Care Partner Trainee - Cardiac & Vascular Stepdown (Nights)

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Organization:

7N Cohort 40

Job Summary:

Assist with the delivery of patient care and maintenance of unit environmental standards under the supervision of a licensed nurse.

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POSITION HOURS

Three (3) 12-hour shifts

6:45 p.m. - 7:15 a.m.

Rotating based on unit need. No specific workdays or days off can be guaranteed.

DEPARTMENT SUMMARY

We care for adult patients 18 and older who are being treated for a variety of conditions, including pre- and post-op vascular surgeries, post-op open heart surgery, arrhythmias, myocardial infarctions, and patients' pre-open heart surgery.  Our patients are unique because we see a variety of cardiac and vascular diagnoses with specialized needs.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Assist with the delivery of patient care and maintenance of unit environmental standards under the supervision of a licensed nurse.

•     Assists with day-to-day delivery of patient care.

•     Facilitates efficient and safe patient care and flow by following work area standards.

•     Serves as a liaison for communication and education of patient and family needs.

•     Supports unit operations and patient flow by maintaining supplies, equipment, and unit environmental standards.               

•     The responsibilities listed are a general overview of the position and additional duties may be assigned.

TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES

• CLINICAL COMPETENCIES (Fundamental Awareness): Demonstrates sufficient fundamental awareness to assist and perform clinical care including but not limited to vital signs, phlebotomy, specimen collection, and point of care testing as directed by unit standards.
• CARE PARTNER PATIENT DOCUMENTATION (Fundamental Awareness): Has limited experience or training working with clinical applications for patient documentation.
• ENVIRONMENT OF CARE (Fundamental Awareness): Has limited experience or training working with set up and maintenance of patient rooms, supplies and equipment.
• PLANNING & ORGANIZING (Fundamental Awareness) Demonstrates ability to understand basic resource needs, identify discrete tasks, define dependencies, schedule activities, meet deadlines, and organize work for own assignments and responsibilities. Understands and identifies with the basic goals and values of the organization.

Core Accountabilities:

* Organizational Impact: Performs clearly defines tasks and methods described in detail to achieve standardized solutions that impact own performance with regular guidance. * Problem Solving/ Complexity of work: Follows a well established process to solve routine problems where solutions are clearly prescribed. * Breadth of Knowledge: Has basic job knowledge of systems and procedures that are common to own job. * Team Interaction: Individually contributes to the team.

Core Capabilities :

Delivering Excellent Services : Serves Others with Compassion: Invests time to understand the problems, needs of others and how to provide excellent service. Solves Complex Problems: Seeks to understand issues, solves routine problems, and raises proper concerns in a timely manner. Offers Meaningful Advice and Support: Listens carefully to understand the issues and provides accurate information and support. Ensuring High Quality : Performs Excellent Work: Checks work quality before delivery and asks relevant questions to meet quality standards. Ensures Continuous Improvement: Shows eagerness to learn new knowledge, technologies, tools or systems and displays willingness to go above and beyond. Fulfills Safety and Regulatory Requirements: Demonstrates basic knowledge of conditions that affect safety and reports unsafe conditions to the appropriate person or department. Managing Resources Effectively: Demonstrates Accountability: Takes responsibility for completing assigned activities and thinks beyond standard approaches to provide high-qu