Patient Transporter - Day Shift

Transports patients by assisting patients in and out of taxis, ambulances, cars, and helicopters; lifting patients on and off beds; moving them to and from special service and treatment areas, and operating rooms; using wheelchairs or moveable beds.

Requirements

• 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.
• 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.
• Takes initiative, stays productive, looks for patients to transport, requests next move, access patient readiness and requests another move if current assignment will be delayed more than 5 minutes.
• Keeps CTD radio on and wears earpiece, at all times while at hospital, including breaks.
• Uses appropriate radio etiquette at all times, utilizing appropriate ten-codes and statements in a pleasant tone of voice.
• Properly identifies patient that is to be transported.
• Acknowledges and maintains the right to privacy and confidentiality.
• Notifies nursing staff of patient transports prior to leaving the floor and after the return of each patient.
• Signs patient in and out of each patient care area.
• Attends to patient’s comfort and safety during transport.
• Assists other members of the Central Transportation Department as needed (i.e., other transport functions or with locating equipment needed to perform a transport in a timely fashion).
• Informs receiving departments in person of a patient’s arrival.
• Informs nursing and/or technician whenever there is a change of status in transporting a patient (i.e., refusal, delay, different mode of transportation.)
• Informs receiving department and the CTD Dispatcher of any delays, cancellations, and changes in mode of transportation.
• Assumes responsibility for the transportation (patient and non-patient) activities and other tasks that contribute to the patient’s care.
• Maintains a patient-centered focus and strives to support the mission, goals and values of the hospital, department and division.
• Assists nursing personnel to position patients for all types of transports and provide proper immobilization of patient as required. (IVs Portable Oxygen, etc.)
• Handles patient and non-patient moves with the same sense of urgency.
• Removes transportation equipment from the patient care areas and returns them to the proper locations. (Stretchers, wheelchairs, beds, etc.)
• Performs daily work assignments in an efficient, organized manner and with an optimum degree of accuracy.
• Interacts with physicians and other technical staff to provide quality, safe and efficient care for the patient.
• 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. Equipment includes but not limited to: Wheelchair, Stretcher/Gurney, TotaLift, Telemetry Monitor, Slide-Board, Air-Pal, Gate-Belt, O2 (oxygen) usage, Video Chair and various types of Beds.
• Answers pager in a timely and courteous fashion.
• Enters transportation data into CTD computer when assisting Dispatcher.
• Assists Supervisor with departmental training and orientation of new employees.
• Trains new employees on maintaining and collecting transportation data.
• Performs Patient Transporter functions as requested.
• Capability to effective operate the following equipment while safely transporting patients: (1)Wheelchair – Feet, Leg Rests, Arm Rests and Brakes. (2)Stretcher/Gurney – Raise, Lower, Raise Head Area, Steer Mode, Neutral and Brakes (3)TotaLift Chair – Raise, Lower, Raise as Chair, Foot Rests, Transfer Crank and Breaks. (4)Telemetry Monitor Removal – Leeds, Electrodes, Monitor (5)Slide-Board – Transfer of Patient. (6)Air-Pal – Motor, Mattress and Hose. (7)Gate Belt – Transport of Patient. (8)O2-Oxygen Tank – Tank, Regulator, Valves, O2 Carrier and exchange of tanks. (9)Video Chair – Raise, Lower, Raise as Chair, Foot Rests, Seat Belt and Brakes.

Benefits

• Paid Time Off
• 401k Matching
• Retirement Plan