Patient Safety Attendant

About the job

Kootenai Health is hiring a per diem patient safety attendant for Behavioral Health in Coeur d'Alene, working night shifts. The attendant keeps constant watch over patients, spots and reports signs that a patient may become agitated or violent, keeps the room safe, and helps patients walk and change position under nursing oversight.

Kootenai Health is a health care organization serving patients across northern Idaho and the Inland Northwest.

What you'll do

• Keep patients in view at all times and never leave a patient alone without proper relief
• Watch for behaviors, events or surroundings that could lead a patient to violent or destructive acts or more agitation, and report signs of escalation to the patient's nurse
• Keep the patient's room safe by removing dangerous items and screening what visitors bring in
• Help patients walk and change position under nursing oversight
• Keep patient information confidential
• Solve problems, resolve conflicts and communicate clearly with patients, their families and visitors, physicians, team members and other hospital staff
• Work efficiently and effectively under stress
• Plan and reach goals using your own experience and judgment
• Meet the age-specific needs of the patients the assigned unit serves

What you need

• BLS (current AHA healthcare provider, American Red Cross or AHA Health Saver certification, or Kootenai Health's BLS during general orientation)
• MOAB certification during general orientation
• Safe patient handling, covering walking and positioning patients, completed during orientation
• Familiarity with the standard concepts, practices and procedures of the field
• Able to move about with or without accommodation, reach above or below shoulder height, and hold standing and sitting positions
• The work involves exposure to needles, blood and body fluids

Preferred

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Experience with vulnerable patient groups, including psychiatric and dementia patients

Schedule

• Night shift, 12-hour shifts (per diem)

Benefits

• Dental, vision, life and pet insurance, plus telemedicine and wellbeing resources for all employees
• Tuition assistance after 90 days
• Retirement plans with pre-tax and Roth options and an employer match of 3% to 6%
• Night, weekend and PRN shift differentials
• A wellness program with coaching and financial wellness resources, plus free or discounted use of fitness centers and premium wellbeing apps
• Employee discounts through PerkSpot and an employee referral bonus program