What are the responsibilities and job description for the CARE PARTNER position at WMC Health?
Job Details :
The Care Partner assists in implementation of treatment as applicable. Communicates identified deficiencies / problems to appropriate personnel. Promptly notifies nursing personnel of situations. Maintains observation of designated patients.
Responsibilities :
- Prepares and assists with medical procedures as directed.
- Performs specialized patient care related to the area of specialty (e.g., prepares and assists with minor procedure set up, prepares casts, assists surgical team).
- Assists patient in dressing or undressing, bathing, and eating.
- Reports changes or problems in patient condition to professional nursing staff.
- Collects or assists in the collection of specimens for testing and analysis.
- Obtains and records vital signs and weight.
- Performs accu-checks.
- Prepares supplies and environment prior to and after care.
- Ensures adequate inventory of equipment and supplies in patient care area.
- May assist with admission, transfer and discharge of patients.
- Transports patients to units and ancillary departments for testing.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
QUALIFICATIONS / REQUIREMENTS :
Experience : Previous experience in the delivery of healthcare preferred.
Education : High School Diploma required. Completion of Good Samaritan Hospital's Care Partner Orientation Program including classroom and clinical components.
Licenses / Certifications : BLS is required within 90 days of employment.
Other : Ability to communicate with patients, visitors and staff both orally and in writing.
Special Requirements : N / A
About Us :
Good Samaritan Hospital
Good Samaritan Hospital in Suffern, NY, is a 286-bed hospital providing emergency, medical, surgical, obstetrical / gynecological and acute-care services to residents of Rockland and southern Orange counties in New York; and northern Bergen County, NJ. The hospital is home to a recognized cardiovascular program, comprehensive cancer-treatment services, the area's leading Wound and Hyperbaric Institute and outstanding maternal / child services that includes a Children's Diagnostic Center. Good Samaritan Hospital also provides social, psychiatric and substance-abuse services and its certified home-care agency supports residents of the Hudson Valley and beyond.
