Care Team Transport Associate — Patient-Centered & Dynamic

University of Missouri Health Care; Columbia Township (MO); On-site; USD 21,000 - 33,000; Part time

Job summary

University of Missouri Health Care is seeking a Care Team Associate to join Transport Services on-site at University Hospital in Columbia, MO. You will support nursing and clinical staff in a fast-paced environment and contribute to a seamless patient care experience.

Responsibilities include patient transfers, bed-management data entry, equipment handling, and ensuring supplies are stocked. The role emphasizes teamwork, customer focus, and following detailed instructions across varied shifts.

Qualifications

• Ability to understand and follow oral and written instructions.
• Strong customer orientation.
• Strong team orientation.
• Additional license/certification requirements as determined by the hiring department.

Responsibilities

• Assist nursing staff/ancillary staff in the transfer of patients from bed to bed, stretcher or wheelchair.
• Educate and train new staff members in the responsibilities of the Care Team Associate role.
• Perform other duties as delegated by nursing staff and unit management as needed in both routine and emergent situations.
• Responsible for accurate and timely entry of information into computerized bed-management system.
• Transport patient via wheelchair, stretcher, or bed to destination. Includes taking patients to tests, transfers and discharges.
• Transfer infusion pumps from pole to wheelchair, stretcher, and bed; Ensure equipment such as wheelchairs, stretchers, beds, infusion pumps, etc. are routinely cleaned and available for use; Retrieve, tag, and deliver broken equipment to repair shop. Deliver equipment back to unit once repaired.
• Supply and exchange medical gases throughout the facility as needed.
• Perform routine cleaning and stocking of medical carts.
• May function as an equipment and inventory technician who cleans, monitors, and maintains routine respiratory care equipment throughout the hospital.
• May complete unit/department-specific duties and expectations as outlined in department documents.

Skills

Customer orientation

Team orientation

Instruction following

Job description

University of Missouri Health Care is seeking a Care Team Associate to join Transport Services on-site at University Hospital in Columbia, MO. You will support nursing and clinical staff in a fast-paced environment and contribute to a seamless patient care experience.

Responsibilities include patient transfers, bed-management data entry, equipment handling, and ensuring supplies are stocked. The role emphasizes teamwork, customer focus, and following detailed instructions across varied shifts.