Safety Partner
Company: Sentara Health
Location: Norfolk
Posted on: March 5, 2025
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Job Description:
City/State
Norfolk, VA
Overview
Work Shift
First (Days) (United States of America)
Sentara is currently hiring a Safety Partner to work at Sentara
Leigh Hospital, located in Norfolk.
Hours/Shift:
FLEXI (as needed) Dayshift from 6am to 6pm
Department/Position Overview:
This position will work in various units at Sentara Leigh Hospital,
including Med Surg, ICU and ED, etc. You are assigned to a unit
each shift. Join us in helping to keep our patients safe!
Requirements:
As aSafety Partner with Sentara, you will assist with keeping
patients and the hospital a safe environment. The primary duties of
this position include sitting with patients at risk of suicide,
falls, wandering, self-harm, or other risk behaviors enabling
patients to maintain function during their hospital stay. You will
find that teamwork is exceptional, with everyone working together
to provide the best care for our patients.
Facility Highlights:
Click here to learn more about Sentara Leigh hospital!
Sentara Benefits:
Sentara employees strive to make our communities healthier places
to live. We're setting the standard for medical excellence within a
vibrant, creative, and highly productive workplace. For more
information about our employee benefits,
Be a part of an excellent healthcare organization that cares about
our People, Quality, Patient Safety, Service, and Integrity. Join a
team that has a mission to improve health every day and a vision to
be the healthcare choice of the communities that we serve!
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Job Summary
Assists with the provision of a safe hospital environment conducive
to individualized patient care for patients at risk of suicide,
falls, wandering, agitation, impulsiveness, self-harm or other risk
behaviors enabling patients to maintain or enhance function during
the hospital stay.
Prior healthcare experience or enrollment in a health sciences
program strongly preferred. Applicants without prior experience or
current health sciences program status must successfully complete a
Sentara Safety Partner Training Course in addition to core
competencies during orientation. BLS required within 90 days of
hire. Core competencies for all safety partners to include
communication, confidentiality, de-escalation, fall prevention,
patient safety, restraints, stroke, and suicide. De-escalation and
physical intervention training within 30 days of hire, except for
those in Behavioral Health within 15 days of hire.
Qualifications:
HS - High School Grad or Equivalent (Required)
Basic Life Support (BLS) - Certification - American Heart
Association (AHA) RQI
Healthcare
Skills
Active Listening, Communication, Critical Thinking, Monitoring,
Service Orientation, Speaking, Writing
Sentara Healthcare prides itself on the diversity and inclusiveness
of its close to an almost 30,000-member workforce. Diversity,
inclusion, and belonging is a guiding principle of the organization
to ensure its workforce reflects the communities it serves.
Per Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA), some
clinical environments require proof of education; these regulations
are posted at ecfr.gov for further information. In an effort to
expedite this verification requirement, we encourage you to upload
your diploma or transcript at time of application.
In support of our mission "to improve health every day," this is a
tobacco-free environment. Associated topics: constable,
environment, environmental, health, risk, safe, safety, usda,
waste, wastewater
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