Patient Safety Assistant

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CoxHealth is a leading healthcare system serving 25 counties across southwest Missouri and northern Arkansas. The organization includes six hospitals, 5 ERs, and over 80 clinics. CoxHealth has earned the following honors for workplace excellence:

• Named one of Modern Healthcare’s Best Places to work five times.

• Named one of America’s Greatest Workplaces, Greatest Workplaces in Healthcare (2025, 2026), Greatest Workplaces for Women (2023, 2024), and Greatest Workplaces for Diversity (2024) byNewsweek and Plant-A Insights Group. 

• Acknowledged byForbes as one of the Best Employers for New Grads.

• Healthcare Innovation's Top Companies to Work for in Healthcare (2025).

Benefits

• Medical, Vision, Dental, Retirement with Employer Match and more (20+ hrs/week) 

• For a comprehensive list of benefits, please click here: Benefits | CoxHealth

Job Description:

Additional Information About the Position for Qualified Candidates

This position will require every other weekend (Saturday and Sunday) in addition to varied weekday shifts. Recruiter will discuss shift availability upon time of offer. Dependent upon availability, possible shifts could include: 

• 12-hour shifts
• Day or night shift
• Night shift differential: $1.75

Education:
▪ Preferred: High School Diploma or Equivalent
Experience:
▪ Preferred: Previous patient sitter experience
Skills:
▪ Must be 18 years of age or older
▪ Able to communicate and work with a wide variety of staff, patients and families
▪ Basic computer skills
▪ Ability to problem solve
▪ Flexibility and ability to remain alert to safety issues
Licensure/Certification/Registration:
▪ N/A