PRN Patient Greeter

Responsibilities

• Demonstrates competence in the areas of critical thinking, interpersonal relationships, and technical skills.
• Demonstrates ability to provide care/service safely and efficiently for the care of each patient.
• Maintains a safe working environment on the valet ramp, knows hospital emergency numbers, initiates calls to report spills or other unsafe conditions that require immediate attention, and ensures staff report all unusual occurrences in a timely manner.
• Presents a neat and clean appearance, appropriate for a professional health care environment in accordance with hospital and Central Transportation and Dispatch (CTD) Policy.
• Demonstrates and maintains a high level of professionalism at all times.
• Maintains a patient-centered focus and strives to support the mission, goals and values of the hospital, department and division.
• Takes initiative, stays productive, looks for patients to assist/transport, access patient readiness and equipment needs.
• Uses all patients assist equipment in the movement and transfer of patients not able to assist themselves.
• Informs Dispatcher and appropriate areas (i.e., Emergency Department, Patient Relations) of urgent care or special needs of patients.
• Affords assistance to the Information Desk with directing and instructing patients and visitors to various offices, clinical and procedural areas.
• Reports equipment malfunctions promptly to Dispatcher, marks equipment appropriately and delivers equipment to Biomed.
• Attends annual refresher and as needed training for demonstrating competency of all equipment used during the transportation of patients.
• Performs daily work assignments in an efficient, organized manner and with an optimum degree of accuracy.
• Operates the following equipment while safely transporting patients: O2-Oxygen Tank, Wheelchair, Stretcher/Gurney, Total Lift Chair, Telemetry Monitor Removal, Mattress, and Hose.

Qualifications

• High School Graduate or GED.
• Basic Cardiac Life Support (BLS or BCLS) - American Heart Association (AHA) within 30 days of hire.