Safety Partner - Resource Pool

Company: Sentara Health
Location: Virginia Beach
Posted on: October 7, 2024

Job Description:

City/State
Virginia Beach, VA

Overview

Work Shift
Rotating (United States of America)

Sentara is currently hiring a Safety Partner to work at Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital in the Nursing Resource Pool.

Hours/Shift:

FLEXI (as needed) rotating shifts

Department/Position Overview:

Are you wanting to try out different types of nursing units-join the Resource Pool! This position will work in various units at Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital. Join us in helping to keep our patients safe!

As aSafety 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.

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.
  
  Facility Highlights:
  
  Click here to learn more about Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital!
  
  We are located just 15 minutes from VA Beach Town Center and just a few minutes to the Oceanfront. This is the closest Sentara Hospital to the beach!
  
  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,
  
  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, 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. Associated topics: biological, bridge inspector, cartography technician, embedded engineer, engineer railroad, environmental impact assessment, nuclear engineer, powertrain engineer, railroad engineer, railroad track

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