Patient Safety Care Assistant TEMPORARY-Full-Time, Day Shift

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TEMPORARY-Full-Time, Day Shift Job Summary: The Patient Safety Care Assistant works in a dual role under the supervision of a Registered Nurse (RN) to provide direct and indirect age-specific and developmentally appropriate patient care and proactively prevent patients from harming themselves or others by providing continuous remote monitoring and surveillance of multiple patients simultaneously through computerized technology. Understands and operates the approved components of the AvaSys TeleSitter Solution software and hardware system for patients that have been assessed and approved for video monitoring and surveillance in accordance with established policies and procedures. Ensures patients, visitors and staff are aware when video monitoring and surveillance is in progress and appropriate signage is placed. Interacts with the patient in real time using 2-way communication capabilities. Verbally redirects the patient when the patient displays at-risk behaviors or overt actions that may adversely impact the patient or interfere with workplace safety, e.g., getting out of bed without assistance, pulling at IV tubing, catheters, dressings, lighting a cigarette in bed, exhibiting a...