Mobility Technician: Patient Mobility & Safety

Chesapeake Regional Healthcare; Chesapeake (VA); On-site; USD 38,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

Chesapeake Regional Medical Center is seeking a Mobility Technician to support nursing units by safely mobilizing patients out of bed for meals and ambulation, using a range of patient handling equipment. The role requires competency with adult and geriatric patients and adherence to hospital regulations and procedures.

The technician will operate wheelchairs, beds, Hoyer lifts, and other equipment, assess portable devices, and assist with transfers while maintaining safety and communication

Qualifications

• Must be able to mobilize patients using safe patient handling equipment.
• Experience with wheelchair, stretcher, hospital beds and other equipment.
• Strong observation and safety awareness.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.

Responsibilities

• Mobilize patients out of bed daily for all three meals using safe patient handling equipment.
• Operate a wheelchair, bedside chair, stretcher, geriatric chair, hospital beds, Hoyer lift and other equipment.
• Assess portable equipment and devices (oxygen, PCA pumps, feeding pumps, wound vacs, drains).
• Assist nursing with mobilizing patients to various surfaces (stretcher, commode, etc).
• Ambulate appropriate patients on the unit 3x/day to maintain mobility and prevent deconditioning.
• Perform stand-pivot and two/three-person transfers within physician-established precautions.
• Maintain safety of patients, self, coworkers and family members at all times.
• Clean and return used equipment and notify Biomedical for maintenance.

Skills

Patient mobilization

Equipment handling

Safety awareness

Communication

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

Tools

Hoyer lift

Geriatric chair

Stretcher

PCA pumps

Job description

Chesapeake Regional Medical Center is seeking a Mobility Technician to support nursing units by safely mobilizing patients out of bed for meals and ambulation, using a range of patient handling equipment. The role requires competency with adult and geriatric patients and adherence to hospital regulations and procedures.

The technician will operate wheelchairs, beds, Hoyer lifts, and other equipment, assess portable devices, and assist with transfers while maintaining safety and communication