Transporter|Per Diem

Responsibilities

• Provides assistance to nursing and transports patients to designated areas of the hospital.
• Transports medical equipment, medical records, laboratory specimens, patient meal trays and materials to appropriate destinations.
• Responsible for the privacy of patient medical records, stability of specimens and the conformance of equipment.
• Serves as the fill in dispatcher. Responsible to dispatch resources utilizing critical thinking skills to meet patient care needs in an effective and efficient manner.
• Able to prioritize appropriately. Utilizes the dispatch database.
• Serves as the fill in resource person and is the primary liaison between team resources and customers.
• Able to manage daily operations.
• Demonstrates effective time management skills.
• Demonstrates adherence to safe patient handling policy, as well as equipment competence to include, but not limited to beds, wheelchairs, stretchers, oxygen, IV poles and pumps.
• Helps assure a clean, safe environment with stocked supplies and functioning equipment.
• Responds per policy to nonconforming product.
• Aids nursing with basic patient care.
• Performs job specific requirements and other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Evidence of experience in working effectively and positively with patients, registered nurses, and as a member of the multi-disciplinary team.

Qualifications

• Education: High school or equivalent (GED).
• Certification, Registration & Licensure: Certification required obtaining: American Heart Association Heartsaver CPR AED certification within 3 months of hire date.