PATIENT ASSISTANT I

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  • FRANKLIN,TN
  • Williamson Medical Center
  • WMC OPERATING ROOM
  • Full Time
  • Days
  • 11-1930
  • Nursing Support
  • Req #: 9257
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Summary

At Williamson Medical Center, our employees are more than just another number. To us, they’re family. They’re smart, talented, compassionate, dedicated, and an overall joy to be around. We’re certainly blessed to have the best of the best working here from the cafeteria to the operating room.

But as Williamson County and surrounding areas continue to grow, so must we. That’s why we want YOU to join our family!

Williamson Medical Center is an equal-opportunity employer and a drug-free workplace.

Job Summary
Assist with surgical patient care in a timely and accurate manner.

Job Description
 

Formal Education / Training:
High School Graduate.

Workplace Experience:
Perioperative Care

Equipment and Skills Training:
The ability to work well under pressure, to function dependently and independently.  Standard patient care equipment for services provided. Network computer system.

Physical Environment:
A Surgery Unit with patient population ranging from less than one year of age> ninety-nine plus years of age.

Physical Effort:
1.  Able to communicate in English verbally and legibly.
2.  Able to stand/work for up to twelve hours a day.
3.  Able to lift and turn patients with assistance up to 250 lbs.
4.  Able to transport patient on stretcher or bed as necessary.

Key Results:
1. Assists with the patient’s care, reports problems/needs, and performs interventions consistent with identified problems as directed by the nurse.
2. Collaborates with appropriate health care team members to help coordinate the delivery of patient care in a timely manner.
3. Handles/ transports medications/ solutions safely and in accordance with hospital and departmental policies and procedures.
4. Assists with control of the OR Suite environment (temperature, humidity, and sensory) maintain traffic patterns, and adheres to OR sanitation policies.
5. Return equipment and supplies to proper place and prepare OR room for next case.
6. Maintains work environment and organizes unit.
7. Maintains position specific qualifications.
8. Facilitates staff development.
9. Demonstrates responsibility for assigned communications.
10. Demonstrates responsibility for cost containment using supplies judiciously.
11. Responds to radio and reports promptly.
12. Makes coordinator or secretary aware of location when leaving unit
13. Turns over operating rooms effectively and efficiently.


 

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