Patient Safety Technician (Nursing Support Pool)

Quick Facts

• Role: Patient Safety Technician (Nursing Support Pool), Full Time, Days

Description

Provide continuous patient safety observation through bedside presence and continuous video monitoring, helping prevent injury and reduce agitation or confusion. Identify and remove hazards in the patient’s environment, assist with comfort measures, and—when delegated—support activities of daily living. For assigned patients, remotely monitor risk behaviors and use communication tools to summon staff when needed.

Responsibilities

• Remain at the bedside of the assigned patient unless relieved by appropriate staff.
• Calm and reorient patients who are agitated or confused.
• Identify and remove hazards and report as appropriate.
• May assist with activities of daily living (ambulating, toileting, bed making, positioning) as delegated by the supervising RN.
• Provide continuous safety observation via continuous video monitoring for patients at risk of injuring themselves or others.
• Deliver comfort measures and emotional support, including encouragement, distraction, coping strategies, cognitive stimulation, and de-escalation techniques as appropriate.
• Remotely monitor multiple patients via continuous video monitoring.
• Verbally redirect remote observation patients from engaging in risk behaviors and summon 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

Comprehensive benefits supporting employees’ physical, emotional, and financial well-being and protection for unexpected life events.