Patient Safety Technician (Nursing Support Pool)

Quick Facts

• Role: Patient Safety Technician (Nursing Support Pool)

• Schedule: Full Time, Days

Description

The Patient Safety Technician ensures continuous patient safety through bedside and remote continuous video monitoring for patients at risk for injuring themselves or others. The role includes calming and reorienting agitated or confused patients, identifying/removing hazards, and assisting with activities of daily living as delegated by the supervising RN. For remote observation, the technician provides verbal redirection and contacts appropriate staff when risk behaviors occur.

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 in the patient’s environment and report as appropriate

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

• Provide continuous safety observation via continuous video monitoring for patients at risk

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

• Remotely monitor multiple patients via continuous video monitoring

• Verbally redirect remote continuous observation patients from engaging in risk behaviors

• Summon appropriate staff via communication device/STAT Alert Alarm when appropriate

Requirements

• High School Diploma or equivalent

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

Benefits

• Wide range of benefits supporting physical, emotional, and financial well-being, and protection for unexpected life events

• Benefits details available via: https://jobs.nm.org/benefits

• Eligibility varies by employment classification

• Sign-on bonus eligibility rules may apply if included in the posting