Patient Transport Worker - Evanston Hospital - Endeavor Health

Job Responsibilities

• Maintains a friendly, efficient, positive customer service attitude toward customers, clients and co-workers.
• Responsive to customer needs
• Safely transports patients and their belongings, medical records, specimens and equipment to various areas of the institution to facilitate patient care.
• Safely moves patients with traction, IVs, drainage apparatus, oxygen and other medically related encumbrances excluding transfusing of blood.
• Effectively uses electronic devices or computers on all calls and requests.
• Notify dispatcher of the status of assigned duties and proceeds as instructed.
• Follows established department procedures to accurately verify and transport the proper patient by visually checking two patient identifiers.
• Transports patients upon admissions and discharge and assists patients into and out of vehicles at entrances (within limits as described by department safety standards).
• Adheres to the established policies addressing confidentiality of patient information.
• Transports decedent bodies to the morgue in a timely manner and ensures that proper documentation is completed.
• Adheres to all established systems and training programs to provide a safe working environment.
• Follows OSHA regulations and other local, state, and federal regulations.
• Maintains compliance with Aramark's standards of operation.
• Maintains all records and reports to ensure compliance, with all local, state and federal regulations and codes.

Qualifications

• Position prefers a high school diploma or GED
• Able to communicate fluently in the English language
• Able to stay calm in less than calm circumstances
• Able to work well under time constraints
• Able to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed, but uninvolved written or oral instructions
• Must be flexible and responsive to change
• This role may have physical demands including but not limited to lifting, bending, pushing, pulling and/or extended standing or walking
• This role may also require uniforms and/or usage of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

Benefits

• Aramark offers comprehensive benefit programs and services for eligible employees including medical, dental, vision, and work/life resources.
• Additional benefits may include retirement savings plans like 401(k) and paid days off such as parental leave and disability coverage.
• Benefits vary by location and are subject to any legal requirements or limitations, employee eligibility status, and where the employee lives and/or works.
• For more information about Aramark benefits, click here Aramark Careers - Benefits & Compensation.

Pay & Schedule

• The hourly rate or salary range for this position is $17.50 to $17.50.
• If both numbers are the same, that is the amount that Aramark expects to offer.
• This is Aramark's good faith and reasonable estimate of the compensation for this position as of the time of posting.