PATIENT COMPANION

PATIENT COMPANION in Middleburg Heights OH - Southwest General Career Site

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PATIENT COMPANIONMiddleburg Heights, OH - Southwest General Health Center

ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES PRN, Days M-F, 7:00 am. - 3:30 pm.Nursing Support

Patient Services Req: 172571 Apply Now Save Job Saved Summary

PATIENT TRANSPORT - PATIENT COMPANIONSITTER ASSOCIATE

POSITION SUMMARY

Responsible for constant basic behavior observation and assistance for non-clinical patient care safety and services under the direction of nursing personnel.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Utilizes specialized knowledge, training, and skill to perform job requirements.
• Provides constant basic behavior observation and non-clinical patient care services.
• Non-clinical patient care services can include duties such as: • Feeding • Grooming • Transporting patients
• Positioning and transferring can be provided with nursing assistance.
• Bathing and toileting services are not provided.

MONITORING PATIENT CONDITION AND SITUATIONS

• Monitors patient condition and situations that may require nursing attention or intervention.
• Provides routine patient status updates and written reports to nursing personnel and ABM Healthcare Support Services management.

ENSURING PATIENT SAFETY

• Ensures patient safety, including those in restraints, while meeting standards outlined by: • The Joint Commission (TJC) • Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) • ABM Healthcare Support Services • The Hospital
• Maintains patient confidentiality as outlined by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA).

PATIENT INTERACTION AND BEHAVIOR

• Remains with patients at all times unless relieved by authorized hospital personnel.
• Utilize verbal persuasion techniques to have patients remain calm and in bed or the hospital room.
• Contact nursing personnel immediately if the patients condition changes or unruly behavior cannot be resolved after utilizing de-escalating behavioral techniques.
• Fully vigilant to the patients behavior and condition and not permitted to be distracted from the patient at any time.
• This includes reading personal information, watching television, talking on cell phones, etc.
• Follows all established ABM Healthcare Support Services and Hospital policies, procedures, objectives, quality assurance, safety, and environmental and infection control standards.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Education: High school graduate or equivalent required.
• Required length of experience: Previous hospital experience preferred.
• Required licensure, certification, and/or registry: None.

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