About this role
City/State
Virginia Beach, VAWork Shift
First (Days)Overview:
Sentara Health is seeking to hire a qualified individual to join our team as a Patient Monitoring Technician.
This position is on-site in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
Position Status: Full-time, days
Position Location: Sentara Independence - Virginia Beach, VA
Standard Working Hours: 6:45AM - 7:15PM, rotating weekends and holidays
Overview
The on-site Patient Monitoring Technician will primarily function as remote monitoring for patients requiring continuous observation. The Technician’s responsibility is to observe and report high risk behaviors that may interrupt medically necessary therapies as well as patient safety and/or perceived changes in the patient’s condition to appropriate health care team members. Responsible for documenting the observed behaviors and need for redirection. The Technician will function under the direction of the Program Manager and/or Team Coordinator. Focused on promoting positive patient experience by partnering with the patient’s family, and other care providers to provide an excellent patient experience. Will perform under stressful conditions with compassion, respect to ensure patient privacy and dignity as appropriate.
Competencies/Job Duties:
Demonstrates understanding and proficiency with the Remote Patient Monitoring Software System
Maintains visual observation of assigned patients at all times. Immediately summons the nursing staff if the patient requires assistance.
Demonstrates the knowledge and skill necessary to provide appropriate observation of the patient population assigned.
Participates in reports with on-coming and departing staff members. Reviews pertinent information and behaviors.
Provides patients with explanations as necessary but does not counsel or provide opinions or judgment.
Provides on-site staff with information in a timely fashion when the patient appears to pose a threat to themselves or others. Participates in the collaborative identification and reporting of patient safety issues. Assures patient environment is safe. Seeks assistance with the removal of any potential safety hazards from the room and reports findings to the appropriate staff members.
Maintains patient dignity and privacy
Demonstrates safe workplace practices and attitudes, follows safety rules, works to prevent unsafe conditions and behavior, and participates in organizational and department safety programs.
Works collaboratively and professionally with all other healthcare staff and providers, patients, and patient’s family members to ensure an excellent patient experience.
Responsible to document in patient EMR at a regular cadence per department policies/procedures.
Education
High school diploma or equivalent Required
Certification/Licensure
No specific certification or licensure requirements
Experience
1 year of healthcare experience Preferred
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Sentara Independence provides quality outpatient services to the surrounding community. The facility includes an ambulance-accessible emergency room that is supported by board-certified physicians. Sentara Independence houses state-of-the-art medical equipment and highly-skilled physicians and staff. Sentara Independence is now an extension of the quality services at Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital including advanced imaging and physical therapy.
Sentara Health is an equal opportunity employer and prides itself on the diversity and inclusiveness of its close to an almost 30,000-member workforce. Diversity, inclusion, and belonging is a guiding principle of the organization to ensure its workforce reflects the communities it serves.
In support of our mission “to improve health every day,” this is a tobacco-free environment.
For positions that are available as remote work, Sentara Health employs associates in the following states:
Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.
Other facts
About Sentara Health
Sentara Health, an integrated, not-for-profit health care delivery system, celebrates more than 135 years in pursuit of its mission - "we improve health every day." Sentara is one of the largest health systems in the U.S. Mid-Atlantic and Southeast, and among the top 20 largest not-for-profit integrated health systems in the country, with 34,000 employees, 12 hospitals in Virginia and Northeastern North Carolina, including 10 hospitals with the prestigious Magnet®️ recognition, and the Sentara Health Plans division which serves more than 1 million members in Virginia and Florida. Sentara is recognized nationally for clinical quality and safety and is strategically focused on innovation and creating an extraordinary health care experience for our patients and members. Sentara was named a Health Quality Innovator of the Year (2024), was recognized by Forbes as "America’s Best-In-State Employer” (2024), "Best Employer for Veterans" (2022, 2023), and "Best Employer for Women" (2020), and named to IBM Watson Health's "Top 15 Health Systems" (2021, 2018).
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What you'll do
- The Patient Monitoring Technician is responsible for observing and reporting high-risk behaviors of patients requiring continuous observation. They document observed behaviors and collaborate with healthcare team members to ensure patient safety and a positive experience.
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