Transportation Aide - Part Time - Evening

About the role

Our team members are the heart of what makes us better. At Hackensack Meridian Health we help our patients live better, healthier lives — and we help one another to succeed. With a culture rooted in connection and collaboration, our employees are team members. Here, competitive benefits are just the beginning. It’s also about how we support one another and how we show up for our community. Together, we keep getting better - advancing our mission to transform healthcare and serve as a leader of positive change.

Responsibilities

A day in the life of a Transportation Aide at Hackensack Meridian Health includes:

• Transports patients by the use of wheelchairs and with stretcher transports.
• Transports specimens to the laboratory, and delivers blood and blood products in a timely manner.
• Picks up slides for physicians to review from laboratory as requested.
• Obtains supplies from central supply as requested.
• Participates/uses the automated systems in a timely and accurate manner to assist with patient throughput.
• Identifies the needs of the patient population served and modifies and delivers care that is specific to those needs (i.e., age, culture, language, hearing and/or visually impaired, etc.). This process includes communicating with the patient, parent, and/or primary caregiver(s) at their level (developmental/age, educational, literacy, etc.).
• Assists with environmental duties in departments or units including pick up and disposal of recycling/trash receptacles; also linen removal from laundry bins to proper disposal area such as chutes for collection as requested.
• Adheres to the standards identified in the Medical Center's Organizational Competencies.

Qualifications

• High School diploma, general equivalency diploma (GED), and/or GED equivalent programs.

Pay

Minimum rate of $18.72 Hourly

HMH is committed to pay equity and transparency for our team members. The posted rate of pay in this job posting is a reasonable good faith estimate of the minimum base pay for this role at the time of posting in accordance with the New Jersey Pay Transparency Act and does not reflect the full value of our market-competitive total rewards package.