Patient Companion / Virtual Patient Observation Program, PRN, Nights

Here’s What You Need

• High School Diploma or Equivalent required
• 1 year experience in a patient care setting/role such as a Nurse Aide’s, Patient Care Tech, Monitor Tech, or other nursing support role required 
• Acute Care experience preferred 
• Prior CNA, CMA or other likeminded experience is preferred

Position Responsibilities

The Virtual Care Patient Companion is a member of the health care team working remotely from centralized location under the direct supervision of the Nurse Manager of the Virtual Care Center. The Virtual Care Companion provides continuous technology enabled monitoring and surveillance/observation with intervention steps and escalation paths to support patient safety and prevention of injury. 

In addition to the required qualifications, a successful Virtual Care Patient Companion will

 • Utilizes the technology required for virtual patient observation and interventions for safe patient care.

 • Demonstrates competency in the set-up and ongoing use of virtual patient observation monitoring software, computer hardware, and communication devices.

 • Collaborates with hospital unit nursing staff to set up camera to optimize patient visibility and conduct positive patient identification.

 • Assures alarms are activated with appropriate settings and are sufficiently audible.

 • Maintains continuous visual observation of multiple patients at one time on a monitor; assures a co-worker is monitoring assigned patients during breaks or other temporary situations when unable to maintain continuous observation (e.g., when engaged in two-way video call)

• Depending on status, benefits include 401k, PTO, medical, dental, Paid Parental Leave, flex spending, tuition reimbursement, student Loan forgiveness as well as several other benefits.
• Delivery of high quality of patient care through nursing education, nursing research and innovations in nursing practice.
• Strong Unit Based Council (UBC).
• A supportive, team environment with outstanding opportunities for growth.