PT Care Partner - Nightshift

Job Summary

The Care Partner is a support care provider who functions under the direction of the Registered Nurse. The Care Partner primary focus will be to promote a positive patient experience by partnering with the nurse, physician, healthcare team and other healthcare providers to provide excellence in patient experience; and assist with daily living activities and comfort measures. The Care Partner assists other health care providers with safe, age appropriate and culturally aware care by performing basic patient care functions; i.e. ADL's, ambulation, and vital signs.

The Care Partner may require approved advanced technical training skills such as phlebotomy, simple treatments, dressing changes, oral suctioning, and discontinuing Foley catheters. Performing additional advanced skills may be required to support clinical care and will fluctuate depending on the needs of the unit. Performing clerical functions such as retrieval of data, maintaining unit supplies, and transporting supplies/patient medications will be required. The Care Partner must be able to work in a fast-paced environment which requires multi-tasking and effective communication with the Registered Nurse and ancillary team.

Core Responsibilities and Essential Functions

• Excellence in Patient Experience by partnering with health care team, patient and family
• Supports an environment of healing or wellness for patients including addressing patient needs and following the plan of care
• Consistently implements all safety interventions to minimize risk
• Protects rights and dignity of patient
• Maintains confidentiality adhering to HIPAA regulations and recommended privacy procedures
• Participates in hourly patient rounding
• Answers telephone and call lights promptly and professionally
• Resolves patient concerns or escalates to the charge nurse
• Provides patient care under the direction of the RN
• Provides patient care needs (hygiene, nutrition, elimination, physical comfort measures) and additional advanced skills based on unit specific requirements
• Assists RN and other members of health care team with care delivery as assigned
• Assists in direct patient admission
• Monitors data entry for key patient safety information
• Participates in charge reconciliation
• Performs audits as requested
• Supports initiatives of the health care team
• Participates in unit performance improvement initiatives
• Transports unit supplies, patient care supplies, medications and equipment as assigned
• Uses effective written and oral communication skills with patients, staff, physicians, family and visitors
• Documents completion of patient care in EMR
• Maintains equipment such as blood pressure machines and glucometers
• Provides a safe environment for the provision of patient care
• Consistent use of proper hand hygiene
• Follows appropriate PPE/Infection control policies
• Utilizes proper body mechanics and patient safe handling devices
• Performs environment of care rounds
• Performs other duties as assigned
• Complies with all Wellstar Health System policies, standards of work, and code of conduct

Required Minimum Education

Rising Senior in Good Standing Other / Related Field or High School Diploma / GED General-Preferred

Required Minimum License(s) and Certification(s)

All certifications are required upon hire unless otherwise stated. BLS - Basic Life Support or ARC-BLS - Amer Red Cross Basic Life Support or BLS-I - Basic Life Support - Instructor

Additional License(s) and Certification(s)

Graduation from a State approved program for Certified Nursing Assistants or Patient Care Tech Program Upon Hire Preferred

Required Minimum Skills

• Ability to follow detailed directions
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Clear verbal and written communication, specifically ability to document
• Ability to work individually and as part of a team
• Wellstar minimum age of hire is 16