ATTENDANT

Attendant

Overview Attendant, Central Transport Part Time, 32 Hours Per Pay Period, Variable Shifts With more than 30 specialties from Cardiology and Neurosurgery to Orthopedics and Vascular care, Methodist Medical Center was one of the first hospitals in East Tennessee to offer cutting-edge treatments and technologies that benefit people with life-threatening aneurysms, severely damaged knee, hip and shoulder joints, sudden heart failure, and non-healing wounds. + 283 licensed beds + 25 ICU beds + 12 intermediate care beds + 38 emergency suites + 2 cath labs + 8 LDRP suites + Over 250 active and courtesy physicians + Over 800 employees

Job Objectives : Provide ancillary assistance to patient care providers who have the responsibility to deliver patient services in a designated service area.

Responsibilities

• Transports / lifts / moves patients to appropriate areas in a manner conducive to their safety and comfort.
• Adheres to instructions issued by RN / LPN and to established hospital routines.
• Observes and reports to the RN / LPN any physical or psychological change in the patient's condition.
• Helps maintain cleanliness of nursing areas and of the patient's environment.
• Cleans and assembles equipment.
• Obtains / delivers items used for patient care.
• Restocks, organizes and maintains the tank room if responsibility specific to unit(s) worked.
• Reports to RN for further assignments when previously assigned tasks completed.
• When assigned as a sitter :
• Utilize white boards for input and communication to help care for patient(s)
• Know and be familiar with suicide / homicidal precautions
• Familiarize and understand restraints
• Reinforce safety precautions on all patients
• Always communicate any changes in patient's condition to nurse
• Be familiar with falls safety risks
• NON-ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS : Other duties as assigned.

HEALTH / SAFETY / COMPETENCE : Cannot pose a direct threat to health or safety of self or others. Must provide safe, efficient, competent care to customer or patient population assigned. Must demonstrate competency of the unit specific functions described in the performance continuum, skill lists and / or standards.

Qualifications