Patient Safety Technician

Quick Facts

• Role: Patient Safety Technician (Full Time, Overnights)

• Schedule: 11:00 PM–7:30 AM; 40 hours/week; alternating weekends and rotating holidays

• Focus: Continuous safety observation (in-person at bedside and via continuous video monitoring)

Description

Provides continuous safety observation for patients at risk for injury to themselves or others using in-room presence and continuous video monitoring. De-escalates agitation or confusion with calming communication, removes hazards, and may support activities of daily living as delegated by the supervising RN.

Responsibilities

• Remain at the bedside of assigned patients at all times unless relieved by appropriate staff

• Provide calming, reorienting conversation for agitation or confusion

• Identify and remove hazards from the patient and patient environment; report as appropriate

• Assist with activities of daily living (ambulating, toileting, bed making, positioning) as delegated by the supervising RN

• Provide continuous safety observation through continuous video monitoring

• Offer comfort measures, encouragement, distraction, coping strategies, cognitive stimulation, and de-escalation within scope

• Remotely monitor multiple patients via continuous video monitoring; verbally redirect risk behaviors and summon appropriate staff via communication device/STAT Alert Alarm as appropriate

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent

• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification within 90 days of hire

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package supporting employees’ physical, emotional, and financial well-being

• Benefits eligibility depends on employment classification

• Sign-on bonus eligibility may apply (with conditions for internal employees and rehires)