Patient Care Sitter Float Pool

Overview

About Trinity Health Oakland Hospital. Trinity Oakland Hospital is a 497-bed community teaching hospital, level II trauma center and longtime leader in health care in Oakland County. We provide comprehensive care including cardiovascular, stroke, orthopedics, obstetrics, gynecology and cancer care. The hospital has been a leading provider of the most advanced medical care for more than 90 years. As part of Trinity Health we have received numerous local and national awards in recognition of our leadership, quality outcomes and clinical excellence.

Employment Type:

Part time

Shift: Rotating Shift

About Trinity Health Oakland Hospital. Trinity Oakland Hospital is a 497-bed community teaching hospital, level II trauma center and longtime leader in health care in Oakland County. We provide comprehensive care including cardiovascular, stroke, orthopedics, obstetrics, gynecology and cancer care. The hospital has been a leading provider of the most advanced medical care for more than 90 years. As part of Trinity Health we have received numerous local and national awards in recognition of our leadership, quality outcomes and clinical excellence.

Benefits Available To You As a Colleague Of Trinity

• Competitive compensation
• Full benefits package including Medical, Dental, Vision, PTO, and more! Effective Day 1 of Employment - No Waiting Period!
• Retirement savings plan with employer match and contributions
• Trinity Health Tuition Reimbursement

Free parking in proximity to your workplace

Functions as a member of the health care team under the direction of the RN. Utilizing a Patient Focused Care approach, provides sitting services to a specific group of patients within the St. Joseph Mercy Oakland System. Actively supports and participates in the activities of the unit based Shared Governance Council. Promotes organizational commitment to customer service.

• Performs activities of daily living (ADLs) appropriate to the patient's condition, according to unit routine under direction of the RN. This includes physical care such as bathing, turning, ambulating patients and toileting.
• Provides basic nutritional support to patients such as tray passing, tray setup, assistance with feeding, and communication of intake to RN.
• Demonstrates principles of Relationship-based Care to cultivate and maintain therapeutic relationship as a means to optimal healing and collegial functioning as an interdisciplinary care team member.
• Provides observation following the guidelines described during department-specific orientation. Ensures active participation in a distraction-free environment.
• Reports patient care incidents and changes in the patient s condition to the RN in a timely fashion.
• Creates a neat and clean environment for optimal patient care experience.
• To ensure a safe patient care experience, remains with the patient until hand-off occurs. Seeks and incorporates feedback concerning improvement in one s own practice, including participation in self-appraisal.
• Provides patient care that reflects respect for patient s rights, dignity, values, culture preferences, and expressed needs, with attention to providing comfort, relieving pain, and alleviating anxiety.
• Takes personal accountability to seek out experiences in order to maintain skills and competence.
• Integrates principles of the Personal.
  
  Connected.
  
  Journey and demonstrates Trinity Health Guiding Behaviors to provide excellent care of self, patients, and care team members.
• Performs other duties as assigned and needed. Additional duties may include non-clinical duties consistent with meeting the needs of the patient and care team.
• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform the essential functions satisfactorily with or without reasonable accommodation.
• Disclaimer:
  The above statements describe the general nature and level of work. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of individuals in the job.
• Demonstrates and actively promotes an understanding and commitment to the mission of St. Joseph Mercy Oakland through performing…