ED Observation Assistant Nights

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Exemption Status: Non-Exempt

Schedule Details: Holidays
- Every Other Holiday, Monday through Friday, Weekends (Saturday and Sunday), Weekends
- Every Other Weekend

Scheduled

Hours:

Shift: 3 - Night Shift, 8 Hours (United States of America)

Hours: 32

Cost Center: 10020 - 2340 Emergency Room

Union: SHARE (State Healthcare and Research Employees)

This position may have a signing bonus available a member of the Recruitment Team will confirm eligibility during the interview process.

Everyone Is a Caregiver

At UMass Memorial Health, everyone is a caregiver - regardless of their title or responsibilities. Exceptional patient care, academic excellence and leading-edge research make UMass Memorial the premier health system of Central Massachusetts, and a place where we can help you build the career you deserve. We are more than 20,000 employees, working together as one health system in a relentless pursuit of healing for our patients, community and each other.

And everyone, in their own unique way, plays an important part, every day.

• Provides constant observation of high-risk patients as assigned by the Emergency Department Resource Nurse.
• Assists the patient to get undressed, removes items that could injure the patient or staff, secures belongings.
• Monitors the patient's and conducts patient safety checks every 15 minutes for an assigned group of patients.
• Escorts and supervises patients in the bathroom depending on level of care, under the direction of the RN, assists patients with meals and comforts and de-escalates patients by using sensory techniques and distraction techniques as needed.
• Attempts to prevent unsafe patient movement and actions.
• Notifies the nurse of changes in patient activity, mood, behavior, requests for medication and calls for assistance when necessary.
• Reminds patients about the importance of their safety and fall prevention attempts to redirect patient's attention from equipment, and emergently prevents patients from dislodging equipment.
• Works to utilize de-escalation techniques to redirect the patients and if unsuccessful, under the direction of the RN or MD participates in restraints in accordance with training and education.
• Obtains report on each assigned patient from nurse at the beginning of each shift.
• Monitors patients and reports any potentially unsafe behaviors, or patients that appear to be escalating to the assigned nurse throughout the shift.
• Reports concern to nurse if patient's family or visitors are contributing to escalating behavior.
• Performs environmental safety check of patient and patient's room and removes potentially harmful items at the beginning of each shift and between discharges from rooms.
• Constantly checks for and remedies potentially hazardous situations such as improperly open doors and windows.
• Reports any potentially unsafe environmental issues that cannot be remedied to the assigned nurse throughout the shift.
• Follows the Policy & Procedure(s) for Constant Observation.
• Accompanies the patient for therapeutic procedures unless otherwise ordered by the assigned nurse and or physician.
• Documents patient behavior every fifteen minutes on the Constant Observation documentation record.
• Places this information in patient's bedside chart. Provides handoff to the on-coming ED Observation Assistant.
• Performs a variety of duties to support patient care and the operations of the department.
• Engages patients in activities as appropriate.
• Maintains work area in neat and orderly manner. Stocks carts & supplies. Transports patient or equipment.
• Answers telephones, takes messages, and completes light clerical duties such as filing as assigned.
• Follows department/hospital policy and procedure on Infection Control, Fire Safety, etc., including training programs (including de-escalation and restraint training) and demonstrates competency and proficiency as required.