Texas Health Resources
Patient Companion / Virtual Patient Observation Program, PRN, Nights
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Job Description
- Req#: 25006423
- Opportunity to innovate healthcare
- Professional advancement opportunities
- Strong teamwork and collaboration
- High School Diploma or Equivalent required
- 1 year experience in a patient care setting/role such as a Nurse Aide’s, Patient Care Tech, Monitor Tech, or other nursing support role required
- Acute Care experience preferred
- Prior CNA, CMA or other likeminded experience is preferred
- Depending on status, benefits include 401k, PTO, medical, dental, Paid Parental Leave, flex spending, tuition reimbursement, student Loan forgiveness as well as several other benefits.
- Delivery of high quality of patient care through nursing education, nursing research and innovations in nursing practice.
- Strong Unit Based Council (UBC).
- A supportive, team environment with outstanding opportunities for growth.
About the company
Texas Health Resources is one of the largest faith-based, nonprofit health systems in the United States and the largest in North Texas in terms of inpatients and outpatients served.
Patient Companion / Virtual Patient Observation Program PRN Nights
Bring your passion to Texas Health so we are Better + Together
Work location: This role is on site at Texas Health Dallas – 8200 Walnut Hill Lane, Dallas, Texas 75231
Work hours: PRN "as needed" Night shift 7pm-7am
Department Highlights
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Position Responsibilities
The Virtual Care Patient Companion is a member of the health care team working remotely from centralized location under the direct supervision of the Nurse Manager of the Virtual Care Center. The Virtual Care Companion provides continuous technology enabled monitoring and surveillance/observation with intervention steps and escalation paths to support patient safety and prevention of injury.
In addition to the required qualifications, a successful Virtual Care Patient Companion will
• Utilizes the technology required for virtual patient observation and interventions for safe patient care.
• Demonstrates competency in the set-up and ongoing use of virtual patient observation monitoring software, computer hardware, and communication devices.
• Collaborates with hospital unit nursing staff to set up camera to optimize patient visibility and conduct positive patient identification.
• Assures alarms are activated with appropriate settings and are sufficiently audible.
• Maintains continuous visual observation of multiple patients at one time on a monitor; assures a co-worker is monitoring assigned patients during breaks or other temporary situations when unable to maintain continuous observation (e.g., when engaged in two-way video call)
Additional perks of being a Texas Health employee.Learn more about our culture, benefits, and recent awards.If you’re ready to join us in our mission to improve the health of our community, then let’s show the world how we’re even better together!Do you still have questions or concerns? Feel free to email your questions to recruitment@texashealth.org#LI-RT1Notice
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