Summary:

The Care Partner provides direct patient care to a specific group of patients under the direct supervision of a Registered Nurse.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provides direct and indirect patient care under the direction of the Registered Nurse (RN).
• Assists in admission, transfer and discharge of patients.
• Transports patients to units and ancillary departments for testing.
• Promptly notifies licensed nursing personnel of situations which require immediate attention.
• Maintains one-to-one observation of designated patients once PMCS course has been completed.
• Assists with application of restraints.
• Assists with patient, toileting, personal hygiene and assistance with meals.
• Performs 12 lead EKG and connects cardiac bedside monitoring, as directed by RN.
• Obtains and records vital signs.
• Collects, appropriately labels and transports urine/stool specimens to laboratory.
• Delivers accurate report to RN, peers and other health team members.
• Performs regular patient rounds.
• Maintains storage areas in a neat organized fashion and replaces supplies.
• Prepares supplies and environment prior to and after care.
• Provides post-mortem care.
• Performs other duties as assigned.




QUALIFICATIONS / REQUIREMENTS:

Experience:

Previous experience in delivery of health care preferred.

Education:

A high school diploma or equivalent is required.

Licenses / Certifications:

Completion of AHA - BLS Healthcare Provider Course, successful completion of Care Partner Orientation program including classroom and clinical components. Completion of PMCS course.

Other:

The individual performing this job may reasonably anticipate coming into contact with human blood and other potentially infectious materials.

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About WMC Health

WMCHealth is a 1,900-bed healthcare system headquartered in Valhalla, New York, with ten hospitals on eight campuses spanning 6,200 square miles of the Hudson Valley. WMCHealth employs more than 12,000 people and has nearly 3,000 attending physicians. From Level 1, Level 2 and Pediatric Trauma Centers, the region’s only acute care children’s hospital, an academic medical center, several community hospitals, dozens of specialized institutes and centers, a state of the art Telemedicine program, skilled nursing, assisted living facilities, homecare services and one of the largest mental health systems in New York State, today WMCHealth is the pre-eminent provider of integrated healthcare in the Hudson Valley.

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