PRN Patient Transporter

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Job Title

PRN Patient Transporter

Location

Garfield Hts

Facility

Marymount Hospital

Department

Patient Transport-Marymount Hospital

Job Code

G10003

Shift

Variable

Schedule

5:30am-11:30pm/3:00pm-11:30pm

Job Summary

Job Details

Serving the needs of Garfield Heights and the Southeast communities of Cuyahoga County, Marymount Hospital is an acute care, faith-based hospital. Here, caregivers are guided by the Christian values of service, compassion, dignity and respect and live by the mission of providing world-class healthcare.  As a part of our team, you will build a rewarding, lifelong career in a diverse and welcoming environment. 

As a Patient Transporter, you play an essential role in helping patients receive the care they need. You will provide transportation to and from various areas throughout the hospital, ensuring patients feel comfortable throughout the process. This position offers a unique way to gain hands-on experience in a fast-paced and innovative healthcare setting, all while making a difference in the lives of both patients and fellow caregivers.

A caregiver in this position works PRN (as needed) variable shifts.

A caregiver who excels in this role will:

• Transport patients to and from clinical, ancillary and support areas using wheelchairs, stretchers or beds, including patients with oxygen tanks, intravenous pumps, drips and special equipment.  
• Transfer patients to and from beds, wheelchairs, or stretchers. 
• Transport patients during discharge to the hospital lobby.  
• Ensure proper oxygen levels in tanks before transporting patients.  
• Approach and aid patients and visitors.  
• Verify and confirm standard precautions and correct patient identification by comparing information from the pager and patient wristband to obtain the correct medical chart and verify proper mode of transportation.  
• Disinfect and maintain equipment.  
• Perform environmental and safety checks, identify malfunctioning equipment, document findings and report on malfunctioning equipment.  
• Move and deliver equipment and linen carts.  
• Complete three months of on-the-job training to learn multiple hospital and clinic locations, special procedures, patient and safety emergency procedures and proper body mechanics to safely move patients.  

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• Three months on-the-job training and orientation to learn multiple hospital and clinic locations, special procedures and patient emergency and safety procedures, proper body mechanics necessary to safely move patients
• Organizational, decisive judgment, problem solving, communications, good customer service skills and the ability to work with minimal supervision

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• High School Diploma or GED

Physical Requirements:

• Requires full range of body motion including handling of patients, manual and finger dexterity and eye/hand coordination.
• Requires normal or corrected vision and hearing to normal range.
• Requires working with some exposure to communicable disease.
• Medium work-exerting 20-50 lbs. of force occasionally and/or 10-25 lbs. of force frequently and/or 10 lbs. of force constantly to move objects.
• Physical demand requirements are in excess of those for Light Work.

Personal Protective Equipment:

• Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required.

                       

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