Patient and Equipment Transporter - Full Time - 2nd Shift

About the role

This position involves patient transport duties at Aurora Medical Center. The role includes lifting and transporting patients, ensuring their comfort, and maintaining confidentiality.

Responsibilities

• Lifts and transports patients to and from wheelchairs, stretchers or beds, positioning and securing them using proper body mechanics.
• Ensures patient comfort by offering blankets and attending to their needs.
• Follows all posted precaution signs and transports patients to their destinations.
• Contacts clinical staff about changes in patient conditions or issues with patient equipment.
• Verifies and documents correct patient identification by comparing information from the ticket to ride to the patient's wristband.
• Tracks assignments using electronic software, documenting delays, cancellations, or completions.
• Collects and returns equipment to proper holding areas, disinfecting and inspecting transport equipment before and after use.
• Maintains appropriate confidentiality of patient information.
• May collect patient equipment from soiled utility rooms and deliver patient medication, excluding controlled substances.

Requirements

• Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providers certification from the American Heart Association within 6 months of employment, unless department leader determines otherwise.
• No formal education required.
• No prior experience required.

Qualifications

• Excellent communication skills.
• Demonstrated experience in customer service.
• Satisfactory completion of safe patient handling for transporters within one month of starting the job.
• Ability to assess equipment status and determine optimal routes within the hospital.

Skills & Abilities

• Excellent communication skills.
• Customer service experience.
• Safe patient handling certification.
• Equipment assessment and route determination ability.

Benefits

The position offers a comprehensive suite of benefits including:

• Paid time off programs.
• Health and welfare benefits such as medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance.
• Flexible spending accounts for health care and dependent care expenses.
• Family benefits like adoption assistance and paid parental leave.
• Defined contribution retirement plans with employer matching.
• Opportunities for annual increases based on performance.

Pay

$18.85 - $28.30 per hour, depending on experience and qualifications.

Schedule

3:00pm-11:30pm, every other weekend, and 2 holidays per year.