Sharp HealthCare
Location
Chula Vista, California
Salary
$25 - $30 / HOUR
Support clinical workflow by mobilizing patients using lift equipment and aids under the direction of a Registered Nurse. Coordinate with healthcare team members to ensure safe patient transfers and repositioning.
Requires one year of hospital or similar experience and AHA Basic Life Support certification. Some college coursework in a medical field is preferred.
Other Some college course in medical field. Essential Functions Communication and teamwork Communicates relevant patient information regarding patients to appropriate staff members. Communicates incomplete activities requiring follow-up to appropriate personnel. Recognizes barriers to communication of plan of care and seeks resources or options. Makes recommendations for optimizing patient and staff safety to leadership. Patient transfers Role models appropriate use of lift and mobilization equipment and/or aids. Utilizes appropriate lift and mobilization equipment and/or aids. Under the direction of the Registered Nurse may ambulate the patient utilizing the appropriate equipment or assist devices. Assists with lateral and supine patient transfers from bed to chair, chair to bed or bed to gurney as well as repositioning in bed and/or chair. Safety Demonstrates ability to transfer, with assistance, patients with complex clinical support equipment safely, maintaining integrity of intravenous lines, suction devices, feeding tubes, etc. Ensures and maintains integrity of unit lift and mobilization equipment. Takes appropriate action in life threatening situations and immediately notifies the licensed nurse. Staff education Maintains expertise and role models use of lift and mobilization equipment and/or aids. In collaboration with unit clinical nurse specialist or educator, participates in and ensures initial and ongoing competencies of patient mobilization for unit staff. In collaboration with unit clinical nurse specialist or educator, participates in and ensures initial and ongoing competencies of patient mobilization equipment for unit staff. Identifies potential gaps in safe patient mobilization and reports to nursing leadership. Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Working knowledge of medical terminology and ability to effectively communicate in a demanding environment preferred. Sharp HealthCare is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, status as a protected veteran, among other things, or status as a qualified individual with disability or any other protected class Sharp HealthCare is a not-for-profit health care system based in San Diego, California, with four acute care hospitals, three specialty hospitals, three medical groups and a health plan. We provide medical services in virtually all fields of medicine, including primary care, heart care, cancer, orthopedics, women’s health, rehabilitation, robotic surgery and bariatric surgery. Sharp sets the community standard for exceptional care. Sharp Grossmont Hospital and Sharp Memorial Hospital have received prestigious Magnet recognition by the American Nurses Credentialing Center for excellence in nursing practices and quality patient care. At the heart of our organization are more than 18,000 affiliated physicians, nurses, staff and volunteers who are on a journey to make health care better for our patients and their families. It’s what we call The Sharp Experience – treating each person with dignity, compassion and respect, and using our clinical excellence and advanced technology to deliver the highest-quality patient care. We are dedicated to transforming the health care experience by making Sharp the best place to work, the best place to practice medicine and the best place to receive care in San Diego.
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