Care Partner
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Job Details:The Care Partner assists in implementation of treatment as applicable. Communicates identified deficiencies/problems to appropriate personnel. Promptly notifies nursing personnel of situations. Maintains observation of designated patients.Responsibilities:* Prepares and assists with medical procedures as directed.* Performs specialized patient care related to the area of specialty (e.g., prepares and assists with minor procedure set up, prepares casts, assists surgical team).* Assists patient in dressing or undressing, bathing, and eating.* Reports changes or problems in patient condition to professional nursing staff.* Collects or assists in the collection of specimens for testing and analysis.* Obtains and records vital signs and weight.* Performs accu-checks.* Prepares supplies and environment prior to and after care.* Ensures adequate inventory of equipment and supplies in patient care area.* May assist with admission, transfer and discharge of patients.* Transports patients to units and ancillary departments for testing.* Performs other duties as assigned.QUALIFICATIONS/REQUIREMENTS:Experience: Previous experience in the delivery of healthcare, preferred.Education: High School Diploma required. Completion of Good Samaritan Hospital's Care Partner Orientation Program including classroom and clinical components required.Licenses / Certifications: N/AOther: Ability to communicate with patients, visitors and staff both orally and in writing.About Us:Good Samaritan HospitalGood Samaritan Hospital in Suffern, NY, is a 286-bed hospital providing emergency, medical, surgical, obstetrical/gynecological and acute-care services to residents of Rockland and southern Orange counties in New York; and northern Bergen County, NJ. The hospital is home to a recognized cardiovascular program, comprehensive cancer-treatment services, the area's leading Wound and Hyperbaric Institute and outstanding maternal/child services that includes a Children's Diagnostic Center. Good Samaritan Hospital also provides social, psychiatric and substance-abuse services and its certified home-care agency supports residents of the Hudson Valley and beyond.