Safety Partner - Resource Pool

City/State

Norfolk, VA

Overview

Work Shift

Weekend Days (United States of America)

Sentara Healthcare is currently hiring a Safety Partner to work at Sentara Leigh Hospital, located in Norfolk.

Hours/Shift:

Part-time, Saturday and Sunday, dayshift

Department/Position Overview:

This position will work in various units at Sentara Leigh Hospital, including Med Surg, ICU and ED, etc. You are assigned to a unit each shift. Join us in helping to keep our patients safe!

Requirements:

• High School Graduate or Equivalent

• Prior healthcare experience or enrollment in a health science program strongly preferred.

• Applicants without prior experience or current health sciences program status must successfully complete a Sentara Safety Partner Training Course in addition to core competencies during orientation.

• Core competencies for all safety partners to include communication, confidentiality, de-escalation, fall prevention, patient safety, restraints, stroke, and suicide.

• BLS required within 90 days of hire.

• De-escalation and physical intervention training within 30 days of hire, except for those in Behavioral Health within 15 days of hire.

As a Safety Partner with Sentara, you will assist with keeping patients and the hospital a safe environment. The primary duties of this position include sitting with patients at risk of suicide, falls, wandering, self-harm, or other risk behaviors enabling patients to maintain function during their hospital stay. You will find that teamwork is exceptional, with everyone working together to provide the best care for our patients.

Facility Highlights:

Click here to learn more about Sentara Leigh hospital!

Sentara Benefits:

Sentara employees strive to make our communities healthier places to live. We're setting the standard for medical excellence within a vibrant, creative, and highly productive workplace. For more information about our employee benefits, https://www.sentaracareers.com/explore-sentara/benefits/

Be a part of an excellent healthcare organization that cares about our People, Quality, Patient Safety, Service, and Integrity. Join a team that has a mission to improve health every day and a vision to be the healthcare choice of the communities that we serve!

Keywords: NCP & Entry Level, Safety Partner, Sitter, Nursing Assistant, Nursing Care Partner, Monster, Talroo-Allied Health

Job Summary

Assists with the provision of a safe hospital environment conducive to individualized patient care for patients at risk of suicide, falls, wandering, agitation, impulsiveness, self-harm or other risk behaviors enabling patients to maintain or enhance function during the hospital stay.

Prior healthcare experience or enrollment in a health sciences program strongly preferred. Applicants without prior experience or current health sciences program status must successfully complete a Sentara Safety Partner Training Course in addition to core competencies during orientation.

BLS required within 90 days of hire. Core competencies for all safety partners to include communication, confidentiality, de-escalation, fall prevention, patient safety, restraints, stroke, and suicide. De-escalation and physical intervention training within 30 days of hire, except for those in Behavioral Health within 15 days of hire.

Qualifications:

HS - High School Grad or Equivalent (Required)

Basic Life Support (BLS) - Certification - American Heart Association (AHA) RQI

Healthcare

Skills

Active Listening, Communication, Critical Thinking, Monitoring, Service Orientation, Speaking, Writing

Sentara Healthcare prides itself on the diversity and inclusiveness of its close to an almost 30,000-member workforce. Diversity, inclusion, and belonging is a guiding principle of the organization to ensure its workforce reflects the communities it serves.

Per Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA), some clinical environments require proof of education; these regulations are posted at ecfr.gov for further information. In an effort to expedite this verification requirement, we encourage you to upload your diploma or transcript at time of application.

In support of our mission "to improve health every day," this is a tobacco-free environment.