What are the responsibilities and job description for the Patient Safety Tech - Emergency Department (Days) position at Tanner Health?
The Patient Safety Technician is responsible for patent monitoring tasks, which have a moderate degree of difficulty. Employee will be expected to be involved with maintaining the safety of patients to which the employee is assigned to monitor. Employee will also be responsible for managing situations in which patients present volatile behavioral health characteristics and call for assistance as needed.
Education:
Ability to read and write
Licenses and Certifications:
Safe Crisis Intervention for Patients and Professionals
Qualifications:
Ability to read and write.
One year of job-related experience providing direct patient care or within public safety preferred.
Proven experience to communicate with the public and patients in a tactful, intelligent, and authoritative manner.
Completion of (SCIPP) Safe Crisis Intervention of Patients and Professionals training within the first 90 days of employment and on an annual basis.
Completion of Patient Safety Technician (PST) Training Program within 90 Days of employment.
Qualifications:
Statement Of Employment Philosophy
Being a part of Tanner Health System is more than a job, it is a promise we make to treat every patient with exceptional service every time they walk through our doors. Service excellence is the foundation of our organizational culture and the expectations we all set for each other, our patients, physicians and our community. All employees agree to abide by a set of service standards. These standards are the promise we make to provide the best care possible, and represent our beliefs, values and who we strive to become. We each commit to making Tanner Health System a great place for our employees to work, for patients to receive care and for physicians to practice medicine.
Functions
Area of Responsibilities
Keeps the patient in continual observation
Remains alert and aware of any situations that might be harmful to the patient.
Keeps all patient information confidential.
Demonstrates tactful and caring behavior to patients, family, physicians, and visitors.
Responsible for proper management of patients with 1013 2013 status. May also be required to assist in management of patients displaying inappropriate behavior as determined by staff, but not assigned 1013 2013 status by appropriate individuals.
Intervenes to prevent harm and calls for immediate assistance.
Immediately informs nurse of any changes in patient behavior.
Works in conjunction with the nursing staff member assigned to care for the patient.
Assists the patient and family in meeting their identified needs.
Knowledgeable of departmental policies/procedures where applicable.
Provides support to Nursing, Security, and other departments as requested.
Complies with standards set forth by TJC and other regulatory agencies.
Participates in continuing education as mandated per policy through net learning.
Compliance Statement
Employee performs within the prescribed limits of Tanner Health System's Ethics and Compliance program. Is responsible to detect, observe, and report compliance variances to their immediate supervisor, the Compliance Officer, or the Hotline.
Required Knowledge & Skills
Education: Ability to read and write
Experience: No prior work experience required
Licenses and Certifications
SAFE CRISIS INTERVENTION FOR PATIENTS AND PROFESSIONALS
Qualifications
Ability to read and write.
One year job related experience providing direct patient care or within public safety preferred.
Proven experience to communicate with the public and patients in a tactful, intelligent and authoritative manner.
Completion of (SCIPP) Safe Crisis Intervention of Patients and Professionals training within the first 90 days of employment and on an annual basis.
Completion of Patient Safety Technician (PST) Training Program within 90 Days of employment
Definitions
The Patient Safety Technician is responsible for patient monitoring tasks, which have a moderate degree of difficulty. Employee will be expected to be involved with maintaining safety of patients to which the employee is assigned to monitor. Employee will also be responsible for managing situations in which patients present volatile behavioral health characteristics and call for assistance as needed.
Position Responsibilities
Contact with Others: Performance of job requires contact with others where team work is essential, requiring tact in order to obtain cooperation. Contacts may be outside of the organization also.
Effect of Error: Probable error usually detected in succeeding operations and generally confined to a single department or phase of organization activities. Practically all work is subject to verification or check. Occasional work with some confidential data where the effect of any disclosure would be negligible or where the full import is not apparent in the routines performed.
People Management Responsibilities
Supervisory Responsibility: Exercises no supervision, work direction, or instruction of other employees or students
Work Environment/Physical Effort
Mental Demands: Routine duties using one or more of several established procedures within a prescribed practice under general supervision. Involves minor decisions many of which are repetitive.
Working Conditions: Moderate - (About 50% of the day) Involved in exposure to dirt, odors, noise, or some work is performed with exposure to temperature/weather extremes/occupational risk. Limited probability of coming into contact with blood borne pathogens, other potentially infectious diseases, or biomedical/bio-hazardous materials.
Working Conditions Aspects for Immunizations
Performs tasks involving contact with blood, blood-contaminated body fluids, other body fluids, or sharps (needles): Yes
Directly works with Patients less than 12 months of age: No
Physical Effort: Medium physical effort - Lifts, carries, or handles lightweight (1 to 25 lbs.) materials or equipment for most of the day. Occasional physical effort with medium weight objects (25-60 lbs.). Very occasional physical effort with heavy objects (over 60 lbs.).Works in reaching or strained positions for about half of day.
Physical Aspects
Bending: Occasional = 1% - 33% of the time
Typing: Occasional = 1% - 33% of the time
Manual Dexterity -- picking, pinching with fingers etc.: Occasional = 1% - 33% of the time
Feeling (Touch) -- determining temperature, texture, by touching: Occasional = 1% - 33% of the time
Hearing: Constant = 67% - 100% of the time.
Reaching -- above shoulder: Occasional = 1% - 33% of the time
Reaching -- below shoulder: Occasional = 1% - 33% of the time
Visual: Constant = 67% - 100% of the time.
Color Vision: Frequent = 34% - 66% of the time
Speaking: Frequent = 34% - 66% of the time
Standing: Frequent = 34% - 66% of the time
Balancing: Occasional = 1% - 33% of the time
Walking: Occasional = 1% - 33% of the time
Crawling: Not required
Running - in response to an emergency: Occasional = 1% - 33% of the time
Lifting up to 25 lbs.: Occasional = 1% - 33% of the time
Lifting 25 to 60 lbs.: Occasional = 1% - 33% of the time
Lifting over 60 lbs.: Occasional = 1% - 33% of the time
Handling -- seizing, holding, grasping: Occasional = 1% - 33% of the time
Carrying: Occasional = 1% - 33% of the time
Climbing: Not required
Kneeling: Occasional = 1% - 33% of the time
Squatting: Occasional = 1% - 33% of the time
Tasting: Not required
Smelling: Occasional = 1% - 33% of the time
Driving -- Utility vehicles such as golf carts, Gators, ATV, riding lawnmowers, skid steer, aerial lift: Not required
Driving -- Class C vehicles: Not required
Driving -- CDL class vehicles: Not required
N95 Respirator usage (PPE): Occasional = 1% - 33% of the time
Hazmat suit usage (PPE): Not required
Pushing/Pulling -- up to 25 lbs.: Occasional = 1% - 33% of the time
Pushing/Pulling -- 25 to 60 lbs.: Occasional = 1% - 33% of the time
Pushing/Pulling -- over 60 lbs. : Occasional = 1% - 33% of the time