Clinical Transporter, Part Time

University of Maryland Medical System; Bel Air (MD); On-site; USD 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Job summary

University of Maryland Medical System Corporation is seeking a Patient Transport role responsible for moving patients of varying weights and ages to and from beds and ambulatory devices using proper body mechanics. The position supports maintaining a safe, clean care environment and may include sitter duties for direct observation to ensure patient and family safety.

Responsibilities include prioritizing transports, verifying patient IDs, and using tracking software to reflect work processes.

Qualifications

• Must have a High school diploma or GED.
• Knowledge of proper body mechanics.
• Previous hospital experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Transports patients according to priority and adapts to changing needs.
• Verifies patient identity and ensures patient and medical records are delivered to the correct location.
• Uses transport tracking software accurately and timely to reflect work.
• Maintains oxygen tanks and rounds to collect equipment for transport.
• Ensures Environment of Care is maintained with cleanliness and quietness in patient care areas.

Skills

Verbal communication

Written communication

Time management

Emergency response

Team player

Patient confidentiality

Education

High school diploma or GED

Tools

Transport tracking software

Job description

Job Requirements

The University of Maryland Medical System (UMMS) is an academic private health system, focused on delivering compassionate, high quality care and putting discovery and innovation into practice at the bedside. Partnering with the University of Maryland School of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Nursing and University of Maryland, who educate the state's future health care professionals, UMMS is an integrated network of care, delivering 25 percent of all hospital care in urban, suburban and rural communities across the state of Maryland. UMMS puts academic medicine within reach through primary and specialty care delivered at 11 hospitals, including the flagship University of Maryland Medical Center, the System's anchor institution in downtown Baltimore, as well as through a network of University of Maryland Urgent Care centers and more than 150 other locations in 13 counties. For more information, visit www.umms.org.

Job Requirements

The University of Maryland Medical System (UMMS) is an academic private health system, focused on delivering compassionate, high quality care and putting discovery and innovation into practice at the bedside. Partnering with the University of Maryland School of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Nursing and University of Maryland, who educate the state's future health care professionals, UMMS is an integrated network of care, delivering 25 percent of all hospital care in urban, suburban and rural communities across the state of Maryland. UMMS puts academic medicine within reach through primary and specialty care delivered at 11 hospitals, including the flagship University of Maryland Medical Center, the System's anchor institution in downtown Baltimore, as well as through a network of University of Maryland Urgent Care centers and more than 150 other locations in 13 counties. For more information, visit www.umms.org.

Schedule

9 am - 5:30 pm with every other weekend

Job Summary

Moves/transports patients of various weights, ages, and sizes to and from beds and ambulatory devices; to and from various treatment areas, using acceptable body mechanics while maintaining patient comfort and safety. Interacts with patients from toddlers to geriatric, with all types of illnesses. Secures, returns and maintains designated supplies and equipment. Assists in the maintenance of a safe and clean environment. This individual can also act in a sitter role providing direct observation of patients to ensure the safety of the patient and/or other patients, team members and family.

Primary Responsibilities

• Attains knowledge and competency that reflects current patient transport practice. Transports patients according to priority, adapting to changing priority where necessary.
• Verifies correct patient identification using approved hospital patient identifiers. Ensures the patient and the patient's medical record are taken/returned to the proper location.
• Utilizes transport tracking software correctly, accurately, and in a timely manner to assure system data reflects work processes appropriately.
• Maintains stocks and safely stores oxygen tanks. Rounds throughout the hospital each shift to collect equipment for transport and relocates to the appropriate locations. Identifies and tags defective equipment per policy to assure patient safety.
• Assures the Environment of Care is maintained by ensuring cleanliness of patient care areas, and quietness of the environment. Rounds throughout units to maintain hallway safety and assure cleanliness.

Work Experience

Skills & Abilities

Ability to: a) effectively convey verbal and written information; b) follow directions; c) organize and manage time effectively, setting appropriate priorities; d) respond to emergency situations appropriately; e) effectively function as a member of a collaborative team; f) maintain patient confidentiality

Education & Training

High school diploma or GED. Knowledge of proper body mechanics.

Work Orientation & Experience

Previous experience in a hospital setting preferred.