Patient Safety Specialist jobs in Alexandria, LA

Patient Safety Attendant

Rapides Regional Medical Center

Shift: Full-time, Days (>10 hrs) with Rotating weekends

Introduction

Do you have the career opportunities as a Patient Safety Attendant you want with your current employer? We have an exciting opportunity for you to join Rapides Regional Medical Center which is part of the nation's leading provider of healthcare services, HCA Healthcare.

Benefits

Rapides Regional Medical Center, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive medical coverage that covers 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 free AirMed medical transportation.
• Additional options 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, moving assistance, pet insurance and more.
• Free counseling services and resources for emotional, physical and 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 with Progyny and adoption assistance.
  
• Referral services for child, elder and pet care, home and auto repair, event planning and more
  
• Consumer discounts through Abenity and Consumer Discounts
  
• Retirement readiness, rollover assistance services and preferred banking partnerships
  
• Education assistance (tuition, student loan, certification support, dependent scholarships)
  
• Colleague recognition program
  
• Time Away From Work Program (paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence)
  
• Employee Health Assistance Fund that offers free employee-only coverage to full-time and part-time colleagues based on income.

Learn more about Employee Benefits

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

Our teams are a committed, caring group of colleagues. Do you want to work as a(an) Patient Safety Attendant where your passion for creating positive patient interactions are valued? If you are dedicated to caring for the well-being of others, this could be your next opportunity. We want your knowledge and expertise!

Job Summary and Qualifications

The Patient Safety Attendant (PSA) participates in high-quality, patient-centered care by providing continuous observation and monitoring for high risk patients. In collaboration with the patient care team, the PSA ensures the patient environment is free of obstacles and minimizes risk of falls and accidental or intentional self-harm. The PSA may also assist with 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 by utilizing knowledge of fall prevention protocols, infection control measures, and self-harm prevention. Performs room assessment regularly and after any visitations.
• Creates clear, accurate documentation on patient status and activity during the shift.
• Performs other duties as needed when not providing direct patient observation. Assists nursing staff with tasks such as transporting patients, delivering equipment and supplies, transporting specimens, delivering patient trays, answering phones, and assisting visitors.
• 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 improvement activities, and seeks opportunities to improve department and inter-department processes.
• Restocks non-medicinal patient room supplies as needed.

Sitter Responsibilities:

• 1:1 patient monitoring. Visual contact must be maintained at all times.
• Monitor visitors that are approved to visit patient.
• Report to the nurse if patient has any type of devices in the room that may cause harm.
• Check patient frequently while patient is sleeping. This includes pulling covers away from patient’s face and hands to observe the patient.
• Convey an attitude of compassion, empathy and understanding to the patient.
• Notify the nurse if patient communicates thoughts of suicide.
• Notify the nurse if patient displays any strange or unusual behavior.
• Give a thorough report the nurse when being relieved for a break or lunch.
• Call out for help if an emergency situation should arise.
• Accompany patient for diagnostic testing or treatment.
• Remain with the patient until relief has arrived.
• Assist patient with oral and bodily hygiene at least once during the shift.
• Help with repositioning and turn as necessary to prevent skin breakdown.
• Change linen once a day and more frequently as needed. Straighten linen as necessary.
• Communicate any issues with the nurse caring for the patient throughout the shift.
• Handoff report to relief staff.
• Assist the patient during meals.
• Document care given to patient in Meditech.

Patient Care Tech Responsibilities:

• Assists the nurses by performing various patient care activities and related non-professional services necessary to meet personal and comfort needs and carry out the medical and nursing plan of care for all adolescents, adults and geriatrics.
• Patient care activities are coordinated through collaboration and planning with other member of the health care team.
• Able to demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care based on physical, psychosocial, educational, safety and related criteria appropriate to the following age groups: adolescents, adults and geriatrics.
• Meets all physical needs of the patient in a timely manner regardless of patient assignment.
• Able to identify potential or actual victims of abuse and understands proper reporting mechanism.
• Communicates patient’s report of pain to the nursing staff.
• Assignments are carried out accurately and efficiently and clarified when necessary.
• Assists in implementing the medical and nursing plan of care by:
• • Taking vital signs accurately and documenting appropriately.
  • Providing comfort and hygiene measures in a timely manner.
  • Providing nutritional requirements in a timely manner and accurately recording intake and output.
  • Keeping the patient’s immediate environment clean and safe.
  • Keeping the staff nurse informed of patients’ conditions, response to care, and any concerns voiced.
• Performs assigned treatments:
• • Enemas and douches
  • Ice collar and aqua module
  • Ostomy care
  • Urinary catheter care and removal
  • Capillary blood sugars
  • Non-sterile dressing changes
• Demonstrates clinical knowledge and documentation when caring for suicidal/PEC’d/CEC’d patients.
• Meets the rehabilitative needs of patients as instructed by the nurse by:
• • Assisting in moving in and out of bed.
  • Assisting in positioning and repositioning while in bed to prevent skin injuries.
  • Exercising extremities.
  • Adheres to principles of safe body mechanics.
• Assume responsibility and accountability for the economical and safe utilization of supplies and ensures that discontinued equipment is removed, cleaned properly, and returned to central supply properly.
• Achieves stated goals related to job performance.
• Educational records reveal attendance at all required educational programs/in-services.

What qualifications you will need:

• Basic Cardiac Life Support must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date
• No Travel Required
• No experience required

Rapides Regional Medical Center is a 350 bed hospital and ER in Alexandria, Louisiana. We offer services ranging from Cancer Care to Wound Care. Our medical staff includes doctors in more than 30 medical specialties. At Rapides Regional we believe that well-defined values are the key to nurturing staff and patient satisfaction. By joining our team you contribute to the positive culture of the hospital. This culture impacts the well-being of patients and their families. It also impacts your colleagues, and your own personal job satisfaction. Learn what our commitment to patient satisfaction, service excellence and professional expertise can do for your career.

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 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

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"Bricks and mortar do not make a hospital. People do."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.
HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

If you are looking for an opportunity that provides satisfaction and personal growth, we encourage you to apply for our Patient Safety Attendant opening. We promptly review all applications. Highly qualified candidates will be contacted for interviews. Unlock the possibilities and apply today!

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.