We are searching for a Patient Sitter Texas Children's Hospital Float Pool - someone who works well in a fast-paced hospital setting to ensure the safety of patients at risk of harm to self or others, under the direction and supervision of the Registered Nurse (RN). Care will be delivered that incorporates Family Centered Care in a cost-effective manner and is developmental and age appropriate for the patient population.
Will float to EC, Acute Care, and Critical Care.
Think you’ve got what it takes?
Shifts available:
Evening: 3p-11p (Full Time Only)
Minimum Qualifications:
As part of our commitment to maintaining a safe and healthy workplace, all successful candidates will be required to undergo respiratory fit testing in compliance with occupational health and safety standards
Responsibilities :
- Sitters are responsible for remaining with the assigned patient at all times during their assigned shift
- Assists the R.N. to provide an environment conducive to safety for patients, visitors and employees
- Assists in identifying patient response to care provided and reports patient condition to the RN to assure achievement of desired outcomes
- Demonstrates willingness and ability to acquire new knowledge, demonstrate new skills needed to improve individual, team, and organizational performance
- Attends mandatory training and development activities and meets institutional and departmental health and safety requirements by established deadlines
- Remains current in unit/hospital information and job expectations and training
About Us
Texas Children’s Hospital West Campus is Houston’s first community hospital designed, built and equipped exclusively for children in one of the city’s most rapidly growing communities in the area from Sugar Land to Bryan-College Station, Texas. Located at I-10 and Barker Cypress, our 515,007-square-foot hospital houses the only 24/7 pediatric emergency room in the Greater West Houston area, four operating rooms, 16-bed pediatric intensive care unit, 46 acute care beds, advanced imaging services including MRI and CT scans, a neurophysiology sleep lab, a pathology lab and a full-scale pharmacy.
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