Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Baptist Memorial Health Care is seeking a Technician for Video Monitoring to provide virtual observation of selected patients to ensure their safety. The role involves monitoring patient behaviors, documenting observations, and communicating with nursing staff to address safety concerns.
Responsibilities
• Remotely and continually observes multiple patients for the purpose of identifying behaviors which are potentially hazardous to patient or others
• Identifies safety concerns, documents safety-related observations and communicates patient’s needs and concerns to nursing unit staff
• Recognizes and verbally intervenes / interacts with patient in a professional and compassionate manner to redirect behavior that leads to potential or actual threat to patient’s safety. Immediately alerts nursing staff when physical intervention is required
• Accurately documents observations, interventions, and events in tele-sitting software according to defined procedures
• Participates in ongoing educational activities
• Completes assigned goals
Skills
• 1 year experience in a healthcare role requiring direct, Professional, and compassionate communication with patients and families. (Nursing home, skilled nursing facility, hospital, home care, phlebotomy, transporter)
• High-school diploma or GED
• Skill in communicating clearly and effectively using standard English in written, oral, and verbal format
• Skill to record information accurately and as necessary to perform job duties
• Ability to sit for long periods, focus, multi-task and observe multiple patients at one time
• Computer literacy, critical thinking skills, assertive, organized, professional
• Clear speaking voice over microphone
• Approved nursing, medical assistant or other allied health course is preferred but not required
• Bilingual / multilingual desired but not required
• Knowledge of medical terminology desired but not required
Company Overview
• Baptist Memorial Health Care is a non profit company that provides skilled nursing, rehabilitation, cardiac, and clinical services. It was founded in 1912, and is headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee, USA, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is http://www.baptistonline.org/.