Req #: 17225
Entity: Asante Ashland Community Hospital
Location: Ashland, OR
Department: General Medicine
Shift: Variable Hours/Variable Days
Union Position: No
FTE: 0.000001
Schedule: On Call
Salary: $15.00 - $18.75 depending on qualifications
Patient Safety Monitor
Additional Position Details: FTE: 0.0 | On Call/Flexible Workforce | Variable Hours/Variable Days | 12-Hour Shifts
PLEASE NOTE: This is an entry level position with a typical starting range of between $15.00 to $17.00 an hour (depending years of work experience). A rate over $17.00 an hour could take at least 5 years of very direct work experience (such as caregiver or CNA) or 10+ years of non-relevant work experience.
However, as a Patient Safety Monitor at Asante, you will have the opportunity to earn extra money (shift differentials) for swing, night, and weekend hours:
The Patient Safety Monitor primarily assists with providing a safe environment to a specific patient through visual observation. The need for a Patient Safety Monitor is initiated and ordered by the attending physician or per hospital policy and in this role, will be responsible for providing customer service to the patient and as well as notifying the appropriate primary nurse and/or charge nurse of safety issues or concerns.
Patient safety monitoring is done both in person, at the bedside, and through a virtual telehealth model. A PSM may observe up to 11 patients on virtual cameras. They will work with care teams to monitor, admit, and discharge patients from virtual monitors and provide breaks to other PSM staff.
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