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Responsibilities and Essential Job Functions

• 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 patients 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 patients 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 changes in mode of transportation.
• Assumes responsibility for the transportation (patient and non-patient) activities and other tasks that contribute to the patients 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.
• Capability to effective operate the following equipment while safely transporting patients:
  A. Wheelchair Feet Leg Rests Arm Rests and Brakes.
  B. Stretcher/Gurney Raise Lower Raise Head Area Steer Mode Neutral and Brakes
  C. TotaLift Chair Raise Lower Raise as Chair Foot Rests Transfer Crank and Breaks.
  D. Telemetry Monitor Removal Leeds Electrodes Monitor
  E. Slide-Board Transfer of Patient.
  F. Air-Pal Motor Mattress and Hose.
  G. Gate Belt Transport of Patient.
  H. O2-Oxygen Tank Tank Regulator Valves O2 Carrier and exchange of tanks.
  I. Video Chair Raise Lower Raise as Chair Foot Rests Seat Belt and Brakes.
• Must be able to perform the professional clinical and or technical competencies of the assigned unit or department.
• These statements are intended to describe the essential functions of the job and are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities. Skills and duties may vary dependent upon your department or unit. Other duties may be assigned as required.

Preferred Education and Experience

• High School Graduate or GED.
• Less than 1 year of experience as a hospital orderly.

Preferred Licensure and Certification

• CPR/ AED/ BLS - Other BLS

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We are an equal employment opportunity employer without regard to a persons race color religion sex (including pregnancy gender identity and sexual orientation) national origin ancestry age (40 or older) disability veteran status or genetic information.

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