Patient Equipment Transporter 24 Hrs Days
Patient Equipment Transporter 24 Hrs Days
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Job Description
Exemption Status:
NonExemptSchedule Details:
Holidays Every Other Holiday Weekends Every Other WeekendScheduled Hours:
7:00AM 3:30PMShift:
1 Day Shift 8 Hours (United States of America)Hours:
24Cost Center:
Central Patient TransportationUnion:
UFCW (United Food and Commercial Workers)This position may have a signing bonus available a member of the Recruitment Team will confirm eligibility during the interview process.
Everyone Is a Caregiver
At UMass Memorial Health everyone is a caregiver regardless of their title or responsibilities. Exceptional patient care academic excellence and leadingedge research make UMass Memorial the premier health system of Central Massachusetts and a place where we can help you build the career you deserve. We are more than 16000 employees working together as one health system in a relentless pursuit of healing for our patients community and each other. And everyone in their own unique way plays an important part every day.
I. Major Responsibilities:
1. Escorts ambulatory patients. Transports patient by wheelchair stretcher or bed. Prior to transport verifies identification of all patients assigned by checking 2 identifiers and signing off on Safe Patient Transport Forms; notifies clinician if discrepancy on forms. To ensure patient comfort and safety during transport process monitors and responds to basic patient needs before during and after transport. Provides appropriate handoff communication when patient is delivered to receiving unit.
2. Assists nursing staff and/or lift tech in moving and positioning of patients using various lift devices in preparation of patient for transport and returning patient to bed. Includes lateral transfer of patients on precaution status that requires Patient Transporter to use personal protection equipment and to follow infection control process per precaution isolationtype.
3. Delivers stretchers beds cribs and wheelchairs as needed. Assists in deepcleaning of all transport equipment on a biannual basis. Sanitizes transport vehicles and ancillary equipment between patient use.
4. Transports patient specimens to and from the Lab Pathology and blood products to/from the Blood Bank in accordance with established infection control guidelines. Transports contaminated equipment to Sterile Processing within same infection control guidelines.
5. Delivers other materials such as medical records pharmaceuticals Xray films sterile items and miscellaneous reports and items as required.
6. Checks Ecylinders (portable O2 tanks) for content; distributes/exchanges Ecylinders throughout the hospital.
7. Interacts with a webbased dispatch system TDSS via alpha paging for job assignment; maintains individual Transporter Trip Log and other statistical records as required.
8. May participate in Emergency Department triage transport assignment during disaster situations including CODE HELP assist in transport of trauma patients and transport of deceased victims to the morgue. Guides and assists patients through decontamination unit.
9. May assume the role of a dispatcher if trained and as directed.
Standard Staffing Level Responsibilities:
1. Complies with established departmental policies procedures and objectives.
2. Attends variety of meetings conferences seminars as required or directed.
3. Demonstrates use of Quality Improvement in daily operations.
4. Complies with all health and safety regulations and requirements.
5. Respects diverse views and approaches demonstrates Standards of Respect and contributes to creating and maintaining an environment of professionalism tolerance civility and acceptance toward all employees patients and visitors.
6. Maintains regular reliable and predictable attendance.
7. Performs other similar and related duties as required or directed.
All responsibilities are essential job functions.
II. Position Qualifications:
License/Certification/Education:
Required:
1. High school diploma or equivalent.
Experience/Skills:
Required:
1. Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification within 6 months of hire.
2. Ability to read write speak and understand English.
3. Good interpersonal skills and a customer service orientation to maintain a collaborative patient focused effort between Patient Transportation and other hospital departments.
Preferred:
1. Six months experience in a hospital environment.
Unless certification licensure or registration is required an equivalent combination of education and experience which provides proficiency in the areas of responsibility listed in this description may be substituted for the above requirements.
Departmentspecific competencies and their measurements will be developed and maintained in the individual departments. The competencies will be maintained and attached to the departmental job description. Responsible managers will review competencies with position incumbents.
III. Physical Demands and Environmental Conditions:
Work is considered sedentary. Position requires work indoors in a normal office environment.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability or protected veteran status.
Were striving to make respect a part of everything we do at UMass Memorial Health for our patients our community and each other. Our six Standards of Respect are: Acknowledge Listen Communicate Be Responsive Be a Team Player and Be Kind. If you share these Standards of Respect we hope you will join our team and help us make respect our standard for everyone every day.
As an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer UMass Memorial Health recognizes the power of a diverse community and encourages applications from individuals with varied experiences perspectives and backgrounds. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion gender sexual orientation national origin age disability gender identity and expression protected veteran status or other status protected by law.
If you are unable to submit an application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability please contact us at We will make every effort to respond to your request for disability assistance as soon as possible.
Employment Type
Part-Time
