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Are you a dedicated and compassionate healthcare professional seeking a rewarding opportunity to make a difference in patient care during the night? Well this Surgical Support Company is seeking an experienced and caring Onsite Caretaker to join our team: Responsibilities: - Provide attentive and empathetic care to patients at our surgical support facility during the night shift. - Perform wound care, dressing changes, and post-surgical wound assessments with meticulous attention to detail. - Monitor and record patients' vital signs, promptly reporting any significant changes to the medical team. - Administer pain management techniques and medications in accordance with physicians' instructions. - Assist with pre-operative and post-operative preparations and procedures under the guidance of medical professionals. - Collaborate effectively with the medical team to ensure comprehensive and patient-centered care during nighttime hours. - Prepare and serve nutritious meals and snacks, catering to dietary requirements and post-surgical nutritional needs. - Maintain a clean and organized facility, ensuring adequate supplies of medical equipment and meal preparation essentials. - Keep accurate and up-to-date patient records, documenting all care provided during the shift. - Provide emotional support and comfort to patients and their families, fostering a positive and reassuring environment. - Adhere to all safety protocols, infection control measures, and company policies, especially during the night when support resources may be limited.
Worksite: New York County Your Role: Administer, prescribe medications; start intravenous fluids noting time & amounts on patient charts; observe patients, charting and reporting changes in patients’ conditions, such as adverse reactions to medication or treatment and taking any necessary action; answer patients’ calls and determine how to assist them; measure and record patients’ vital signs, such as height, weight, temperature, blood pressures, pulse or respiration; provide basic patient care or treatments, such as taking temperatures or blood pressures, dressing wounds, treating bedsores, giving enemas or douches, rubbing with alcohol, messaging, or performing catheterizations. Requirement: Minimum Education: High School/GED (Graduate of an LPN School accredited by New York State for Licensing) Experience or Training: 12 Months Training in Practical Nursing License or Certificate: New York LPN license Salary: Minimum: $53,872.00 / Year Maximum: $53,872.00 / Year