Patient Transporter - Sharp Metro - Part-Time (0.8) - Day Shift (0700)

Schedule

Shift: 7:00 AM – 3:30 PM (8‑hour shift). Weekend requirement: every other weekend. On‑call: not required.

Pay

Hourly pay range: $25.000 – $27.640 – $30.490 (minimum – midpoint – maximum).

Responsibilities

• Assist with mobilizing patients using lift equipment and/or mobilization aids and other trained health‑care professionals to provide safe and effective patient transports throughout the facility.
• Transport equipment, supplies, specimens, and patients using the transport tracking system; ensure patients are monitored and the environmental pathway is safe for travel.
• Practice effective communication in a demanding environment; demonstrate positive interpersonal skills and attitude toward patients, visitors, physicians, coworkers, supervisors, and all hospital staff.
• Communicate relevant patient information to appropriate staff and recognize barriers to transporting and communicating with patients and their plan of care, seeking resources or options.
• Communicate incomplete transports to appropriate units and staff; communicate with all team members regarding day‑to‑day operations, barriers, and obstacles for transporting.
• Provide safe and effective transports using the correct mode of travel; comply with all mobility requirements; ensure equipment is available, stored properly, and cleaned regularly.
• Transfer and transport patients with assistance, using complex clinical support equipment safely while maintaining the integrity of intravenous lines, suction devices, feeding tubes, etc.
• Take action in life‑threatening situations and immediately notify the licensed nurse.
• Role model and utilize appropriate lift and mobilization equipment and/or aids; under RN direction, ambulate patients using appropriate equipment or assistive devices.
• Assist with lateral and supine patient transfers (bed‑to‑chair, chair‑to‑bed, bed‑to‑gurney, gurney‑to‑bed, bed‑to‑bed, etc.).
• Correctly utilize the transport tracking system: track and progress jobs, accept jobs (limited rejections), handle delays and cancellations, use mini‑tasks and task assistance when available.
• Identify patients using two patient identifiers.
• Transport patients using the required patient hand‑off protocol.
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