PATIENT TRANSPORTER (FULL AND PART TIME)

Job Summary

Patient Transporter
Facilitating Internal Hospital Patient Moves

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

- Properly and safely transports patients, secures IVs, drainage tubes, etc., and secures patient. - Uses wheelchairs and other approved rolling stock to carry out the essential duties of the position. - Demonstrates competency in transporting all specific age groups. - Ensures the safe, timely and accurate transport of patients to their destination using the proper requested equipment. - Communicates effectively with nursing personnel, clinicians, technicians or reception and dispatch. - Ensures the comfort of the patient by being attentive. Offers blankets, checks modesty and only engages in appropriate conversation involving patients. Never transports patients in severe pain. - Alerts nursing staff immediately to any signs of patient distress or equipment malfunction. - Maintains equipment and reports equipment needing repairs.

Qualifications

- Prior patient transporter, cleaning, and healthcare experience preferred. - Fixed Pay Rate: $15.00 per hour.

Benefits

- Both full-time and part-time positions offer: - Retirement Plan - Associate Shopping Program - Health and Wellness Programs - Discount Marketplace - Identity Theft Protection - Pet Insurance - Voluntary Benefits, including Critical Illness Insurance, Accident Insurance, Hospital Indemnity Insurance, Legal Services, and Choice Auto and Home Program - Full-time positions also offer: - Medical - Dental - Vision - Life Insurance/AD - Disability Insurance - Commuter Benefits - Employee Assistance Program - Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)

About the Role

We're TouchPoint Support Services, and our mission is to serve up hospitality for patients, families, and visitors at Ascension Health hospitals across the U.S. From meals to facilities to patient support, our work creates moments that matter. This takes a big heart, a commitment to do the right thing, and the belief that together we can achieve more than we ever could alone. We empower and uplift each other, grow in our careers, and have fun while supporting the mission to improve the health of the poor and vulnerable.