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Patient Safety Associate - Part Time 7a-7pJob Description
Patient Safety Assocaite maintain a safe and therapeutic environment for our patients. They do not provide any direct patient care. They have 2 roles.
- 1:1 observation: usually the assigned role, expected to be within arms reach and keep the patient in eye sight at all times, while redirecting them, preventing harmful behaviors, and noting changes in patient behaviors
- Continuous rounder: assigned to multiple rooms and instructed to enter room, assess patient and environment, and then move on to the next room on a continuous basis.
Shifts:
Patient Safety Associates work 8-hour or 12-hour shifts.
- Shift times: day shift start: 0630am-3pm
- Evening shift start: 2:30pm-11pm
- Night shift start: 10:30pm-7am
Commitments:
- Per diem: 64 hours in a 6-week schedule period with 16 Saturday hours, 16 Sunday hours, 32 weekdays hours. The 64 hours must be the completed during the assigned shift time. All additional hours worked are flexible with shift times. Work one summer and one winter holiday. Not benefited.
- PT: 24 hours/week; work every other weekend and holiday rotation. Benefits eligible.
- FT: 40 hours/week; work every other weekend and holiday rotation. Benefits eligible.
Education
- High School Diploma/GED
Experience - Preferred
- Previous related experience preferred
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities - Required
- Interpersonal Relationships - Knowledge of the techniques and the ability to work with a variety of individuals and groups in a constructive and collaborative manner.
- Patient Rights - Knowledge of principles and practices associated with the rights and responsibilities of patients and caregivers.
- Health Information Documentation - Knowledge of the relevance of health information and appropriate documentation methods, ability to record medical histories, symptoms, vital signs, medications, diagnoses, treatment plans, procedures, tests, and medical results in written or electronic form.
- Patient Safety - Knowledge of the risks faced by patients in a healthcare environment, and the ability to take steps to reduce these risks.
- Life Support - Knowledge of the process taken to restore and maintain essential physiological functions, and the ability to apply these processes in a patient care situation.
- Accuracy and Attention to Detail - Understanding of the necessity and value of accuracy and attention to detail, ability to process information with high levels of accuracy.
Additional Qualifications
- CPR certification, completion of Patient/Sitter Companion Program, and/or De-Escalation class preferred
- Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills and the ability to de-escalate patients who are agitated in a way that preserves patient dignity required. Previous experience in the clinical setting preferred. Must be able to demonstrate knowledge of Standard Precautions
Work Shift
Workday Day (United States of America)Worker Sub Type
RegularEmployee Entity
Magee Rehabilitation HospitalPrimary Location Address
1513 Race Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of AmericaNationally ranked, Jefferson, which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region, Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey, is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 65,000 people strong, dedicated to providing the highest-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrow's professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic, clinical and applied research. Thomas Jefferson University, home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Jefferson College of Nursing, and the Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce, dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200 undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8,300 students. Jefferson Health, nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas, serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospitals campuses and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region. Jefferson Health Plans is a not-for-profit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 35 years.
Jefferson is committed to providing equal educational and employment opportunities for all persons without regard to age, race, color, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, military status, veteran status, handicap or disability or any other protected group or status.
Benefits
Jefferson offers a comprehensive package of benefits for full-time and part-time colleagues, including medical (including prescription), supplemental insurance, dental, vision, life and AD&D insurance, short- and long-term disability, flexible spending accounts, retirement plans, tuition assistance, as well as voluntary benefits, which provide colleagues with access to group rates on insurance and discounts. Colleagues have access to tuition discounts at Thomas Jefferson University after one year of full time service or two years of part time service. All colleagues, including those who work less than part-time (including per diem colleagues, adjunct faculty, and Jeff Temps), have access to medical (including prescription) insurance.
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