Sorry, this listing is no longer accepting applications. Don’t worry, we have more awesome opportunities and internships for you.

Paralegal

Allied Services

Paralegal

Scranton, PA
Full Time
Paid
  • Responsibilities

    Reporting to the Clinical Nurse Manager/Nurse Supervisor, the Safety Aide is responsible for sitting with a patient while in bed or wheelchair and alerting professional personnel if the patient should attempt to get out of bed or wheelchair or pursue an activity that could be possibly dangerous to the patient.  A Safety Aide may also be assigned to view the monitors and alert staff should a patient need attention or assistance.

    EDUCATION:

     

    High school diploma or equivalent preferred.

     

    WORK EXPERIENCE:

     

    No work experience required.

     

    Responsible for alerting nursing staff should a patient attempt to get out of bed or pursue an activity that could be possibly dangerous to the patient.  This responsibility will occur if the Safety Aide is viewing the monitors from the Nurse’s Station or if they are assigned to provide supervision and monitoring for one patient. 

    Ensure patient safety by taking necessary steps to prevent a patient from falling or otherwise harming himself/herself

    When the patient no longer requires a safety sitter, the patient is in therapy, or family is permitted to visit with the patient alone, the safety sitter may be directed to do other tasks. Some the tasks assigned to the Safety Sitter are observing the patient monitors on the Brain Injury Unit, transporting patients to and from therapy, making beds, straightening patient rooms, refilling water pitchers and doing simple clerical tasks as assigned by the Unit Manager/Nursing Supervisor. 

    Required Skills Required Experience

  • Qualifications
    • Strong project management skills demonstrated by the ability to manage programs and/or multiple projects and resources to ensure task completion while maintaining attention to detail
    • Ability to effectively plan, prioritize and delegate work assignments
    • Demonstrated ability to manage intra- and inter-department relationships of all levels in a politically charged environment in order to facilitate teaming
    • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, and analytical and problem-solving skills
    • Proven ability to effectively communicate complicated subject matter to internal and external management and work collaboratively with interdepartmental teams to achieve desired results
    • Must be able to work effectively in a fast-paced and dynamic team environment
  • Industry
    Hospital and Health Care