Nurse Aide (Transport Escort)

About the Organization

Since 1875, South Brooklyn Health has established its reputation for clinical excellence and culturally competent care. It holds designations as a Certified Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) Center, an Advanced Primary Stroke Center, an accredited Baby-Friendly Hospital, and a U.S. News & World Report high-performing hospital. The hospital's staff is as diverse as the patients they serve, with interpreter services available 24/7 in over 130 languages.

At NYC Health + Hospitals, the mission is to deliver high-quality care without exception. Every employee embodies the ICARE values: Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence through empathic communication and partnerships.

Responsibilities

This position is an integral part of the healthcare setting, focusing on patient and messenger escort services. The incumbent will:

• Receive assignments from designated supervisors and transport patients to and from Nursing Services and other areas for specialized treatment and examinations.
• Obtain patient escort assignments from a Dispatcher/Supervisor and report to the Nurse-in-Charge. Introduce yourself to the patient, explain the nature of the trip, and escort them to designated areas until responsibility is transferred.
• Transport patients via wheelchair, stretcher, bed, or stretcher-bed, including those with intravenous apparatus, to various units such as nursing, x-ray, therapies, clinics, diagnostic and therapeutic units, transfers, discharges, religious and recreation centers, and accompany children to school within the healthcare setting.
• Maintain control of patients’ charts and release them only to authorized personnel.
• Record patient transport activities, including pickup time, arrival time at specified areas, and return time to Nursing Service.
• Assist in placing patients in and out of wheelchairs, stretchers, beds, and morgue trays, obtaining assistance when necessary.
• Position patients on tables in areas such as x-ray and physical therapy, and use Hoyer lifters and other patient lifting devices.
• Escort newly-admitted patients to designated areas and assist them with storing luggage, packages, clothing, and other items.
• Transport bodies to the mortuary, assist with mortuary tasks, complete required reports for D.O.A.’s, transport specimens (e.g., fetus, amputated parts) to the morgue, and deliver specimens, charts, and x-rays to specified areas.
• Maintain the ready availability, upkeep, and cleanliness of wheelchairs, stretchers, stretcher beds, and morgue trays. Sterilize incoming patients’ clothing and other items when required.
• Perform additional duties as assigned, such as collecting and delivering requisitions for diagnostic tests and treatments, assisting with transporting equipment and supplies, and other messenger tasks.

Requirements

• Elementary school graduation or equivalent ability to effectively communicate with patients.
• Ability to keep simple clinical records.

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge: Ability to read and comprehend Patient Transport requests from a Rover transmitted by the EPIC (electronic transport system).
• Skill: Clear communication with patients, staff, and visitors.
• Ability: Safely maneuver patients in wheelchairs, stretchers, and beds, and transfer patients between these and exam tables or beds.