Patient Safety Attendant - Cabarrus Nights

Overview

Department: 34114 Atrium Health Cabarrus - Patient Safety Attendants

Status:
Full time
• Benefits Eligible:
Yes
• Hours Per Week: 36
• Schedule Details/Additional Information:
Night Shift 19:00–07:00
• Pay Range: $18.85 - $28.30

• Maintain a safe environment and remain with the patient at all times to provide the appropriate level of observation as delegated by the Registered Nurse.
• Appropriately document information required during the patient observation experience.
• Perform handoff communication with the Registered Nurse regarding pertinent patient information.
• Assist nursing team in maintaining a ligature-resistant or ligature-free environment as appropriate to the clinical setting.
• Notify and update the licensed nurse of immediate patient safety, patient care, and staff needs.
• Foster positive and professional communication between patients and staff.
• Adhere to all policies and procedures.

Work requires walking, standing, sitting, bending, pushing, and pulling. Must be able to lift and support the weight of 35 pounds in handling patients, medical equipment, and supplies. Must speak and understand English in clear terms. Must have manual and finger dexterity. Intact sense of sight, hearing, smell, and touch.

High school diploma or GED required. Previous hospital experience preferred. Basic Life Support Certification required. CPI certification required prior to conducting patient observation.

Advocate Health offers a comprehensive suite of Total Rewards: benefits and well-being programs, competitive compensation, generous retirement offerings, and programs that invest in your career development and more—so you can live fully at and away from work.

• Base compensation listed within the pay range based on qualifications, skills, experience, and/or training
• Premium pay such as shift, on-call, and more based on job
• Incentive pay for select positions
• Opportunity for annual increases based on performance

• Paid Time Off programs
• Health and welfare benefits (medical, dental, vision, life, short- and long-term disability)
• Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses
• Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave
• Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match
• Educational Assistance Program

Advocate Health is the third-largest nonprofit, integrated health system in the United States, created from the combination of Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health. It operates under the names Advocate Health Care in Illinois;
Atrium Health in the Carolinas, Georgia and Alabama; and Aurora Health Care in Wisconsin. Advocate Health serves nearly 6 million patients and engages in hundreds of clinical trials and research studies. It employs 155,000 teammates across 69 hospitals and over 1,000 care locations, and offers one of the nation’s largest graduate medical education programs. Advocate Health is nationally recognized for its expertise in cardiology, neurosciences, oncology, pediatrics and rehabilitation, as well as organ transplants, burn treatments and musculoskeletal programs.

Assists in maintaining a safe environment and remains with the patient at all times to provide ongoing observation of the patient and alerts the nursing staff as patient care needs arise. The Patient Safety Attendant performs all job responsibilities in a safe manner, functioning under the supervision of the Registered Nurse.