Patient Transporter

About the role

Join our team at Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital and experience world-class patient care at its best. Located in sunny Florida’s Treasure Coast, Indian River Hospital is committed to providing optimal family- and community-focused services. Here, you will be part of a collaborative, compassionate, and innovative team of caregivers. You will work with state-of-the-art technology and will build a rewarding career with one of the most respected healthcare organizations in the world.

Responsibilities

• Transport patients to and from clinical, ancillary and support areas using wheelchairs, stretchers or beds, including patients with oxygen tanks, intravenous pumps, drips and special equipment.
• Transfer patients to and from beds, wheelchairs or stretchers.
• Transport patients during discharge to the hospital lobby.
• Ensure proper oxygen levels in tanks before transporting patients.
• Approach and help patients and visitors.
• Verify and confirm standard precautions and correct patient identification by comparing information from the pager and patient wristband to obtain the correct medical chart and verify proper mode of transportation.
• Disinfect and maintain equipment.
• Perform environmental and safety checks, identify malfunctioning equipment, document findings and report malfunctioning equipment.
• Move and deliver equipment and linen carts.
• Complete three months of on-the-job training to learn multiple hospital and clinic locations, special procedures, patient and safety emergency procedures and proper body mechanics to safely move patients.

Requirements

A caregiver in this position works days from 7:00AM – 3:30PM. A caregiver who excels in this role will:

• Transport patients to and from clinical, ancillary and support areas using wheelchairs, stretchers or beds, including patients with oxygen tanks, intravenous pumps, drips and special equipment.
• Transfer patients to and from beds, wheelchairs or stretchers.
• Transport patients during discharge to the hospital lobby.
• Ensure proper oxygen levels in tanks before transporting patients.
• Approach and help patients and visitors.
• Verify and confirm standard precautions and correct patient identification by comparing information from the pager and patient wristband to obtain the correct medical chart and verify proper mode of transportation.
• Disinfect and maintain equipment.
• Perform environmental and safety checks, identify malfunctioning equipment, document findings and report malfunctioning equipment.
• Move and deliver equipment and linen carts.
• Complete three months of on-the-job training to learn multiple hospital and clinic locations, special procedures, patient and safety emergency procedures and proper body mechanics to safely move patients.

Qualifications

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• A High School Diploma or GED.
• Physical Requirements: Requires full range of body motion including handling of patients, manual and finger dexterity and eye/hand coordination.
• Requires normal or corrected vision and hearing to normal range.
• Requires working with some exposure to communicable disease.
• Ability to move/transport up to or more than 100 pounds (lbs.).
• Physical demand requirements are in excess of those for Light Work.

Skills

Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required.

Benefits

Not specified.

Pay

Salaries [which may be] shown on independent job search websites reflect various market averages and do not represent information obtained directly from The Cleveland Clinic. Because we value each individual candidate, we invite and encourage each candidate to discuss salary/hourly specifics during the application and hiring process.

Schedule

Works days from 7:00AM – 3:30PM.