What are the responsibilities and job description for the Patient Safety Monitoring Specialist - Weekend Night position at Geisinger?
Monitors and ensures that patients are in their rooms on time and remain on their designated floor during overnight hours.
- Conducts room check at to ensure all patients are in their rooms.
- Responds appropriately to emergency situations.
- Utilizes daily log to communicate with other shifts and report events.
- Additionally, for any events that occur, leaves voice mail for key staff.
- To perform the above responsibilities, requires the Specialist to be awake during the entire shift, and to have current certification in both CPR and basic First Aid.
- Attends staff meetings, in-service trainings and supervision.
Work is typically performed in a clinical environment. Accountable for satisfying all job specific obligations and complying with all organization policies and procedures. The specific statements in this profile are not intended to be all-inclusive. They represent typical elements considered necessary to successfully perform the job. Additional competencies and skills outlined in any department-specific orientation will be considered essential to the performance of the job related to that position.
