Hiring Event for our Night Shift Patient Safety Attendants on Wednesday, May 1 from 2pm - 4:30pm in the Sarasota Memorial Hospital Venice Garden Cafe.

Please apply for this opportunity and a Talent Acquisition Advisor will contact you to learn more about your background.

If appropriate, an interview will be scheduled. 

Our current availability for positions is on the night shift only from 6:30pm - 7am, 3 twelve hour shifts per week. 

The patient safety attendant's role is to be present for the designated patient, either visually or physically, to observe patient behavior, communicate with and de-escalate patient, and notify nursing personnel if the patient condition changes or requires assistance. The patient safety attendant also serves as a resource to assist the PCT/MST and or nursing staff with basic functions for the designated patient but does not substitute for the normal staff job scopes.

• The Patient Safety Attendant (PSA) participates in high-quality, patient-centered care by providing continuous observation and monitoring for high risk patients
• In collaboration with the patient care team, the PSA ensures the patient environment is free of obstacles and minimizes risk of falls and accidental or intentional self-harm
• The PSA may also assist with basic activities of daily living
• Maintains a direct line of sight with patient at all times, including while family and/or visitors are in the room
• Accompanies patient and ensures patient safety during transportation, testing, and procedures occurring away from the patient’s normal environment
• Establishes a safe, risk-free patient environment by utilizing knowledge of fall prevention protocols, infection control measures, and self-harm prevention
• Perform room assessment regularly and after any visitations
• Creates clear, accurate documentation on patient status and activity during the shift
• Performs other duties as needed when not providing direct patient observation
• Assists nursing staff with tasks such as transporting patients, delivering equipment and supplies, transporting specimens, delivering patient trays, answering phones and assisting visitors
• Participates as an active member of the health care team and positively promotes the rest of the team to patients/families/caregivers and other colleagues
• Participates in hospital or departmental performance improvement activities, and seeks opportunities to improve department and inter-department processes
• Restocks non-medicinal patient room supplies as needed

Why Work at Sarasota Memorial?

Reputation. Community. Impact. Growth.

Every day, our patients at Sarasota Memorial Health Care System receive a first-class experience in care from a team on a mission to deliver the highest level of care in America. In the process of rising to that challenge, one by one, our people are finding their purpose and feeling their impact. Now it is your turn to see yourself here.

The benefits of being the best:

Our commitment to becoming the best community hospital and health care system means providing the best possible benefits to our people. Some highlights:

Total Rewards Package

• Paid Time Off (start earning PTO on day one of employment)
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Discounted Medical, Prescription, Dental, Vision Benefit Plans for Full & Part-Time Employees
• Flexible Spending Accounts (Health Care and Dependent Care) - Pre-Tax Dollars
• Life Insurance
• Disability Insurance
• Retirement Savings Plan: 403b
• Bereavement Leave
• Free Parking
• On Campus Dining w/ a 10% discount
• Direct Deposit
• Free Wellness Screening
• Free confidential counseling services
• Employee Discount Programs
• Employee Recognition Programs
• Generous Referral Programs
• Tremendous growth opportunities for hard workers!

- Require BLS\CPR certification within ninety (90) days of start date.

- Prefer demonstrated interpersonal skills to provide calm verbal feedback to patients, re-direct behavior, and reinforce safety with patients.
- Prefer the ability to follow oral and written instructions.
- Prefer the ability to work with minimal supervision.
- Prefer demonstrated knowledge/experience of growth and development, and possess the ability to interact, communicate and care for specific patient population with care and compassion.
- Prefer previous experience in health care field.

HS EQ: High School Diploma, GED or Certificate

6:30pm - 7:00am; 3 twelve hour shifts per week