Patient Transporter

Maintaining Clear Hallways

Moves unused equipment to designated storage areas.

Communicating Effectively

Communicates with patients, families, and healthcare staff.

Handling Medical Equipment and Supplies

Ensures proper handling and delivery of medical equipment and supplies.

Ongoing Training and Development

• Participates in ongoing training and development to enhance skills and knowledge.

Safe Patient Transfers

• Affords assistance in the safe transfers of patients from bed to stretcher or wheelchair.
• Facilitates the safe, efficient, and expedited movement of patients using stretchers, wheelchairs, beds, and cribs.

Transporting Patient-Related Items

• Accurately records transport details and reports necessary information using the Transportation system.
• Transports patient-related items such as belongings, paperwork, labs, and equipment efficiently.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• People Skills: Understands customers' needs and responds proactively, courteously, professionally, and efficiently.
• Communication Skills: Communicates in English with good diction, responds to customers' needs pleasantly and courteously, and is appropriate to infants, children, adolescents, adults, and geriatric patients.
• Technical Skills: Operates stretchers, beds, and wheelchairs; proficient in the English language and able to read, write, and follow oral instructions.
• Service/Quality Focused: Focuses on meeting a wide range of needs.
• Physical Abilities: Frequent to prolonged walking, standing, pushing, pulling, and transferring patients; must be able to use a computer for patient information and basic department clerical functions; excellent customer service skills; ability to quickly learn and use software packages and equipment relevant to the department; ability to quickly learn and follow departmental policies and procedures; ability to work collaboratively with peers, coworkers, clinicians, and other departments in meeting patient care standards; ability to communicate effectively with all staff, patients, and physicians to ensure quality service and avoid delays in patient care; ability to proficiently perform all care activities safely and in accordance with standards of care; ability to follow patient identification/verification process prior to transporting all patients.

Education and Experience

• High School Grad or Equiv: Preferred
• Field of Study: N/A
• Work Experience: 1+ year public contact in a medical setting; Preferred

Licenses and Certifications

• Basic Life Support - CPR Cert (BLS): Required
• Driver's License (DL): Preferred

Physical Requirements

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Pay Range

$16.73 - $25.10