Evening Patient Care & Supply Associate

NYU Langone Health; New York (NY); On-site; USD 51,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits and wellness program

Job summary

NYU Langone Health invites applications for a Patient Support Associate-Central Nursing Service-Evening Shift (35 Hours). Under the Nurse Manager, you assist in maintaining the unit environment, set up equipment, and perform a wide range of patient care support tasks to ensure smooth operations on the assigned unit.

You will participate in inventory management, patient transport, supply distribution, and coordination with pharmacy and central services, while following infection-prevention

Qualifications

• High school education or its equivalent.
• Working knowledge of English evident in verbal, reading and writing abilities.
• Expected to perform the job satisfactorily within 3 months.

Responsibilities

• Removes linen from patient care areas and assists in changing linen on unoccupied patient beds.
• Distributes water pitchers, cups, and straws as directed by the RN.
• Assists in the management of patient belongings by conducting an inventory, securing and transporting patient belongings.
• Performs patient transport of discharged patients on occasion to meet our target of discharge before noon.
• Prepares patients through notification and place said patient on mode of transportation prior to patient transport arrival (Future scope).
• Assures adequate inventory of patient care supplies.
• Removes waste as needed within patient rooms and only when overflowing and BSD personnel are not readily available.
• Redistributes supplies within the unit and maintains pars across clean supply room and other areas.
• Retrieves supplies from Pneumatic Tube, Central Distribution and replenishes to appropriate locations.
• Redistribute medications that they pick up from the pneumatic tube system.
• Picks up and drops off medications from the inpatient pharmacy.
• Notifies SCM / Logistics Manager of non-par stocked specialty order needs.
• Performs regular regulatory compliance rounds (e.g. Supply expiration checks).
• Facilitates exchange of emergency code carts and intubation boxes to/from Pharmacy, Central Sterile Processing, Central Distribution.
• Transport of clinical equipment to and from various departments (e.g. Clinical Engineering).
• Demonstrates understanding of infection prevention standards.
• Cleans spills and unit-based equipment and stores as instructed
• Assembles, locates and maintains unit specific equipment.

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

NYU Langone Health invites applications for a Patient Support Associate-Central Nursing Service-Evening Shift (35 Hours). Under the Nurse Manager, you assist in maintaining the unit environment, set up equipment, and perform a wide range of patient care support tasks to ensure smooth operations on the assigned unit.

You will participate in inventory management, patient transport, supply distribution, and coordination with pharmacy and central services, while following infection-prevention