Job Title: Care Partner

Company: Good Samaritan Hospital

City/State: Suffern, NY

Category: Nursing Support

Department: Med-Surg - T4

Union: YES

Union Name: 1199 - UHCWE

Position: Full Time

Hours: 7-1930

Shift: Days

Req #: 8958

Hiring Range: $27.41

Job Details:

The Care Partner assists in implementation of treatment as applicable. Communicates identified deficiencies/problems to appropriate personnel. Promptly notifies nursing personnel of situations. Maintains observation of designated patients.

Responsibilities:

  • Prepares and assists with medical procedures as directed.
  •  Performs specialized patient care related to the area of specialty (e.g., prepares and assists with minor procedure set up, prepares casts, assists surgical team).
  • Assists patient in dressing or undressing, bathing, and eating.
  •  Reports changes or problems in patient condition to professional nursing staff.
  •  Collects or assists in the collection of specimens for testing and analysis.
  •  Obtains and records vital signs and weight.
  • Performs Accu-Checks.
  •  Prepares supplies and environment prior to and after care.
  • Ensures adequate inventory of equipment and supplies in patient care area.
  •  May assist with admission, transfer, and discharge of patients.
  • Transports patients to units and ancillary departments for testing.
  • Performs related duties as assigned.

Qualifications/Requirements:

Experience: Completion of Good Samaritan Hospital's Care Partner Orientation Program including classroom and clinical components. Ability to communicate with patients, visitors, and staff both orally and in writing.

Education: High School Diploma.

Experience: Previous experience in the delivery of healthcare, preferred.

Licenses / Certifications: None

Other: N/A

Special Requirements: N/A

    About Us:

    Good Samaritan Hospital

    Good Samaritan Hospital in Suffern, NY, is a 286-bed hospital providing emergency, medical, surgical, obstetrical/gynecological and acute-care services to residents of Rockland and southern Orange counties in New York; and northern Bergen County, NJ. The hospital is home to a recognized cardiovascular program, comprehensive cancer-treatment services, the area’s leading Wound and Hyperbaric Institute and outstanding maternal/child services that includes a Children’s Diagnostic Center. Good Samaritan Hospital also provides social, psychiatric and substance-abuse services and its certified home-care agency supports residents of the Hudson Valley and beyond.