFITS AVAILABLE TO YOU AS A COLLEAGUE OF TRINITY

• Competitive compensation

• Full benefits package including Medical, Dental, Vision, PTO, and more! Effective Day 1 of Employment - No Waiting Period!

• Retirement savings plan with employer match and contributions Opportunity for growth and advancement throughout

• Trinity Health Tuition Reimbursement

Free parking in proximity to your workplace

Position Purpose

Functions as a member of the health care team under the direction of the RN. Utilizing a Patient Focused Care approach, provides sitting services to a specific group of patients within the St. Joseph Mercy Oakland System. Actively supports and participates in the activities of the unit based Shared Governance Council. Promotes organizational commitment to customer service.

Duties/Responsibilities

• Performs activities of daily living (ADLs) appropriate to the patient's condition, according to unit routine under direction of the RN. This would include physical care such as bathing, turning, ambulating patients and toileting.

• Provides basic nutritional support to patients such as tray passing, tray setup, assistance with feeding, and communication of intake to RN.

• Demonstrates principles of Relationship-based Care to cultivate and maintain therapeutic relationship as a means to optimal healing and collegial functioning as an interdisciplinary care team member.

• Provides observation following the guidelines as described during department specific orientation. Must ensure they are actively participating in a distraction free environment.

• Reports patient care incidents and changes in the patient's condition to the RN in a timely fashion.

• Creates a neat and clean environment for optimal patient care experience.

• To ensure safe patient care experience, incumbent must remain with patient until hand-off occurs. Seeks and incorporates feedback concerning improvement in one's own practice, including participation in self-appraisal.

• Provides patient care that reflects respect for patient's rights, dignity, values, culture preferences, and expressed needs and attention to providing comfort, relieving pain, and alleviating anxiety.

• Takes personal accountability to seek out experiences in order to maintain skills and competence.

• Integrates principles of the Personal.Connected.Journey and demonstrates Trinity Health Guiding Behaviors, to provide excellent care of self, patients, and care team members.

• Performs other duties as assigned and needed. Additional duties may include non-clinical duties consistent with meeting the needs of the patient and care team.

• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform the competencies/essential functions satisfactorily with or without reasonable accommodation.

• Disclaimer: The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being assigned to this job. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of individuals in the job

• Demonstrates and actively promotes an understanding and commitment to the mission of St. Joseph Mercy Oakland through performing behaviors consistent with the Trinity Health Values.

• Maintains a working knowledge of applicable Federal, State, and Local laws and regulations, the Trinity Health Organizational Integrity Program, including the Standards of Conduct, Code of Ethics, as well as other policies and procedures in order to ensure adherence in a manner that reflects honest, ethical and professional behaviors.

• Supports and conducts one's self in a manner consistent with customer service expectations

• In accordance with unit or departmental practice, determines that appropriate charges have been entered for the correct patient, encounter, date/time of service, with any required modifiers.

• Make corrections as needed per charge capture policy/practice.

• In accordance with unit or departmental practice, actively participates in on-going education and communication regarding revenue management.

• In accordance with unit or departmental practice, assists with tracking and monitoring of equipment assigned to the unit. Requests services for maintaining equipment as needed.

• In accordance with unit or departmental practice, proficient with the electronic health records for documentation, assessment, and care management, performing these activities concurrently with provision of care throughout the shift

Minimum Qualifications

• . Education • High school diploma, GED or equivalent.

Working Conditions

• Working in the patient care environment may result in exposure to communicable diseases and hazardous substances.

• Position may require frequent lifting and carrying of patients/equipment/other not to exceed 51 pounds. Associates will not lift items/patients exceeding 35 pounds from the floor.

• Associate’s position requires occasional (5-10% of work time) squatting, crawling, crouching, kneeling, and balancing, frequent bending/stooping, and reaching above shoulder level, pushing/pulling.

• May be working in an environment dimly lit, sitting for periods up to 100% of shift.

• Position requires the use of hands for simple and firm grasping and fine manipulating

Services Support Tech

POSITION PURPOSE

The Services Support Tech will be a function as a member of the ancillary staffing pool focused on providing remarkable customer and patient service in various areas, which may include: Food Services, Central Transport, and Environmental Services.

Colleagues must maintain competencies to support assignments throughout the hospital.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Provide support services for daily balancing of staff within each team. May be assigned to various duties based on staffing, high demands or other special needs and may be reassigned to another function during the same shift if a need arrives

Duties Overview:

Environmental Services: Provide a safe, clean and sanitary environment for patients, visitors and staff. Performs a variety of departmental functions and tasks primarily focused on repetitive cleaning and sanitation following established department and hospital policies; using safe work practices and following state and federal regulatory compliance guidelines.

• Performs daily cleaning and disinfecting procedures for discharge, office, clinical, patient and other hospital areas utilizing prescribed techniques, equipment and cleaning chemicals.

• Must be able to work continuously at a vigorous pace and have physical abilities to dismantle beds and other equipment for disinfection process. Must have demonstrated ability to perform tasks at a high quality and productivity level.

• Maintain for overall cleanliness of trash storage rooms, staging areas for trash and compactor area in internal and external areas of the hospital.

Food & Nutritional Services: In accordance with defined procedures and established schedules, performs a variety of related duties in one of the following specifically assigned areas: Cafeteria, Catering, Cold Food Preparation, Trayline, and/or Dishroom. Maintains work area(s) in a clean and orderly condition.

• Sets up and/or serves food to customers in accordance with 1 established serving standards.

• Assembles patient food trays and nourishments, providing appropriate hot or cold foods as previously

ordered by Personal Nutrition Assistant (PNA), dispensing beverages and necessary condiments on trays in

accordance with individually prescribed menus. Also, prepares and places basic cold food, and in doing so,

portions, counts, and weighs food items according to established procedures.

• Performs cashiering duties such as operating cashier equipment, entering appropriate amounts of food items,

totaling purchases, collecting and returning appropriate money to customers.

Patient Transport: Transports patients to and from various locations safely and in a professional, courteous and timely manner. Maintains transportation equipment according to department standards for cleanliness and proper functioning.

• Greets patients pleasantly and with respect. Explains purpose of patient transport. Communicates with a

variety of hospital personnel and family members in order to relay appropriate information regarding patient

transport. Answers questions that are within their scope of responsibility and directs other questions to the

appropriate sources.

• Prioritizes patient transports and resolves associated patient care issues according to established policies and procedures. Transfers and transports patients independently to and from various locations within

specified departmental productivity standards, using appropriate body mechanics techniques consistently

(seeking assistance as necessary). Also maneuvers patient transport related equipment/supplies (i.e., chest

tubes, oxygen tanks, foley bags, medication pumps and various machines) within established guidelines.

• Uses appropriate infection control and isolation techniques. Reports isolation precautions to departmental

staff when not noted on requisition and when appropriate.

Responsibilities Overview:

• Reports for work on time, appropriately dressed in uniform (including Hospital issued technology) and ready to work in assigned area.

• Communication Devices: Uses SJMO issued technology, software, passwords to ensure colleague has current access to all systems. IE: Email, EPIC Rover, Voalte

• All breaks must be taken at assigned time in authorized areas, unless prior approval is given from department supervisor.

• Remains in assigned work area, unless assigned elsewhere. Must notify assigned supervisor to request permission to leave work area.

• Meets SJMHS Service Excellence Standards.

REQUIRED EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE AND CERTIFICATION/LICENSURE

Education: High School diploma or GED Preferred

Credentials: Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification

Experience: 6 months working experience in full service restaurant preferred, previous patient transport experience preferred

REQUIRED SKILLS AND ABILITIES

1. Ability to work collaboratively with a "team" environment to complete goals and tasks

2. Ability to modify work plans and priorities to ensure the completion of assignments requested are accomplished to support patient care

3. Excellent customer service orientation skills necessary in order to deal effectively with various levels of hospital personnel, outside customers and community groups

4. Maintains good rapport and cooperative relationships. Approaches conflict in a constructive manner. Helps to identify problems, offer solutions, and participate in their resolution.

5. Maintains the confidentiality of information acquired pertaining to patient, physicians, associates, and visitors to St. Joseph Mercy Health System. Discusses patient and hospital information only among appropriate personnel in appropriately private places.

6. Behaves in accordance with the Mission, Vision and Values of SJMHS.

7. Assumes responsibility for performance of job duties in the safest possible manner, to assure personal safety and that of coworkers, and to report all preventable hazards and unsafe practices immediately to management.

Disclaimer: The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being

assigned to this job. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of individuals in the job.

Our Commitment

Rooted in our Mission and Core Values, we honor the dignity of every person and recognize the unique perspectives, experiences, and talents each colleague brings. By finding common ground and embracing our differences, we grow stronger together and deliver more compassionate, person-centered care. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Trinity Health is a family of 115,000 colleagues and nearly 26,000 physicians and clinicians across 25 states. Because we serve diverse populations, our colleagues are trained to recognize the cultural beliefs, values, traditions, language preferences, and health practices of the communities that we serve and to apply that knowledge to produce positive health outcomes. We also recognize that each of us has a different way of thinking and perceiving our world and that these differences often lead to innovative solutions.

Our dedication to diversity includes a unified workforce (through training and education, recruitment, retention, and development), commitment and accountability, communication, community partnerships, and supplier diversity.

EOE including disability/veteran