Job Description

It's more than a career, it's a calling.

WI-Monroe Clinic Hospital

Worker Type:

PRN

Job Highlights:

Join a team where your work matters-every moment, every patient, every community. At SSM Health, you'll be empowered to grow, supported to thrive, and inspired to make a lasting impact.

In this role, you will provide hands-on support in a fast-paced patient care environment where every shift has a meaningful impact on the health, comfort, and recovery of those you serve. Your compassion, attention to detail, and ability to work closely with nurses and other healthcare professionals will help ensure patients receive safe, high-quality care. If you enjoy building connections with patients, supporting a collaborative care team, and making a difference every day, this role is perfect for you.

Department: Inpatient Services Unit

Schedule: PRN; scheduled on an as needed basis

Shift: Days

Apply today. SSM Health - We bring out the incredible in you, every day.

Job Summary:

Performs basic patient monitoring activities under the supervision of a Registered Nurse (RN).

Job Responsibilities and Requirements:

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Remains at bedside of assigned patient at all times unless relieved by an appropriate staff member.

• Assists in calming and/or reorienting patient in cases of agitation or confusion.

• Removes visible hazards and/or broken equipment from immediate environment and reports as appropriate.

• Documents observations according to hospital guidelines.

• Meets with the patient's nurse at the beginning of shift to review the patient care plan and activities for the shift to ensure that the expectations, goals and responsibilities are clearly understood in order to achieve patient and staff safety.

• Observes isolation precautions as indicated.

• Observes monitoring equipment and notifies nursing staff of alarms.

• Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.

• Performs other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION

• High School Diploma or GED, or equivalent years of experience

EXPERIENCE

• No experience required

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Constant standing and walking.

• Frequent use of hearing and speech to share information through oral communication.

• Frequent use of hearing to distinguish body sounds and/or hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.

• Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.

• Frequent reaching, gripping, and keyboard use/data entry.

• Frequent use of vision for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.

• Occasional bending, stooping, crawling, kneeling, sitting, squatting and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.

• Occasional use of vision to judge distances and spatial relationships.

• Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.

• Occasional lifting/moving patients.

• Occasional use of smell to detect/recognize odors.

• Occasional driving.

REQUIRED PROFESSIONAL LICENSE AND/OR CERTIFICATIONS

• None

Department:

1001000028 Inpatient Services

Work Shift:

Variable Shift (United States of America)

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

0

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