Patient Companion

                    

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Job Title

Patient Companion

                        

Location

Port St Lucie

                    

Facility

Tradition Hospital

                     

Department

Nursing Administration-Weston Hospital

                      

Job Code

001103

                     

Shift

Day/Evening/Night/Weekend

                       

Schedule

6:00am-6:30pm/6:00pm-6:30am

                       

Job Summary

                         

Job Details

Join Cleveland Clinic Tradition Hospital’s team of caregivers that provide top-quality patient care to the Port St. Lucie area. Opening its doors in 2013 and expanding in 2017, this state-of-the-art acute care facility has 177 patient rooms and offers services in a wide variety of specialties to meet community needs. You will be supported as you follow your dreams and find where you belong, here at Tradition Hospital.   

 
As Patient Companion, you will help facilitate this mission by providing compassionate and top-quality care. In this role, you will assist RNs, physicians, dietitians and other staff in coordinating and fulfilling treatment plans. Cleveland Clinic is dedicated to creating the best possible patient experience, from registration and scheduling to the end of treatment. As a Patient Companion, you will help facilitate this mission by providing compassionate and top-quality care. In this role, you will assist RNs, physicians, dietitians, and other staff in coordinating and fulfilling treatment plans. This position also requires the ability to float to Cleveland Clinic Martin Health – North, South, and Tradition locations as needed to support patient care across the system.

This is a regular PRN position, with caregivers working varying shifts between 6:00 a.m. – 6:30 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. – 6:30 a.m.

A caregiver who excels in this role will:

• Assist with direct and indirect patient care for one to two patients, such as rooming, vital signs, weight and pulse oximetry. If assigned to a closed unit, you will observe three to four patients.  

• Assure patient safety by ensuring that catheters, tubes or other medical equipment have not been removed or disconnected.  

• Accompany and assist patients at all times, including transport, tests, transfers, ambulation.  

• Identify and report changes in patient status to an RN or physician.  

• Complete all documentation and provide hand-off communication to caregivers responsible for the patient.  

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:  

• High School Diploma or GED 

• Heartsaver level of Basic Life Support (BLS) certification through the American Heart Association (AHA) upon or within three months of hire 

• Completion of a hospital-based patient companion training program or equivalent experience OR currently enrolled at an accredited school of Nursing, with completion of a Nursing Fundamentals Course OR have completed hospital-based NA/PC orientation or equivalent 

• Knowledge and understanding of basic patient care activities, such as basic hygiene, skin care and vital signs 

Our caregivers continue to create the best outcomes for our patients across each of our facilities. Click the link and see how we’re dedicated to providing what matters most to you: https://jobs.clevelandclinic.org/benefits-2/

Physical Requirements:

• Requires full body motion to move and lift patients, manual finger dexterity with good eye-hand coordination; involves extensive standing and walking.

• Medium Work - Exerting 20 to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or 10 to 25 pounds of force frequently, and/or greater than negligible up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.

• Physical Demand requirements are in excess of those for Light Work.

Personal Protective Equipment:

• Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required.

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