Patient Transporter

Rhode Island Hospital; Newport; On-site; GBP 19,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

Brown University Health seeks a Transport Service Aide to move patients across departments via wheelchair or stretcher, ensuring proper identification and safety. The role requires maintaining CPR certification and collaborating with nursing staff to coordinate patient movement within the hospital.

The transportation team supports child to geriatric patients, adheres to safety protocols, and participates in quality improvement activities to enhance patient care and workflow efficiency.

Qualifications

• Current CPR certification.
• Ability to read, write and follow specific instruction.
• Physical Requirements: sit 1-3 hours, stand and walk 3-7 hours, lift 25-50 lbs, vision 20/40 and hearing at 8 feet.

Responsibilities

• Maintains current CPR certification.
• Participates in departmental and interdepartmental quality improvement activities.
• Transports patients using wheelchairs and stretchers, ensuring proper identification and safety.

Skills

CPR certification

Reading and writing

Physical stamina

Job description

SUMMARY:

Transports child, adolescent, adult and geriatric patients to and from all areas/departments requiring patient transport, using wheelchairs and stretchers. Brown University Health employees are expected to successfully role model the organization's values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence as these values guide our everyday actions with patients, customers and one another. In addition to our values, all employees are expected to demonstrate the core Success Factors which tell us how we work together and how we get things done. The core Success Factors include: Instill Trust and Value Differences Patient and Community Focus and Collaborate

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Maintains current CPR certification.
• Participates in departmental and/or interdepartmental quality improvement activities.
• Utilizes SBAR hand-off report sheet when transporting patients from unit to unit.
• Informs nursing staff of the patient leaving the nursing unit and confirms mode of transportation.
• Obtains the patient's chart from the nursing units for those procedures where appropriate.
• Greets patient, verifies patient's identification (name & date of birth) and checks patient Identiband.
• Informs the patient of where he/she is being transported.
• Assists the patients into wheelchairs or onto stretchers, utilizing appropriate equipment to meet individual and age specific needs- Child - Transports with assistance, utilizing crib- Adolescent, adult, geriatric.
• Assures the patients are properly dressed in hospital gowns for test and/or procedures prior to leaving the nursing units.
• Returns the patient to room following completion of procedure or examination, informing appropriate staff.
• Informs nursing personnel immediately of any change in the patient's condition.
• Demonstrates use of hospital approved paging system. Responds to pages in a timely manner.
• Responds to outlying areas for RRT or Code Blue with a stretcher.
• Makes and delivers special order food trays for patients on the evening shift.
• Monitors IV pumps to ensure proper operation and informs nursing personnel if not functioning properly.
• Handles urinary drainage bags properly while transporting patients.
• Assures adequate supply of oxygen during transport. Replaces filled oxygen tanks to units as needed.
• Checks wheelchairs and stretchers for maintenance issues and brings them to the Facilities work room.
• Cleans transport equipment after each use with hospital-approved environmental cleaner.
• Assists others with a difficult transport via smooth movers where lifting help is required.
• Assures that the patient's side rails are raised on stretchers at all times.
• Assures the patient's feet are placed securely on foot pedals when in wheelchairs.
• Transports patients to Outpatient areas (Borden-Carey, Wound Clinic, IV Therapy, etc.).
• Delivers reports, supplies, films, specimens, etc. throughout the hospital as requested.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Qualifications: Current CPR certification.
• Requires the ability to read, write and follow specific instruction.
• Physical Requirements: Must be able to sit 1-3 hours, stand and walk 3-7 hours per day, lift 25-50 lbs with good body mechanics, twist and bend infrequently with a workload capacity of 3-5 Mets (see chart). Must be able to use both hand/wrists and perform work with moderate deviation and occasional fine motor skills. Far and near vision must be accurate at 20/40, accurate depth perception, discriminate among red, green and white and hear a whisper at 8 feet.

Pay Range: $18.00-$25.82

EEO Statement: Brown University Health is committed to providing equal employment opportunities and maintaining a work environment free from all forms of unlawful discrimination and harassment.

Location: Newport Hospital - 11 Friendship Street Newport, Rhode Island 02840

Work Type: 1:00pm-9:30pm, rotating weekends and holidays

Work Shift: Evening

Daily Hours: 8 hours

Driving Required: No