Patient Safety Attendant
HCA Healthcare
**Description**
Patient Safety Attendant/Patient Sitter- FT Days
Are you looking for a work environment where diversity and inclusion thrive? Submit your application for our Patient Safety Attendant opening with Frankfort Regional Medical Center today and find out what it truly means to be a part of the HCA Healthcare team.
Benefits
Frankfort Regional Medical Center,offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life,careerand retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:
+ Comprehensive medicalcoverage thatcovers many common services at no cost or for a low copay. Plans include prescription drug and behavioral health coverage as well as free telemedicine services and freeAirMedmedical transportation.
+ Additionaloptions for dental and vision benefits, life and disability coverage, flexible spending accounts, supplemental health protection plans (accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity), auto and home insurance, identity theft protection, legal counseling, long-term care coverage, movingassistance, pet insurance and more.
+ Free counseling services and resources for emotional,physicaland financial wellbeing
+ 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service)
+ Employee Stock Purchase Plan with 10% off HCA Healthcare stock
+ Family support through fertility and family building benefits withProgynyand adoptionassistance.
+ Referral services for child, elder and pet care, home and auto repair, event planning and more
+ Consumer discounts throughAbenityand Consumer Discounts
+ Retirement readiness, rolloverassistanceservices and preferred banking partnerships
+ Educationassistance(tuition, student loan, certification support, dependent scholarships)
+ Colleague recognition program
+ Time AwayFromWork Program (paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence)
+ Employee Health AssistanceFund thatoffers free employee-only coverage to full-time and part-time colleagues based on income.
Learn more about Employee Benefits (https://careers.hcahealthcare.com/pages/employee-benefits-and-rewards)
Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.
We are seeking a Patient Safety Attendant for our team to ensure that we continue to provide all patients with high quality, efficient care. Did you get into our industry for these reasons? We are an amazing team that works hard to support each other and are seeking a phenomenal addition like you who feels patient care is as meaningful as we do. We want you to apply!
Job Summary and Qualifications
The Patient Safety Attendant (PSA)participatesin high-quality, patient-centered care by providing continuous observation and monitoring forhigh riskpatients. In collaboration with the patient care team, the PSA ensures the patient environment is free of obstacles and minimizesriskof falls and accidental or intentional self-harm. The PSA may alsoassistwith basic activities of daily living.
What you will do in this role:
+ Maintains a direct line of sight with patient at all times, including while family and/or visitors are in the room.
+ Accompanies patient and ensures patient safety during transportation, testing, and procedures occurring away from the patient’s normal environment.
+ Establishes a safe, risk-free patient environment byutilizingknowledge of fall prevention protocols, infection control measures, and self-harm prevention. Performs room assessment regularly and after any visitations.
+ Creates clear,accuratedocumentation on patient status and activity during the shift.
+ Performs other duties as needed when not providing direct patient observation.Assistsnursing staff with tasks such as transporting patients, delivering equipment and supplies, transporting specimens, delivering patient trays, answering phones, andassistingvisitors.
+ Participates as an active member of the health care team and positively promotes the rest of the team to patients/families/caregivers and other colleagues.
+ Participates in hospital or departmental performance improvementactivities, andseeks opportunities to improve department and inter-department processes.
+ Restocks non-medicinal patient room supplies as needed.
What qualifications you will need:
+ High School Graduate / GED
Frankfort Regional Medical Center (https://frankfortregional.com/) has provided quality healthcare services for over 40 years. We givepatient'saccess to trained physicians and advanced technology. Our 170+ bed hospitalis one of the region's leading acute care facilities in Central Kentucky. Frankfort Regional has built an excellent reputation for outstanding subspecialty services. In addition, we have an exceptional network of quality primary care physicians in both family practice and internal medicine. We are consistently named as one of the Best Places to Work in Kentucky.
At Frankfort Regional Medical Center, ourcare likefamily culture extends to our patients, ourpeopleand our community. We are committed to each other because when wejointogether, our patients are cared for in the safest and most compassionate way.
HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World's Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated$3.7 billionin cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.
"There is so much good to do in the world and so many different ways to do it."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.
HCA Healthcare Co-Founder
If you find this opportunity compelling, we encourage you to apply for our Patient Safety Attendant PRN opening. We promptly review all applications. Highly qualified candidates will be directly contacted by a member of our team. We are interviewingapplytoday!
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company.We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
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