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
Posted Date: Oct 29, 2024
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.