Patient Safety Attendant

TriStar Summit Medical Center; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 28,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits package

Tuition and certification support

401(k) with employer match

Job summary

TriStar Summit Medical Center is seeking a Patient Safety Attendant to provide continuous observation and monitor high-risk patients. The PSA will help maintain a safe environment, assist with basic daily living tasks, and support the care team to reduce falls and self-harm risk.

Responsibilities include remaining in sight of the patient, coordinating transport for tests, and documenting status throughout shifts, while assisting with routine tasks and care coordination as needed.

Qualifications

• Continuous observation and monitoring of high-risk patients.
• Assist with basic activities of daily living as needed.
• Promote patient safety and fall prevention through environmental checks.

Responsibilities

• Maintain direct line of sight with patient at all times.
• Escort patient during transport, testing, and procedures.
• Document patient status and activity clearly during shifts.
• Assist nursing staff with transporting patients, delivering equipment and supplies, and answering phones.
• Participate in performance improvement activities.

Skills

Patient safety

Observation

Team collaboration

Education

Healthcare field of study enrollment

Job description

Do you want to join an organization that invests in you as a(an) Patient Safety Attendant? At TriStar Summit Medical Center, you come first. HCA Healthcare has committed up to $300 million in programs to support our incredible team members over the course of three years.

Job Summary And Qualifications

The Patient Sitter / Patient Safety Attendant (PSA) participates in high-quality, patient-centered care by providing continuous observation and monitoring for high risk patients. In collaboration with the patient care team, the PSA ensures the patient environment is free of obstacles and minimizes risk of falls and accidental or intentional self-harm. The PSA may also assist with basic activities of daily living.

What you will do in this role:

• Maintain a direct line of sight with patient at all times, including while family and/or visitors are in the room.
• Accompany patient and ensure patient safety during transportation, testing, and procedures occurring away from the patient’s normal environment.
• Establish a safe, risk-free patient environment by utilizing knowledge of fall prevention protocols, infection control measures, and self-harm prevention. Perform room assessment regularly and after any visitations.
• Create clear, accurate documentation on patient status and activity during the shift.
• Perform other duties as needed when not providing direct patient observation. Assist nursing staff with tasks such as transporting patients, delivering equipment and supplies, transporting specimens, delivering patient trays, answering phones, and assisting visitors.
• Participate as an active member of the health care team and positively promotes the rest of the team to patients/families/caregivers and other colleagues.
• Participate in hospital or departmental performance improvement activities, and seeks opportunities to improve department and inter-department processes.
• Restock non-medicinal patient room supplies as needed.

What qualifications you will need:

• Basic Cardiac Life Support (BLS) must be obtained within 90 days of employment start date
• 1+ years of experience in a healthcare setting or current enrollment in a healthcare field of study preferred

Benefits

TriStar Summit Medical Center, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services
• Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
• Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
• Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
• Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts

Learn More About Employee Benefits

TriStar Summit is a 230+ bed comprehensive facility. We serve Davidson, Wilson and surrounding counties. We include a Level III Trauma Center. We offer a full array of acute care services. These include cardiology, oncology, orthopaedics/spine, rehabilitation and women’s services. We are an Accredited Chest Pain Center with PCI. We are a Primary Stroke Center. TriStar Summit is a leading provider of emergency heart and stroke care.

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

Good people beget good people."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.

HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

We are a family 270,000 dedicated professionals! Our Talent Acquisition team is reviewing applications for our Patient Safety Attendant opening. Qualified candidates will be contacted for interviews.

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.