Safety Sitter Emergency Room

You have a purpose, unique talents and now is the time to embrace it, live it and put it to work. We value incredible people with incredible skills – but your commitment to a greater cause is something we value even more. This is the heartbeat of our organization and your time will be spent in a supportive, team environment with resources to help you flourish and leaders who care about your success.

Performs direct observation of the patient to maintain safety. Utilizes specialized training, de-escalation techniques and other interventions as applicable to create a therapeutic and calming environment for patients. Communicates patient mental and/or physical status changes to the primary Registered Nurse and/or Nurse Leader. Assumes personal accountability for organizational mission and core values.

In addition to bringing your whole self to the workplace each day, qualified candidates will need the following:

• High School Diploma or GED Required
• BLS through the American Heart Association Required
• De-escalation Training preferred
• Six Months previous CNA or EMT experience preferred
• Ability to learn new tasks, follow written and verbal instructions, make judgments, work well with a variety of people   
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills; well organized and able to multi-task
• Vision sufficient to read medical records, instruments, documentation, and visual changes in client condition.
• Hearing sufficient to interact with client who may be unable to speak at normal voice level. 
• Sufficient mobility and dexterity to assist patients with call lights, side rails and to react appropriately to confused or agitated patients until assistance arrives.

Medium Work - exert/lift up to 50 lbs. force occasionally, and/or up to 20 lbs. frequently, and/or up to 10lbs. constantly

We believe in the healing power of humanity and serving the common good through our dedicated work and shared mission to celebrate humankindness. 

The Emergency Department at Holy Cross Hospital – Jordan Valley has 28 beds and sees approximately 60-80 patients per day. We are a Level III trauma, stroke, and STEMI receiving center and we have the capability to perform thrombectomies in collaboration with our Cath lab. We care for patients of all ages, infant to elderly and with all types of injuries and complaints. Our mission is to provide excellent and compassionate emergency care to those in our community that trust us to care for them. We want our patients and their family members to know when they enter our ED, they will be treated with respect, dignity and receive phenomenal care.