Care Partner - Wilson County Float Pool (Nights)

**Discover Vanderbilt University Medical Center**: Located in Nashville, Tennessee, and operating at a global crossroads of teaching, discovery, and patient care, VUMC is a community of individuals who come to work each day with the simple aim of changing the world. It is a place where your expertise will be valued, your knowledge expanded, and your abilities challenged. Vanderbilt Health is committed to an environment where everyone has the chance to thrive and where your uniqueness is sought and celebrated. It is a place where employees know they are part of something that is bigger than themselves, take exceptional pride in their work and never settle for what was good enough yesterday. Vanderbilt’s mission is to advance health and wellness through preeminent programs in patient care, education, and research.**Organization:**VWCH Float Pool**Job Summary:**Assists the nursing staff and patients with basic care needs, implementing orders, and evaluating care for various patients within the facility. Reports directly to the charge nurse and Clinical Director of the unit. This position works in conjunction with other members of nursing service, ancillary services, physicians, patients, and families. It collaborates with various members of the healthcare team to ensure quality of care across the continuum. Requires the ability to be self-directed and quality focused. Interpersonal communication skills are a necessary function of this position..**Position Hours:**Three (3) 12-hour shifts6:45 p.m. - 7:15 a.m.Rotating based on unit need. **No specific workdays or days off can be guaranteed.****Key Responsibilities:*** Obtains vital signs, Intake and Outputs, and daily weights* Reports any abnormal findings to the nurse and/or charge nurse* Assists patients with activities of daily living, bathing, and toileting* May transcribe physician orders, answers patient call lights and relays messages to staff in a timely manner* May assist physicians with obtaining needed information on patients* Adheres to practices and policies outlined to ensure patient safety and follows infection control standards**Technical Capabilities:*** Environment of Care (Fundamental Awareness): Has limited experience or training working with set up and maintenance of patient exam rooms, supplies and equipment.* Care Partner Patient Documentation (Fundamental Awareness): Has limited experience or training working with clinical applications for patient documentation.* Planning & Organizing (Fundamental Awareness): Demonstrates ability to anticipate basic resource needs, identify discrete tasks, set priorities, define dependencies, schedule activities, meet deadlines, and organize work for own assignments and responsibilities. Appropriately matches equipment, and capital resources to task demands. Prepares and presents clear and accurate status reports on projects and assignments.Our clinical and nursing support roles are at the center of all we do, helping us be the world leader in advancing personalized health. We support each other and encourage excellence among all who are part of our workforce. High-achieving employees stay at Vanderbilt Health for professional growth, appreciation of benefits, and a sense of community and purpose. We support each other and encourage excellence among all who are part of our workforce.**Core Accountabilities:**\* Organizational Impact: Performs tasks that are typically routine that may impact team's performance with occasional guidance. \* Problem Solving/ Complexity of work: Utilizes some discretion and research to solve routine problems. \* Breadth of Knowledge: Applies knowledge of standards, established processes and procedure that apply to your own job. \* Team Interaction: Provides guidance to entry level co-workers.**Core Capabilities :**Supporting Colleagues : Develops Self and Others: Continuously improves own skills by identifying development opportunities.- Builds and Maintains Relationships: Seeks to understand colleagues' priorities, working styles and develops relationships across areas.- Communicates Effectively: Openly shares information with others and communicates in a clear and courteous manner. Delivering Excellent Services: - Serves Others with Compassion: Invests time to understand the problems, needs of others and how to provide excellent service.- Solves Complex Problems: Seeks to understand issues, solves routine problems, and raises proper concerns in a timely manner. - Offers Meaningful Advice and Support: Listens carefully to understand the issues and provides accurate information and support. Ensuring High Quality: - Performs Excellent Work: Checks work quality before delivery and asks relevant questions to meet quality standards. - Fulfills Safety and Regulatory Requirements: Demonstrates basic knowledge of conditions that affect safety and reports unsafe conditions to the appropriate person or department. Managing Resources Effectively : - Demonstrates Accountability: Takes responsibility for completing assigned activities and thinks beyond standard approaches to provide high-quality work/service. - Stewards Organizational Resources: Displays understanding of how personal actions will impact departmental resources. - Makes Data Driven Decisions: Uses accurate information and good decision making to consistently achieve results on time and without error. Fostering Innovation : - Generates New Ideas: Willingly proposes/accepts ideas or initiatives that will impact day-to-day operations by offering suggestions to enhance them. - Applies Technology: Absorbs new technology quickly; understands when to utilize the appropriate tools and procedures to ensure proper course of action. - Adapts to Change: Embraces changes by keeping an open mind to changing plans and incorporates change instructions into own area of work.**Position Qualifications:****Responsibilities:****Certifications:****Work Experience:**Relevant Work Experience **Experience Level:**Less than 1 year**Education:**High School Diploma or GED*This role offers the opportunity to make a meaningful impact within Vanderbilt Health, supported by a comprehensive benefits package which may include health, disability, retirement and/or wellness offerings to enhance your well-being and professional growth.**Vanderbilt Health is committed to fostering an environment where everyone has the chance to thrive and is committed to the principles of equal opportunity. EOE/Vets/Disabled.*## PEOPLE ARE AT THE HEART OF ALL WE DO.***Our vision:****The world leader in advancing personalized health.****Our mission:****personalizing the patient experience through our caring spirit and distinctive capabilities.****Making Health Care Personal.***We’re looking for like-minded individuals driven to make a difference. We invite you to explore careers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.At VUMC, we place a priority on designing with and for our patients and families. We value collaboration, embrace continuous learning and discovery, and seek to be a place where everyone has the chance to thrive.We’re the largest private employer in Middle Tennessee, with a growing team and expanding footprint in towns and communities across the region.We employ more than 28,000 people who work in inpatient and outpatient clinical care, research, and graduate medical education as well as critical supporting roles in administration, information technology and informatics, finance, legal and community affairs, communications and marketing, fund-raising, groundskeeping and facilities, and many more. Our growing health system has more than 1,700 licensed hospital beds at:* Vanderbilt University Hospital* Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt* Vanderbilt Psychiatric Hospital* Vanderbilt Stallworth Rehabilitation Hospital* Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital* Vanderbilt Bedford Hospital* Vanderbilt Tullahoma-Harton #J-18808-Ljbffr Montgomery College