Job Description

Are you an internal caregiver, student, or contingent worker/agency worker at UMass Memorial Health? CLICK HERE to apply through your Workday account.

Exemption Status:

Non-Exempt

Schedule Details:

Sunday through Saturday

Scheduled Hours:

11:00pm - 7:00am

Shift:

3 - Night Shift, 8 Hours (United States of America)

Hours:

24

Cost Center:

26000 - 2340 Emergency Room

This position may have a signing bonus available a member of the Recruitment Team will confirm eligibility during the interview process.

Everyone Is a Caregiver

At UMass Memorial Health, everyone is a caregiver - regardless of their title or responsibilities. Exceptional patient care, academic excellence and leading-edge research make UMass Memorial the premier health system of Central Massachusetts, and a place where we can help you build the career you deserve. We are more than 20,000 employees, working together as one health system in a relentless pursuit of healing for our patients, community and each other. And everyone, in their own unique way, plays an important part, every day.

Reporting to the Director of Emergency Services, the Patient Safety Assistant (PSA) supports the nursing staff in the care of behavioral health patients, focusing on maintaining the safety of patients and staff. As a member of the healthcare team, PSAs perform a variety of non-clinical duties to ensure that patients and visitors are provided with services that reflect the hospital's commitment to a safe, secure, and customer-focused environment. Responsibilities include empathic interactions with patients, occasional de-escalation of physically aggressive patients, and ongoing collaboration with security, nursing, and medical staff.

I. Major Responsibilities:

1. Ensures patient safety and prevents patients from inflicting harm to self or others. Provides this service in a nonjudgmental, non-discriminatory manner that is sensitive to and demonstrates respect for diversity.

2. Performs duties to ensure a safe environment for personal and patient safety.

3. Communicates with the emergency department team members and documents all patient concerns, changes in condition and duties performed.

4. Provides and/or assists patient in the performance of activities of daily living.

5. Provides therapeutic environment for behavioral health patients.

II. Position Qualifications:
License/Certification/Education
Required:
1. High School Graduate or G.E.D.
Preferred:
1. Bachelors in Human Services or equivalent experience preferred.

Experience/Skills

Experience/Skills
Required:
1. CPR AED certification required within 30 days of hire.
Preferred:

1. 1-2 yrs previous experience with behavioral/ mental health patients

Unless certification, licensure or registration is required, an equivalent combination of education and experience which provides proficiency in the areas of responsibility listed in this description may be substituted for the above requirements.

Department-specific competencies and their measurements will be developed and maintained in the individual departments. The competencies will be maintained and attached to the departmental job description. Responsible managers will review competencies with position incumbents.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

We're striving to make respect a part of everything we do at UMass Memorial Health - for our patients, our community and each other. Our six Standards of Respect are: Acknowledge, Listen, Communicate, Be Responsive, Be a Team Player and Be Kind. If you share these Standards of Respect, we hope you will join our team and help us make respect our standard for everyone, every day.

As an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer, UMass Memorial Health recognizes the power of a diverse community and encourages applications from individuals with varied experiences, perspectives and backgrounds. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, gender identity and expression, protected veteran status or other status protected by law.

If you are unable to submit an application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability, please contact us at talentacquisition@umassmemorial.org. We will make every effort to respond to your request for disability assistance as soon as possible.

Job Tags

Immediate start, Relocation package, Shift work, Night shift,

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