Patient Transporter

Responsibilities

• Transports patients and materials within the hospital, and to and from outside facilities.
• Transports patients via wheelchair, bed or stretcher to and from clinical and ancillary areas.
• Affords assistance to clinical personnel in transferring patients to or from beds, chairs, wheelchairs, and/or stretchers.
• Serves as a support staff member in department areas as directed by the dispatcher.
• Collects and signs off specimens, cultures, orders, and requisitions, and delivers items to appropriate destinations.
• Delivers audiovisual equipment.
• Maintains established department policies and procedures related to quality assurance, safety, environmental and infection control.
• For example, cleans and stores equipment upon job completion.

Requirements

• Ability to follow written and oral instructions in English.
• Secondary education level or equivalent.
• Effective interpersonal communication skills.
• Physical ability to perform essential duties.
• Knowledge, visual acuity, and skills necessary to provide correct patient identification (check names on patient bracelets, pager and ticket to ride).
• Experience in entry level positions, customer service experience preferred.
• Between 2-4 weeks of on the job training will be provided.

Qualifications

• Works in a healthcare environment such as acute care hospitals, physicians' offices and ancillary healthcare enterprises.
• Works with transport equipment and has direct patient contact; takes standard precautions and proper PPE as directed by Nursing personnel when transporting barrier patients.
• Uniforms provided must be worn.
• Potential hazards are minimized or nullified by adherence to established safety procedures and precautions including use safety equipment and protective clothing.

Pay

$18.00-$25.82 per hour

Schedule

Night shift, 11pm-7:30am rotating weekends and holidays.

Hours

8 hours daily

Driving

No