Patient & Equipment Transporter, Per Diem

Major Responsibilities

• Escorts ambulatory patients.
• Transports patient by wheelchair, stretcher or bed.
• Prior to transport, verifies identification of all patients assigned by checking 2 identifiers and signing off on Safe Patient Transport Forms; notifies clinician if discrepancy on forms.
• To ensure patient comfort and safety during transport process, monitors and responds to basic patient needs before, during and after transport.
• Provides appropriate handoff communication when patient is delivered to receiving unit.
• Affords assistance to nursing staff and/or lift tech in moving and positioning of patients using various lift devices in preparation of patient for transport and returning patient to bed.
• Includes lateral transfer of patients on precaution status that requires Patient Transporter to use personal protection equipment and to follow infection control process per precaution isolation-type.
• Delivers stretchers, beds, cribs and wheelchairs as needed.
• Affords assistance in deep-cleaning of all transport equipment on a biannual basis.
• Sanitizes transport vehicles and ancillary equipment between patient use.
• Transports patient specimens to and from the Lab, Pathology, and blood products to/from the Blood Bank in accordance with established infection control guidelines.
• Transports contaminated equipment to Sterile Processing within same infection control guidelines.
• Delivers other materials such as medical records, pharmaceuticals, X-ray films, sterile items, and miscellaneous reports and items as required.
• Checks E-cylinders (portable O2 tanks) for content; distributes/exchanges E-cylinders throughout the hospital.
• Interacts with a web-based dispatch system TDSS via alpha paging for job assignment; maintains individual Transporter Trip Log and other statistical records as required.
• May participate in Emergency Department triage transport assignment during disaster situations including CODE HELP, assist in transport of trauma patients and transport of deceased victims to the morgue.
• Guides and assists patients through decontamination unit.
• May assume the role of a dispatcher if trained and as directed.

Position Qualifications

• Licenses/Certifications/Educations Required: High school diploma or equivalent.
• Experience/Skills Required: Ability to read, write, speak and understand English. Good inter-personal skills and a customer service orientation to maintain a collaborative, patient focused effort between Patient Transportation and other hospital departments.
• Preferred: Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification within 6 months of hire. Six months’ experience in a hospital environment.

Physical Demands And Environmental Conditions

• Work is considered sedentary. Position requires work indoors in a normal office environment.

Benefits

Everyone Is a Caregiver At UMass Memorial Health, everyone is a caregiver – regardless of their title or responsibilities. Exceptional patient care, academic excellence and leading-edge research make UMass Memorial the premier health system of Central Massachusetts, and a place where we can help you build the career you deserve. We are more than 20,000 employees, working together as one health system in a relentless pursuit of healing for our patients, community and each other. And everyone, in their own unique way, plays an important part, every day.

Qualifications

All responsibilities are essential job functions. License/Certification/Education Required: High school diploma or equivalent. Experience/Skills Required: Ability to read, write, speak and understand English. Good inter-personal skills and a customer service orientation to maintain a collaborative, patient focused effort between Patient Transportation and other hospital departments. Preferred: Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification within 6 months of hire. Six months’ experience in a hospital environment.

Physical Demands And Environmental Conditions

Work is considered sedentary. Position requires work indoors in a normal office environment.

Pay

Hiring Range $15.00 - $22.22 Please note that the final offer may vary within this range based on a candidate’s experience, skills, qualifications, and internal equity considerations.

Schedule

Scheduled Hours Varies Shift 4 - Mixed Shift, 8 Hours (United States of America) Hours 0