Patient Safety Attendant PRN

HCA Florida Oak Hill Hospital; Brooksville (FL); On-site; USD 22,000 - 33,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive employee benefits

Wellbeing support and counseling

PTO, family leave, disability coverage

401(k) matching and retirement plans

Education support and certifications

Fertility and family building programs

Life insurance and identity protection

Employee discounts

Tuition and student loan assistance

Galen College of Nursing partnership

Job summary

HCA Florida Oak Hill Hospital in Brooksville, FL seeks a Patient Safety Attendant (PRN) to provide continuous observation for high-risk patients and support the patient care team in maintaining a safe environment. This role emphasizes fall prevention, infection control, and vigilant supervision during transportation and procedures.

Qualified candidates will have healthcare experience, BLS certification, and strong communication skills.

Qualifications

• One year of experience in a healthcare setting preferred.
• Current AHA BLS required on all clinical nursing units.
• Critical thinking, service excellence and good interpersonal communication skills.
• Basic Cardiac Life Support must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date.

Responsibilities

• Assist with basic activities of daily living.
• Maintain a direct line of sight with patient at all times, including during family visits.
• Accompany patients and ensure safety during transportation, testing, and procedures away from the patient’s room.
• Establish a safe environment using fall prevention, infection control, and self-harm prevention protocols.
• Monitor patients’ physical and emotional condition and report changes promptly.
• Intervene to prevent self-harm or harm to others and seek immediate assistance as needed.

Skills

Healthcare experience

Observation & monitoring

Critical thinking

Interpersonal communication

Instruction reading/following

PC skills

Job description

Last year our HCA Healthcare colleagues invested over 156,000 hours volunteering in our communities. As a(an) Patient Safety Attendant PRN with HCA Florida Oak Hill Hospital you can be a part of an organization that is devoted to giving back!

Job Summary And Qualifications

We are currently seeking a Patient Safety Attendant to join our team. As our Safety Attendant you will participate in high-quality, patient-centered care by providing continuous observation and monitoring for high risk patients. While in collaboration with the patient care team, the PSA ensures the patient environment is free of obstacles and minimizes risk of falls of accidental or intentional self-harm. We are an amazing team that works hard to support each other and are seeking a phenomenal addition like you who feels patient care is as meaningful as we do. Take the next step in your career.

Your tasks and responsibilities may include:

• You will assist with basic activities of daily living.
• You will maintain a direct line of sight with patient at all times, including while family and visitors are in the room.
• You will accompany patients and ensure patient safety during transportation, testing, and procedures occurring away from the patient’s normal environment.
• You will establish a safe, risk-free patient environment by utilizing knowledge of fall prevention protocols, infection control measures, and self-harm prevention. You will perform room assessment regularly and after any visitations.
• You will monitor your patients’ physical and emotional condition. You will also report any changes in status promptly while remaining direct line of sight with the patient
• You will intervene as needed to prevent patient your patients’ from harming self or others seeking immediate assistance for escalating incidents.

Qualifications

• One year experience in a healthcare setting is preferred
• Current AHA (American Heart Association) BLS (Basic Life Support) required on all clinical nursing units
• Critical thinking, service excellence and good interpersonal communication skills, ability to read/comprehend written instructions, ability to follow verbal instructions, PC skills
• Basic Cardiac Life Support must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date

No Travel Required

Benefits

HCA Florida Oak Hill Hospital, 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

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

HCA Florida Oak Hill Hospital is a 350-bed facility offering a range of services. Oak Hill Hospital is proud to be a Primary Stroke Center certified by The Joint Commission. We are the area's second largest private employer and offer the area's only Pediatric ER as well as the only open heart program in Hernando county. Our reputation as one of the area's premier employers is due, in no small part, to the environment created by the dedicated people that chose to build their career with us. Our organization includes superb medical staff, innovative services, and a dedicated team of talented colleagues. We are located on Florida's Nature Coast in a great community to raise a family. Join us and see why we're excited to be in one of Florida's fastest growing counties. We believe excellent people make excellence happen. If this sounds like the type of meaningful work you'd like to be a part of, we hope you'll consider our careers at Oak Hill Hospital.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World's Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

"There is so much good to do in the world and so many different ways to do it."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.

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.