PACU TRANSPORT ASSISTANT

Responsibilities

• Provides for patient safety, comfort, and privacy.
• Assists in the transportation of patients to and from the PACU.
• Identifies patient properly by armband and verbal confirmation.
• Identifies self to patient and/or family.
• Is polite and informs family of location of appropriate waiting area when applicable.
• Uses good body mechanics to transfer the patient safely, maintaining body alignment with undue exposure, and seeks help if necessary.
• Raises the side rails.
• Reports significant observations of patient to appropriate personnel.
• Provides safe transportation of patients to pre-anesthesia holding area & to designated departments/units post-operatively.
• Checks on patient comfort and provides reassurance to patient within level of responsibility.
• (Gives patient the call light, checks with patient regarding need for bedpans, urinals, blankets, etc., before leaving them in holding area.)
• Assists with ambulation and toileting of patient as appropriate.
• Assists nursing staff with turning of patient and linen changes as needed.
• Aids in the orientation of new employees as necessary.
• Understands hospital disaster plans.
• Assumes other responsibilities as assigned.
• Willingly assists co-workers, as needed.

Qualifications

• Current CPR certification must be accomplished within 30 days of employment.
• Knowledge and clinical skills to perform basic techniques acquired through training or experience.
• Successfully completed Transport Training.
• Ability to follow written and verbal directions.