Patient Support Assistant

4 weeks ago

Pittsburgh, United States UPMC Full time

Are you a current Nursing Student in your Freshman or Sophomore year and interested in a position that provides plenty of opportunity for growth and development? If youre passionate about patient care and looking for a position that offers plenty of room for growth, we invite you to explore this opportunity today UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh is currently seeking Patient Support Assistants.

The Patient Support Assistant provides basic patient care under the direction of a professional nurse. The PSA will maintain a safe, clean, and therapeutic patient care environment for patients and their families.

Responsibilities:

  • Maintain patient confidentiality.

  • Adhere to the organization's Patient Safety Plan, goals, and fulfills Patient Safety objectives.

  • Adhere to the national patient safety goals by planning, directing, and monitoring implementation aspects related to those goals.

  • Adhere to reporting elements and requirements set forth by all regulatory agencies for patient safety.

  • Adhere to the Patient safety educational aspects.

  • Participate as a Patient Care Sitter as needed.

  • Provide a safe, clean and comfortable environment for the patient and the family.

  • Report unsafe conditions to the professional nurse.

  • Provide basic personal hygiene and assistance in activities of daily living such as feeding, dressing, ambulating and elimination.

  • Transfer and transport patients in a safe, timely and courteous manner.

  • Monitor the patient's status as related to physical safety and report observations to the professional nurse.

  • Interact with patients, family members, visitors, other staff members and community representatives in a courteous and respectful manner.

  • Attend to the needs of guests.

  • Required level of education:

  • Current freshman or sophomore student in a Nursing Program.

  • Area of education:

  • Nursing.


Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances:

  • CPR required based on AHA standards that include both a didactic and skills demonstration component within 30 days of hire

  • CPR required within 30 days of hire.

  • Basic Life Support (BLS) OR Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)

  • Act 31 Child Abuse Reporting with renewal

  • Act 33 with renewal

  • Act 34 with renewal

  • Act 73 FBI Clearance with renewal


UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran

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