PD PT transport

About the role

Under general supervision of the Central Transport Manager, transports patients and patient-related materials throughout the hospital campus, primarily in outpatient clinical areas such as the Fain Health Center. All essential functions reflect the age-specific needs of the patients.

Brown University Health employees are expected to role model the organization’s values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence, and to demonstrate the core Success Factors: Instill Trust, Value Differences, Patient and Community Focus, and Collaborate.

Responsibilities

• Transports patients and materials within the hospital and to/from outside facilities using wheelchair, bed, or stretcher to and from clinical and ancillary areas.
• Assists clinical personnel in transferring patients to or from beds, chairs, wheelchairs, and stretchers.
• Supports department areas as directed by the dispatcher.
• Collects and signs off specimens, cultures, orders, and requisitions, and delivers items to appropriate destinations.
• Delivers audiovisual equipment.
• Maintains established department policies and procedures related to quality assurance, safety, environmental, and infection control (e.g., cleans and stores equipment upon job completion).
• Performs other related duties as required.

Minimum qualifications

• Ability to follow written and oral instructions in English.
• Education normally attained in secondary school courses.
• Effective interpersonal communication skills.
• Physical ability to perform essential duties.
• Demonstrated knowledge, visual acuity, and skills necessary to correctly identify patients (check names on patient bracelets, pager, and ticket to ride).

Experience

• Entry level.
• Customer service experience preferred.
• Between 2–4 weeks of on-the-job training will be provided.

Work environment and physical requirements

• Healthcare environment such as acute care hospitals, physicians’ offices, and ancillary healthcare enterprises.
• Works with transport equipment and has direct patient contact; takes standard precautions and proper PPE as directed by nursing personnel when transporting barrier patients.
• Uniforms provided must be worn.
• Potential hazards are minimized or nullified by adherence to established safety procedures and precautions, including use of safety equipment and protective clothing.

Pay

Pay range: $18.00 – $25.82 per hour.

Schedule

Per diem, as required; every other weekend and holiday, as needed during the week; variable daily hours.