Patient Transporter
Patient Transporter
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24-05-2025
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Job Description
Description
Responsibilities
Qualifications
Performs a variety of activities related to the transportation of patients and equipment greet and assist patients and visitors as directed.
Responsibilities
Job Function :
- Transports patients to and from clinical ancillary and support areas via wheelchair stretcher or beds as requested to include transport of patients with oxygen tanks intravenous pumps drips and special equipment. With assistance transfers patients to or from beds wheelchairs or stretchers as needed. During discharge assist patients in and out of vehicles and escorts or transports them to and from hospital lobby. Serves as needed as a member of the Hospitals Lift Team. Properly indicates patient locations during transports through the use of HEV. Responds to transport requests in a timely manner.
- Prolonged periods of standing walking or sitting while on duty. Lifting pushing and pulling up to 50 pounds with or without assistance. Transferring repositioning patients. Reaching stooping bending kneeing and crouching for patient care functions. Visual and auditory acuity and manual dexterity essential to performing designated duties required. Optimal auditory acuity required. Manual dexterity involving the handling of equipment and instruments or needles is essential to performing assigned duties. Ability to perform effectively in a stressful and fast-paced environment. Ability to pass all required health and other screening tests. Physical conditions are clean neat and well lit. Maybe subjected to unpleasant sights and odors stressful situations and hazardous or infectious agents where judgment as to precautions need to be taken is essential. Climate control and ambient temperature variances may be experienced. Exposure to limited amounts of hazardous chemicals or substances and infectious disease processes are a possibility. Hours of duty maybe irregular or unexpectedly extended due to emergency circumstances. Direct contact with blood or other body fluids to which universal precautions apply. Personal protective equipment is made available and must be worn.
Qualifications
Education:
High school diploma or equivalent.
Work Experience:
Sufficient experience in health care or health agency setting preferred.
Skills Abilities:
Must demonstrate ability to recognize patients individual needs based on medical conditions age (pediatrics adolescents young adults middle aged and geriatric) limitations and planned procedures.
Employment Type
Full Time
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