Patient Safety Monitoring Specialist - Part Time Nights at Geisinger summary:
The Patient Safety Monitoring Specialist works part-time during night shifts, ensuring patient safety and compliance in a clinical environment. This role involves monitoring patients, performing room checks, and responding to emergency situations while maintaining communication with other shifts. Candidates are required to have a high school diploma, one year of patient care experience, and certifications in CPR and First Aid.
Job Title: Patient Safety Monitoring Specialist - Part Time Nights
Location: Waverly, Pennsylvania
Job Category: Patient Support, Nursing and Nursing Support
Schedule: Nights
Work Type: Part time
Department: Addictions Specialist Team
Date Posted: 08/20/2024
Job ID: R-63219
Job Summary
Part Time Night Shift
One year patient care experience required
Monitors and provides support to patients during the overnight hours.
Job Duties
- Monitors and ensures that patients are in their rooms on time and remain on their designated floor during overnight hours.
- Conducts room check at to ensure all patients are in their rooms.
- Responds appropriately to emergency situations.
- Utilizes daily log to communicate with other shifts and report events.
- Additionally, for any events that occur, leaves voice mail for key staff.
- To perform the above responsibilities, requires the Specialist to be awake during the entire shift, and to have current certification in both CPR and basic First Aid.
- Attends staff meetings, in-service trainings and supervision.
Work is typically performed in a clinical environment. Accountable for satisfying all job specific obligations and complying with all organization policies and procedures. The specific statements in this profile are not intended to be all-inclusive. They represent typical elements considered necessary to successfully perform the job. Additional competencies and skills outlined in any department-specific orientation will be considered essential to the performance of the job related to that position.
Education
High School Diploma or Equivalent (GED)- (Required)
Experience
Minimum of 1 year-Related work experience (Required)
Certification(s) and License(s)
Basic Life Support Certification - Default Issuing Body; Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Certification - American Heart Association (AHA)
Our Purpose & Values
OUR PURPOSE & VALUES: Everything we do is about caring for our patients, our members, our students, our Geisinger family and our communities. KINDNESS: We strive to treat everyone as we would hope to be treated ourselves. EXCELLENCE: We treasure colleagues who humbly strive for excellence. LEARNING: We share our knowledge with the best and brightest to better prepare the caregivers for tomorrow. INNOVATION: We constantly seek new and better ways to care for our patients, our members, our community, and the nation. SAFETY: We provide a safe environment for our patients and members and the Geisinger family We offer healthcare benefits for full time and part time positions from day one, including vision, dental and domestic partners. Perhaps just as important, from senior management on down, we encourage an atmosphere of collaboration, cooperation and collegiality. We know that a diverse workforce with unique experiences and backgrounds makes our team stronger. Our patients, members and community come from a wide variety of backgrounds, and it takes a diverse workforce to make better health easier for all. We are proud to be an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or status as a protected veteran.
Keywords:
patient safety, healthcare, monitoring, night shift, patient care, clinical support, first aid, CPR certification, addictions specialist, patient monitoring
