Patient Monitor

Overview

Are you looking for a meaningful way to start a career in healthcare? As a Patient Monitor, you play a vital role in protecting some of our most vulnerable patients. Your presence provides the safety and security they need.

In this position, you are the front line of safety in a state healthcare facility. You will support psychiatric patients by providing continuous oversight and maintaining a therapeutic environment. You aren't just watching; you are ensuring that help is always just a moment away. This is a perfect entry-level opportunity to enter the healthcare field.

• Make a meaningful impact on patients' or residents' lives.
• Work in a supportive and collaborative environment.
• Opportunities for professional growth and development.
• Competitive salary and benefits package.

• Be a Watchful Presence:
  Perform routine safety checks and provide close, constant observation, including one-to-one (1:1) or two-to-one (2:1) assignments.
• Be a Communicator:
  Document your observations and relay significant information to the clinical care team.
• Be a Guardian:
  Continuously monitor patients at risk for self-harm or behavioral incidents to ensure their safety.
• Be a Team Member:
  Work under the supervision of nursing staff to maintain hospital policies and a safe environment.

Education: High school diploma or the equivalent.

Licensure/Certification s: None.

Experience: None.

William R. Sharpe, Jr. Hospital, located in Weston, West Virginia, is a 200-bed acute psychiatric care facility owned and operated by the West Virginia Department of Health Facilities. William R. Sharpe, Jr. Hospital holds accreditation from The Joint Commission and certification by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The hospital offers a wide range of services to patients either committed to the hospital through civil commitment or, in the case of forensic patients, ordered through the judicial system.

Through ongoing collaboration with West Virginia University’s Department of Behavioral Medicine & Psychiatry, a variety of medical and clinical professionals partner with the hospital’s own staff to work diligently with patients to achieve a smooth transition back to the community after discharge.