Patient&Equipment Transporter, Memorial, Per Diem

C100 UMass Memorial Medical Center, Inc.; United States; On-site; USD 21,000 - 33,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Signing bonus

Job summary

UMass Memorial Health is seeking a Patient Transporter to escort ambulatory patients, transport them by wheelchair or stretcher, and provide safe, compassionate service across hospital units. The role requires strong English communication and patient-focused customer service skills in a fast-paced health system.

Hours are as needed on a mixed shift; the position may offer a signing bonus. Compensation is based on full-time 40 hours per week with potential prorating for part-time hours and

Qualifications

• Ability to read, write, speak and understand English.
• Good inter-personal skills and a customer service orientation to support patient transportation.
• Demonstrated ability to work with diverse hospital teams.

Responsibilities

• Escorts ambulatory patients using wheelchair, stretcher or bed; verifies IDs with 2 identifiers and signs Safe Patient Transport forms.
• Assists nursing staff and lift tech in moving/positioning patients; uses PPE for precautions.
• Delivers and cleans transport equipment; sanitizes vehicles and equipment between uses.
• Transports patient specimens to Lab/Pathology and blood products to Blood Bank per infection control guidelines.
• Delivers other materials (medical records, pharmaceuticals, X-ray films) as needed.

Skills

English proficiency (read, write, talk

Interpersonal skills

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

Exemption Status: Non-Exempt Hiring Range: $15.00 - $24.05 (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 - Every Other Holiday, Weekends - Every Other Weekend Scheduled Hours: As needed Shift: 4 - Mixed Shift, 8 Hours (United States of America) Hours: 0 Cost Center: 10020 - 0175 Central Patient Transportation This position may have a signing bonus available a member of the Recruitment Team will confirm eligibility during the interview process.

Culture and Values

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.

At UMass Memorial Health, everyone is a caregiver. No matter their responsibilities or title, every employee or “caregiver” fills an important role for our patients and their families every day.

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.

Position Qualifications

• License/Certification/Education: Required: 1. High school diploma or equivalent.
• Experience/Skills: Required: 1. Ability to read, write, speak and understand English.
• Experience/Skills: Required: 2. Good inter-personal skills and a customer service orientation to maintain a collaborative, patient focused effort between Patient Transportation and other hospital departments.
• Preferred: 1. Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification within 6 months of hire.
• Preferred: 2. Six months’ experience in a hospital environment.

Unless certification, licensure or registration is required, an equivalent combination of education and experience which provides proficiency in the areas of responsibility listed in this description may be substituted for the above requirements.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

We’re striving to make respect a part of everything we do at UMass Memorial Health – for our patients, our community and each other. Our six Standards of Respect are: Acknowledge, Listen, Communicate, Be Responsive, Be a Team Player and Be Kind. If you share these Standards of Respect, we hope you will join our team and help us make respect our standard for everyone, every day.

As an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer, UMass Memorial Health recognizes the power of a diverse community and encourages applications from individuals with varied experiences, perspectives and backgrounds.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, gender identity and expression, protected veteran status or other status protected by law.

At UMass Memorial Health, everyone is a caregiver. No matter their responsibilities or title, every employee or “caregiver” fills an important role for our patients and their families every day.