Transport Aide, Patient Transport, Full Time, Evening

Position Summary

To provide safe transport of patients, personal effects, requisitions, specimens, charts, and miscellaneous items and assist with patient transport activities as required.

About the role

The position involves transporting patients, personal effects, and other items within the hospital setting. It also includes assisting with various patient transport activities as needed.

Responsibilities

• Transport patients, personal effects, requisitions, specimens, charts, and miscellaneous items safely within the hospital setting.
• Aid in patient transport activities as required.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent required.

Qualifications

• Special Skills:
  • Ability to read, write, speak, and understand English.
  • Good communication skills to communicate and interact with patient, family members, and other members of the health care team and respond quickly to customer's needs.
  • Attention to detail, often changing from one task to another without loss of efficiency or composure.
  • Handling frequent interruptions and adapting to changes in workload and work schedule.

Skills

• Ability to read, write, speak, and understand English.
• Good communication skills to communicate and interact with patient, family members, and other members of the health care team and respond quickly to customer's needs.
• Attention to detail, often changing from one task to another without loss of efficiency or composure.
• Handling frequent interruptions and adapting to changes in workload and work schedule.

Benefits

• Medical/Prescription, Dental & Vision Discount Program (Full Time/Part Time Employees)
• Group Term Life Insurance and AD&D (Full Time Employees)
• Flexible Spending Accounts and Commuter Benefit Plans
• Supplemental Voluntary Benefits (e.g. Short-term and Long-term Disability, Whole Life Insurance, Legal Support, etc.)
• 6 Paid Holidays, Paid Time Off (varies), Wellness Time Off, Extended Illness
• Retail Retirement Plan
• Tuition Assistance
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Valley Health LifeStyles Fitness Center Membership Discount
• Day Care Discounts for Various Daycare Facilities

Pay

$18.82 - $23.53 per hour

Schedule

Evening shift

Job Location

The Valley Hospital-Paramus

EEO Statement

Valley Health System does not discriminate on the basis of ancestry, age, atypical hereditary cellular or blood trait, civil union status, color, creed, disability, domestic partnership, gender, gender identity or expression, familial status, genetic information, liability for service in the Armed Forces of the United States, marital status, medical condition or illness, mental or physical handicap, national origin, nationality, perceived disability, pregnancy, race, refusal to submit to genetic testing or make available results of such tests, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran’s status or any other protected basis, in accordance with all applicable Federal, State and Local laws. This applies to all areas of employment, including recruitment, hiring, training and development, promotion, transfer, termination, layoff, compensation, benefits, social and recreational programs, and all other conditions and privileges of employment.