Personal Support Worker
Core
Provide hands-on patient care and support activities of daily living in a busy emergency department and senior emergency medicine center.
Role type
Personal Support Worker (PSW)
Builds
Patient care services for emergency and senior patients
Domain
Healthcare / Emergency Medicine
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
patient lifting and transfer, activities of daily living assistance, basic cardiac life support, patient record documentation, safety reporting
Preferred skills
behavioral management training, acute care experience, rehabilitation experience
Technologies
hospital information systems
Responsibilities
Assist patients with feeding, bathing, toileting, and skin care; perform delegated clinical tasks under RN/RPN supervision; communicate patient status and care plans; maintain safe environment and report hazards; complete patient progress notes.
