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Non-ExemptSchedule Details:
Holidays - Every Other Holiday Sunday through Saturday Weekends - Every Other WeekendScheduled Hours:
5p - 1:30aShift:
2 - Evening Shift 8 Hours (United States of America)Hours:
24Cost 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.
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.Major Respons
1. Ensures patient safety and prevents patients from inflicting harm to self or others. Provides this service in a nonjudgmental nondiscriminatory 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
Required:
1. current CPR skills AED Certification.
2. 1-2 yrs previous experience with behavioral/ mental health patients required.
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.
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