ED Assistant

Brown Medicine; Cranston (RI); On-site; USD 26,174 - 27,552; Full time

Job summary

Brown University Health is seeking a patient care support specialist to assist the professional nurse by performing hospitality, transport, and supply-related tasks. This role helps maintain a clean, safe environment and supports equipment setup for patient care.

Evening shift responsibilities include stocking rooms, delivering supplies, and managing linen and carts to ensure smooth operations. The position emphasizes patient safety, timely response to call bells, and collaboration with nursing

Qualifications

• Assists the professional nurse in caring for patients through hospitality, transport, and equipment handling.
• Maintains a clean, safe environment and ensures supplies are stocked and accessible.
• Communicates needs to Clinical Manager and responds to patient calls as needed.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for daily cleaning of equipment used in caring for patients and maintaining unit neatness.
• Stocks patient rooms, bedside carts, and restocks supplies; disposes of linen bags.
• Delivers supplies (IV solutions, routine items) and ensures equipment is up-to-date with inspection stickers.
• Responds to patient call lights and assists with bed adjustments and transfers under RN direction.

Job description

SUMMARY

Under the general supervision of the Clinical Manager, assists the professional nurse in caring for patients through the performance of activities related to hospitality, transport, procurement of equipment and supplies and the maintenance of a clean, safe environment. All essential functions performed in this position reflect the age specific needs of the patients. Brown University Health employees are expected to successfully role model the organization’s values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence as these values guide our everyday actions with patients, customers and one another. In addition to our values, all employees are expected to demonstrate the core Success Factors which tell us how we work together and how we get things done. The core Success Factors include: Instill Trust and Value Differences Patient and Community Focus and Collaborate RESPONSIBILITIES: Responsible for daily cleaning of equipment used in caring for patients: including commodes, utility and storage area, kitchen room, and supplement storage cabinets and drawers. When directed by charge nurse or management, wet and clean bedside stand, other furniture, sinks, showers, IV poles/pumps. Maintains general neatness of unit to ensure hallways and general travel ways are free from obstruction. Stocks patient rooms, bedside carts with medical and/or other supplies.Disposes of linen bags. Ensures proper set up of medical equipment/supplies in each patient’s room (e.g.: oxygen regulators, suction set up, etc). Delivers dirty equipment to CSD for proper cleaning (e.g.: scissors, Kelly clamps, etc.). Maintains order in utility room/s, storage area/s and kitchen/s by arranging items in their proper place, restocking shelves and checking dated items to ensure they are usable. Picks up and delivers supplies such as intravenous (IV) solutions, routine supplies, medications, laboratory specimens, medical records and equipment being repaired by Facilities Management. Checks equipment on unit (e.g.: MAK, lifts, scales, Dynamaps, BP cuffs, Telemons). Ensures all electrical equipment has up to date inspection stickers and report’s findings to Clinical Manager. Notifies Clinical Manager when equipment/environment requires repair. Responds to patient call lights and immediately delivers the patients’ request to person caring for the patient. Adjusts beds and responds to other similar requests and assists in lifting, positioning or getting patients out of bed as directed by the Registered Nurse.

Pay Range: ** **

$19.75-$20.51

Brown University Health is committed to providing equal employment opportunities and maintaining a work environment free from all forms of unlawful discrimination and harassment.

Location

Rhode Island Hospital - 593 Eddy Street Providence, Rhode Island 02903

Work Type

3:00pm-3:00am

Work Shift

Evening

Driving Required

No

Union

International Brotherhood Teamsters