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Patient Sitter, 32hrs
Winchester, Massachusetts
Organization Facility: Winchester Hospital Category: Technician Job ID: JR44479 Date posted: 02/21/2024Job Type: Regular
Time Type: Full time
Work Shift: Rotating (United States of America)
FLSA Status: Non-Exempt
When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives.
Under the direction of a RN, contributes to the Hospital’s mission by providing a safeguard for our at-risk patients by monitoring the stay and keeping the nurse informed. This non-clinical staff position will have an impact on patient safety by minimizing falls and harm to self.Job Description:
Education Preferred: High School Diploma or equivalent
LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS, CERTIFICATIONS
LIFE SUPPORT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED: Basic Life Support
POPULATION SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS: Adolescent, adult and geriatric
JOB FUNCTIONS
As part of the Patient Care Services team, this position performs the following tasks under the direction of a RN:
- Watches over patients that have been designated as a risk-to-self.
- Assists patients with walking.
- Effectively communicates with all members of the patient care team throughout the shift
and completes a thorough and comprehensive handoff with the other Patient Safety
Associates and RNs.
- Assists in the patient’s meal and nourishment, by setting up trays, feeding the patient
and/or assisting the patient in eating.
- Engages patients and family members in conversation and provides basic emotional
support.
- Assists patients in the set up of personal and oral hygiene needs and dressing.
- Keeps the room clean and tidy to improve the patient’s and family member’s experience.
As a health care organization, we have a responsibility to do everything in our power to care for and protect our patients, our colleagues and our communities. Beth Israel Lahey Health requires that all staff be vaccinated against influenza (flu) and COVID-19 as a condition of employment. Learn more about this requirement.
More than 35,000 people working together. Nurses, doctors, technicians, therapists, researchers, teachers and more, making a difference in patients' lives. Your skill and compassion can make us even stronger.
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