Patient Care Assistant - Patient Transport

Responsibilities

• Maintain and follow all established departmental policies, procedures, and expectations to ensure safe and consistent transport operations.
• Support established medical therapies during transport—including oxygen, IVs, restraints, catheters, and isolation precautions—and immediately notify nursing staff of any equipment alarms.
• Communicate effectively with patients, families, healthcare team members, and Presbyterian Care Connection (PCC) to support coordinated patient flow.
• Retrieve, store, and transport oxygen cylinders in accordance with hospital policy, ensuring safe handling and availability.
• Transport patients for admissions, discharges, surgical and procedural services, and inter-unit transfers using the appropriate mode of transport (wheelchair, stretcher, bed, bariatric bed).
• Assist with patient transfers within and outside the facility, supporting mobility and ambulation needs as appropriate.
• Use automated bed-tracking systems to document patient movement and collaborate closely with PCC to optimize facility flow.
• Gather, deliver, and manage essential transport-related equipment, including monitors; deliver malfunctioning equipment to Maintenance for repair.
• Provide safety and security monitoring for assigned patients, respond to call lights, and alert nursing staff to changes in patient condition.
• Perform additional support tasks including specimen and equipment delivery, basic clerical duties, participation in educational programs, and adapting to organizational changes while maintaining confidentiality.

Qualifications

• HS/GED
• Less than 1 year experience in hospital setting and patient transport.
• BLS Required
• Receives on-the-job training and competency verification to perform primary functions.