Essential Duties and Responsibilities: 

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.  The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive; employees will perform other reasonably related business duties as assigned by the immediate supervisor and/or hospital administration as required. 

• Maintains utmost level of confidentiality at all times. 

• Adheres to hospital policies and procedures. 

• Demonstrates personal actions that are ethical and adhere to corporate compliance and integrity guidelines.   

• Clerical duties:  respond to communication devices such as phone/Vocera/call bells, able to complete basic entries and communication orders into the electronic medical record 

• Room/Patient care equipment management: stocks supply, checks for expiration dates, orders supply, cleans equipment, cleans toys 

• Infectious material exposure: transports blood borne pathogen or other patient specimens, picks up blood from blood bank and delivers to the unit; sprays surgical instruments with enzymatic cleanser and prepares/transports them for processing, packages or moves infectious waste containers for disposal; may provide in rooms support for patients on airborne precautions 

• Patients at risk for self-harm or harm to others:  performs room safety check, performs non-clinical patient assistant role 

• Provide comfort care: direct patient contact/social interactions.