Patient Safety Assistant, Emergency Department, 32 hours, Nights
Patient Safety Assistant, Emergency Department, 32 hours, Nights
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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-ExemptSchedule Details:
Holidays - Every Other Holiday Monday through Friday Weekends - Every Other WeekendScheduled Hours:
11p-7aShift:
3 - Night Shift 8 Hours (United States of America)Hours:
32Cost Center:
26000 - 2340 Emergency RoomThis 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 20000 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 hospitals 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:
Environmental Cleaning and Maintenance
1. Loads service cart with appropriate materials and supplies for assigned area.
2. Operates and cleans various types of cleaning equipment (mechanical and electrical).
3. Cleans operating suites using germicidal cleaning solutions and arranges furniture and equipment.
4. Cleans patient rooms observing isolation techniques and ensuring a safe clean environment.
5. Cleans assigned areas including walls doors ceilings fixtures and
II. Position Qualifications:
License/Certification/Education
Required:
1. None specified
Preferred:
1. High School Graduate or G.E.D.
Experience/Skills
Required:
1. None specified
Preferred:
1. Previous cleaning experience in a healthcare environment
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.
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.
Were 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 We will make every effort to respond to your request for disability assistance as soon as possible.
Employment Type
Full-Time
