Patient Transporter - Chula Vista Medical Center - Full-Time - Variable Shift

Patient Transport

AWS Hours Requirement: 8/40 - 8 Hour Shift
Additional Shift Information: Weekend Requirements: Every Other On-Call

• Transport patients using lift equipment and/or mobilization aids.
• Mobilize patients with trained healthcare professionals.
• Ensure safety and effectiveness during patient transports throughout the facility.
• Transport equipment, supplies, specimens, and patients using the transport tracking system.
• Monitor patients and ensure the environmental pathway is safe for travel.

Required Qualifications

• H.S. Diploma or Equivalent
• American Heart Association - AHA Basic Life Support for Healthcare Professional (AHA BLS Healthcare)

Preferred Qualifications

• 1 Year Hospital experience or similar experience

Essential Functions

• Communicate effectively in a demanding environment.
• Practice positive interpersonal skills and maintain a positive attitude towards patients, visitors, physicians, coworkers, supervisor, and all hospital staff.
• Communicate relevant patient information to appropriate staff.
• Recognize and address barriers to transporting and communicating with patients and their plan of care.
• Communicate incomplete transports to appropriate units and staff.
• Communicate with all team members regarding day-to-day operations and obstacles.
• Provide safe and effective patient transports using correct mode of travel.
• Comply with all mobility requirements and ensure equipment is available, stored properly, and cleaned regularly.
• Transfer and transport patients safely, maintaining the integrity of intravenous lines, suction devices, feeding tubes, etc.
• Take action in life-threatening situations and notify the licensed nurse immediately.
• Model and utilize appropriate use of lift and mobilization equipment and/or aids.
• Under the direction of the Registered Nurse, ambulate patients utilizing the appropriate equipment or assist device.
• Ambulate patients from bed to chair, chair to bed, bed to gurney, gurney to bed, bed to bed, etc.
• Identify patients correctly using two patient identifiers.
• Follow patient hand-off protocol during transport.
• Sign patients in and out of the morgue in the log book.

Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities

• Knowledge of proper body mechanics for safe transfer of patient and self.
• Working knowledge of medical terminology.

Company Information

Sharp HealthCare is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, status as a protected veteran, among other things, or status as a qualified individual with disability or any other protected class.