Patient Safety Screener at HCA Healthcare in Chattanooga, Tennessee

Job Description:

Description

SHIFT: PRN
SCHEDULE: PRN/Per Diem

At HCA Healthcare, we are committed to caring for patients with purpose and integrity. We care like family! Jump-start your career as a Patient Safety Screener today with Parkridge East Hospital.

 

We are committed to providing our employees with the support they need. At Parkridge East Hospital, we offer an array of medical, dental, and vision packages as well as several add-on perks to make your benefits package truly customizable to you and your family needs. Some of our unique benefits we offer include:

• Student Loan Repayment


• Tuition Reimbursement/Assistance Programs


• Paid Personal Leave


• 401k (100% annual match – 3%-9% of pay based on years of service)


• Identity Theft Protection discounts


• Auto, Home, and Life Insurance options


• Adoption Assistance


• Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)

We are seeking a Patient Safety Screener for our facility to ensure that we continue to provide all patients with high quality, efficient care. We are an amazing team that works hard to support each other and we are seeking a phenomenal addition like you who feels patient care is as meaningful as we do.  We want you to apply now!

 

Job Summary:

The Patient Safety Screener (PSS) position offers flexible schedules and shifts to work with your life!  In collaboration with the patient care team, the PSS screens individuals to ensure the patient and staff environment is free of potential exposure to respiratory illnesses and infectious diseases. The PSS provides guidance to patients and visitors on the appropriate pathways, following established protocols.  The PSS may assist with directing patients, traffic, or monitoring in remote locations.  

• You will cross train as a Patient Care Technician and cover additional areas as needed


• You will monitor patients and other individuals entering the facility, driving into the facility parking lot, or using remote parking/waiting areas, and maintain physical presence at assigned entry point.


• You must communicate clearly using compassionate connected care model with all patients, visitors, and the general public.


• Your role ensures a safe patient and staff environment by screening all entrants according to established guidelines. 


• You will utilize approved screening methods as appropriate to the situation, including verbal screening and temperature assessment and report any concerns with screening or entrant condition promptly.


• You will relay appropriate hand-off communication to appropriate nursing personnel or other personnel to ensure continuity of care and safe environment.


• You will create clear, accurate documentation as stated in CDC and facility protocols.

The 128-bed Parkridge East Hospital in East Ridge provides a full range of medical and surgical services, such as orthopedics and robotic surgery. Our 24/7 Emergency Department is recognized by the Society of Chest Pain Centers as an Accredited Chest Pain Center.  The Birth Place at Parkridge East offers a comfortable, private setting in which families welcome new additions. Our 22-bassinet level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) offers comprehensive care for babies born at less than 28 weeks gestation or with critical illnesses.

 

HCA Healthcare has been continually named a World's Most Ethical Company by Ethisphere since 2010. In 2018, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.3 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

 

Be part of an organization that invests in you. We are actively reviewing applications for our Patient Safety Screener opening. Highly qualified candidates will be promptly contacted for interviews. Submit your application and help us raise the bar in patient care! 

 

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED preferred


• BLS Healthcare Provider certification preferred 


• Must be willing to cross train as a Patient Care Technician and Float as needed

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

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