Patient Attendant - Med/Surg
Salary $14.00 - $21.70 Hourly Location 1800 West Charleston Blvd, Las Vegas, NV
Job Type Full Time
Position Summary: Responsible for monitoring any and all movements of patients who have been placed under observation to maintain patient and staff safety.
Job Requirement: Education/Experience: Graduation from High School or GED. Experience working in a healthcare environment preferred.
Additional Position Requirements: Preference will be given to applicants who document additional and/or preferred position requirements:
- Knowledge of CPI Training or Techniques.
- Experience (within the last 3 years), providing direct patient observation / and or monitoring one or more patients in a healthcare setting.
- Documented experience in an Acute Care or similar setting.
- Recent documented experience working with the public in difficult situations.
- Availability to work ALL shifts, including graveyard, seven (7) days a week, as needed.
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, and Physical Requirements: Knowledge of basic hospital services; department and hospital safety practices and principles; patient rights; infection control policies and practices; handling, storage, use and disposal of hazardous materials; department and hospital emergency response policies and procedures. Skill in following oral and written instructions; communicating effectively with a wide variety of people from diverse socio-economic and ethnic backgrounds; establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with all personnel contacted in the course of duties; efficient, effective and safe use of equipment. Physical Requirements and Working Conditions: Ability to stay alert over extended periods of time; mobility to work in a typical clinical setting, including stamina to sit, stand and/or walk for extended periods of time; vision to use standard equipment, read printed materials and a Video Display Terminal (VDT) screen; and hearing and speech to communicate effectively in person and over the telephone. Strength and agility to exert up to 100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 50 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 20 pounds of force constantly to move objects. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this classification.
Employer: University Medical Center of Southern Nevada
Address: University Medical Center of Southern Nevada Las Vegas, Nevada, 89102