Patient & Equipment Transporter

UMass Memorial Medical Group; Southbridge (MA); On-site; USD 21,000 - 31,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Signing bonus

Job summary

UMass Memorial Health is seeking a dedicated Patient Transporter to support in-hospital mobility, moving patients safely between units and departments. You will work with nursing staff to ensure patient comfort and safety during transfers, using wheelchairs, stretchers, and beds.

A strong focus on infection control and timely transportation is required. The role requires a high school diploma and good reading/writing in English.

Qualifications

• High school diploma required.
• Ability to read, write, and understand English.
• Excellent patient transportation and safety skills.

Responsibilities

• Escort ambulatory patients and transport by wheelchair, stretcher, or bed.
• Assist nursing staff with patient positioning and transfers.
• Deliver beds, stretchers, and transport equipment; maintain logs.
• Transport specimens and supplies following infection control guidelines.
• Maintain Safe Patient Transport Forms and coordinate with dispatch system.

Skills

English proficiency

Education

High school diploma

Job description

Exemption Status:

Non-Exempt

Hiring Range:

$15.00 - $22.83 (based on a full time schedule of 40 hours per week). Please note that the final offer will vary based on scheduled hours. Compensation for part-time or reduced schedules will be prorated based on scheduled weekly hours, experience, skills, qualifications, and internal equity considerations.

Schedule Details:

Holidays - One Major Summer Holiday, Holidays - One Major Winter Holiday, On Call - Required

Scheduled Hours:

Shifts Vary

Shift:

4 - Mixed Shift, 8 Hours (United States of America)

Hours:

0

Cost Center:

25080 - 2364 Communications Center

This position may have a signing bonus available a member of the Recruitment Team will confirm eligibility during the interview process.

Everyone Is a Caregiver

At UMass Memorial Health, everyone is a caregiver - regardless of their title or responsibilities. Exceptional patient care, academic excellence and leading-edge research make UMass Memorial the premier health system of Central Massachusetts, and a place where we can help you build the career you deserve. We are more than 20,000 employees, working together as one health system in a relentless pursuit of healing for our patients, community and each other. And everyone, in their own unique way, plays an important part, every day.

Performs a variety of duties involving the transportation of patients throughout the hospital. Assists nursing staff in the physical, lateral transfer of patients before and after patient transport. Collects and delivers items to and from areas including the Labs, Pharmacy, Radiology, Medical Records, S.P.D., Mail Room and patient care areas. Cleans, sanitizes and delivers beds and transport equipment; maintains job activity logs as required.

I. Major Responsibilities:

• Escorts ambulatory patients. Transports patient by wheelchair, stretcher or bed. Prior to transport, verifies identification of all patients assigned by checking 2 identifiers and signing off on Safe Patient Transport Forms; notifies clinician if discrepancy on forms. To ensure patient comfort and safety during transport process, monitors and responds to basic patient needs before, during and after transport. Provides appropriate handoff communication when patient is delivered to receiving unit.
• Assists nursing staff and/or lift tech in moving and positioning of patients using various lift devices in preparation of patient for transport and returning patient to bed. Includes lateral transfer of patients on precaution status that requires Patient Transporter to use personal protection equipment and to follow infection control process per precaution isolation-type.
• Delivers stretchers, beds, cribs and wheelchairs as needed. Assists in deep-cleaning of all transport equipment on a biannual basis. Sanitizes transport vehicles and ancillary equipment between patient use.
• Transports patient specimens to and from the Lab, Pathology, and blood products to/from the Blood Bank in accordance with established infection control guidelines. Transports contaminated equipment to Sterile Processing within same infection control guidelines.
• Delivers other materials such as medical records, pharmaceuticals, X-ray films, sterile items, and miscellaneous reports and items as required.
• Checks E-cylinders (portable O2 tanks) for content; distributes/exchanges E-cylinders throughout the hospital.
• Interacts with a web-based dispatch system TDSS via alpha paging for job assignment; maintains individual Transporter Trip Log and other statistical records as required.
• May participate in Emergency Department triage transport assignment during disaster situations including CODE HELP, assist in transport of trauma patients and transport of deceased victims to the morgue. Guides and assists patients through decontamination unit.
• May assume the role of a dispatcher if trained and as directed.

Standard Staffing Level Responsibilities:

• Complies with established departmental policies, procedures and objectives.
• Attends variety of meetings, conferences, seminars as required or directed.
• Demonstrates use of Quality Improvement in daily operations.
• Complies with all health and safety regulations and requirements.
• Respects diverse views and approaches, demonstrates Standards of Respect, and contributes to creating and maintaining an environment of professionalism, tolerance, civility and acceptance toward all employees, patients and visitors.
• Maintains, regular, reliable, and predictable attendance.
• Performs other similar and related duties as required or directed.

II. Position Qualifications:

License/Certification/Education:

• High school diploma or equivalent.

Experience/Skills:

• Ability to read, write, speak and understand Eng