Patient Transporter

Summary

Transports patients, specimens, and equipment throughout the facility. Responsibilities include transporting patients via wheelchair, stretcher or bed, assisting with transfers, delivering equipment and specimens, and handling deceased bodies.

Responsibilities

• Transports patients via wheelchair, stretcher or bed to designated sites as requested, including patients with oxygen tanks, intravenous pumps, drips, monitors and other equipment.
• Assists patients with entering and exiting vehicles, including transfer from or to wheelchairs or stretchers.
• Delivers equipment and specimens to requesting staff or department.
• Assists staff with removal of deceased bodies from units and transport to morgue.
• Greets and provides information and direction to patients and visitors.

Requirements

• Basic Life Support (BLS) Healthcare Provider or Heartsaver CPR within 90 days of hire.

Benefits

• Recognition Performance bonus: UCHealth offers a 3-Year Incentive Bonus to recognize employee contributions to our success in quality, patient experience, organizational growth, financial goals and tenure.
• Performance-based pay increase: The Annual Merit Pay Increase recognizes work performance that meets or consistently exceeds performance standards documented through UCHealth's established evaluation process and accounts for increased experience, skills and cost of living.
• Market reviews: All UCHealth positions are reviewed annually to ensure UCHealth base pay aligns with market standards. Base pay rates are adjusted as needed to stay market competitive.
• Health and well-being: Medical, dental and vision coverage, discounted gym memberships and fitness resources, free Care.com membership, voluntary benefits such as accident insurance, critical illness insurance, group legal plan, identity theft protection, pet insurance, auto and home insurance, and employee discount programs.
• Retirement and savings: 403(b) plan with employer matching contribution, additional 457(b) plan may be available, flexible spending accounts for health care and dependent day care, health savings account available when enrolled in high-deductible (HD) medical plan.
• Educational and career growth: Access to academic degrees and certificate programs to promote professional and personal growth, up to 100% of tuition, books and fees paid for by UCHealth for specific educational degrees.