Patient Sitter
Xanitos, Inc.
is a management company that provides hospital housekeeping, patient transport, and central laundries services.
It is differentiated by its patented XRO System for cleaning patient rooms, its outstanding operations management team, and by being a private company whose priority is giving top-quality service.
The results are evident; at the hospitals it serves, Xanitos has improved the cleaning quality, increased HCAHPS scores, reduced the risk of HAIs, lowered bed turnaround time, and significantly reduced costs.
Xanitos is hiring Full-Time Patient Sitters for First, Second, and Third Shift at UPMC Altoona in Altoona, PA.
* Apply today to secure an interview
* No Medical Experience Required!
* Full-Time available
* Pay $14.50 per hour with potential to earn up to $15.50 on 3rd shift
+ Second Shift Differential: $0.50
+ Third Shift Differential: $1.00
* Rotational Weekends and Holidays
* Help save lives and join our team!
* Sign on Bonus $750.00
+ $250 after 3 months and $500 after 6 months
Job Overview:
Responsible for providing patient visual and audible observation of assigned patients with the alignment of a Registered Nurse (RN) and directed by the Xanitos Leadership team by completing the following duties.
Daily Responsibilities:
· Tasked to monitor both visually and audibly the assigned patient’s condition and behavior at all times.
· Remains at the bedside of assigned patient at all times, unless relieved by an appropriate staff member.
· Verbally redirects the patient from participating in at risk behaviors.
· Completes observation reports at the assigned times.
· Takes initiative in compassionately rendering service or responding to needs.
Interacts hospitably, cheerfully, and supportively with staff, patients, visitors, and work colleagues.
· Immediately summons the nursing staff if the patient requires assistance, control, or other nursing interventions or exhibits unusual behavior or verbalizations.
Immediately reports any potentially dangerous behavior or concerning conversations to the nurse.
· Collaborates to identify and report patient safety issues.
Assures patient environment is safe, reporting any safety hazards to the charge nurse.
Removes visible hazards and reports, as appropriate.
· Assists in calming and/or reorienting patient in cases of distress, or confusion.
· Assists with keeping patient's room, safe and in an orderly fashion at all times.
· Escorts patient when diagnostic testing is required.
· Participates in hand-off of pertinent information/behavior about assigned patient when arriving on unit and upon completion of shift assignment.
Ensures coverage around meal break times and prior to leaving patient for any reason.
· Assists patient with ordering dietary tray, setting up of patient's meal trays, basic positioning of patient, taking a ride in wheelchair and/or ambulation if patient is stable and g...
- Rate: 14.5
- Location: Altoona, US-PA
- Type: Permanent
- Industry: Other
- Recruiter: Xanitos Inc
- Contact: Kristina Berridge
- Email: to view click here
- Reference: PATIE002551-00001
- Posted: 2024-04-27 08:53:22 -
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