Patient Sitter

TriStar Summit Medical Center; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 17,000 - 22,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Wellbeing support

Paid time off

401(k) with match

Tuition assistance

Job summary

TriStar Summit Medical Center in Nashville, TN is seeking a Patient Sitter / Patient Safety Attendant (PSA) to provide continuous observation for high-risk patients and to assist with basic daily living activities. The PSA collaborates with the care team to maintain a safe environment and minimize risk of falls and self-harm.

The role emphasizes direct patient supervision, safe transportation during procedures, and accurate documentation of patient status.

Qualifications

• 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

Responsibilities

• Maintain direct line of sight with patient at all times, including with family/visitors in the room.
• Accompany patient during transportation, testing, and procedures away from the patient’s room.
• Create a safe environment using fall prevention, infection control, and self-harm prevention protocols.
• Document patient status and activity clearly during shift.
• Assist nursing staff with transporting patients, delivering equipment and supplies, and answering phones.
• Be an active health care team member and support colleagues and patients.

Job description

Experience the HCA Healthcare difference where colleagues are trusted, valued members of our healthcare team. Grow your career with an organization committed to delivering respectful, compassionate care, and where the unique and intrinsic worth of each individual is recognized.

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 benefitsfor medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
• Wellbeing support,including free counseling and referral services
• Time away from workprograms 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 supportthrough tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
• Additional benefitsfor 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.

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.

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

HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

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.