Continuous Observer-PerDiem-Days

Qualifications

• Must be at least 18 years old
• Education: N/A
• Experience: N/A
• Certification: Basic Life Support through the American Red Cross or American Heart Association
• License: N/A
• Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
• The ability to follow directions, written and verbal.
• Verbal skills, hearing, sight and manual dexterity required.
• Must be comfortable working with a diverse population and communicate with compassion.
• Preferences
• Education: High School graduate or GED preferred.
• Experience: Previous experience working in a healthcare or customer service setting.
• Certification: N/A
• Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: N/A
• Special Position Requirements
• Exposure Category I: Expected duties have routine potential for exposure to blood, body fluids or tissues.
• Other potential hazard(s): possible exposure to hostile individuals.
• Work Requirements
• Able to communicate appropriately with a diverse population.
• Able to be exposed to patients with infectious diseases.
• Able to stand, walk, stretch, reach, and or bend for 3-5 hours per day.
• Able to assist with the movement of an adult patient weighing up to 300 lbs.
• Able to sit and focus on patient observation for long periods of time, including the entire shift.
• Able to see, hear, and work in a stressful environment.
• ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:
• This job description applies to all KHI facilities and is representative of the essential job duties this position will perform. Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
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• Date Staff Position Description Created / Revised: 10/23/2018; revised: 8/16/2023; 4/15/26