The Patient Safety Companion will remain with a patient for a designated timeframe to maintain the patient’s safety (i.e. prevention of falls, wandering or disruptions of patient care).
Responsibilities:
Be a pleasant and supportive companion.
Report any unusual incidents.
Remain with assigned patient at all time.
Act quickly and responsibly in cases of emergency, escalating for the appropriate response.
Assist with ambulation/toileting/transportation.
Performs direct patient care duties as assigned under the direction of licensed nursing personnel.
Perform duties in a manner that is consistent with established policies and procedures.
Provide patient safety
Document in the electronic medical record.
Participates in ongoing educational activities.
Other duties as assigned.
Experience
Minimum Required
1 year work experience
Preferred/Desired
Baptist Memorial Health Care is one of the country’s largest not-for-profit health care systems and the largest provider of Medicaid in the region. Baptist offers a full continuum of care to communities throughout the Mid-South and consistently ranks among the top integrated health care networks in the country. The health care system comprises 24 affiliate hospitals in West Tennessee, Mississippi and East Arkansas; more than 5,400 affiliated physicians; Baptist Medical Group, a multispecialty physician group with more than 900 providers; home, hospice and psychiatric care; minor medical centers and clinics; a network of surgery, rehabilitation and other outpatient centers; and an education system highlighted by Baptist Health Sciences University (formerly Baptist College of Health Sciences). Baptist employs more than 21,000 people, and in fiscal year 2022 contributed more than $455 million in community benefit and uncompensated care to the communities it serves. For more information, please visit www.baptistonline.org or follow us on Facebook or Instagram.
