Patient Transport

Cleveland Clinic; Avon (OH); On-site; USD 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Cleveland Clinic’s Avon Hospital is seeking a Patient Transporter. This entry-level role is essential for patient care, providing transportation within the hospital and ensuring comfort throughout the process. The position offers hands-on experience in a fast-paced healthcare environment.

Qualifications

• Must have a high school diploma or GED.
• Strong communication skills and ability to work with patients.

Responsibilities

• Transport patients to and from various areas of the hospital.
• Ensure patient comfort during transport.
• Verify patient information and perform safety checks.

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

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Join Cleveland Clinic’s Avon Hospital where research and surgery are advanced, technology is leading-edge, patient care is world-class, and caregivers are family. As one of the most technologically advanced hospitals in northeast Ohio, Avon Hospital has brought the future of medicine close to home for the residents in and around Lorain and Cuyahoga County. This regional hospital offers endless opportunities to build a rewarding career with one of the most respected healthcare organizations in the world while making meaningful differences in the lives of others.

As a Patient Transporter, you play an essential role in helping patients receive the care they need. You will provide transportation to and from various areas throughout the hospital, ensuring patients feel comfortable throughout the process. This position offers a unique way to gain hands-on experience in a fast-paced and innovative healthcare setting, all while making a difference in the lives of both patients and fellow caregivers.

A caregiver in this role works evenings from 3:00 p.m. – 11:30 p.m.

A caregiver who excels in this role will:

• Transport patients to and from clinical, ancillary and support areas using wheelchairs, stretchers or beds, including patients with oxygen tanks, intravenous pumps, drips and special equipment.
• Transfer patients to and from beds, wheelchairs, or stretchers.
• Transport patients during discharge to the hospital lobby.
• Ensure proper oxygen levels in tanks before transporting patients.
• Approach and aid patients and visitors.
• Verify and confirm standard precautions and correct patient identification by comparing information from the pager and patient wristband to obtain the correct medical chart and verify proper mode of transportation.
• Disinfect and maintain equipment.
• Perform environmental and safety checks, identify malfunctioning equipment, document findings and report on malfunctioning equipment.
• Move and deliver equipment and linen carts.
• Complete three months of on-the-job training to learn multiple hospital and clinic locations, special procedures, patient and safety emergency procedures and proper body mechanics to safely move patients.
  
  

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• High School Diploma or GED
  
  

Our caregivers continue to create the best outcomes for our patients across each of our facilities. Click the link and see how we’re dedicated to providing what matters most to you: https://jobs.clevelandclinic.org/benefits-2/

Physical Requirements:

• Requires full range of body motion including handling of patients, manual and finger dexterity and eye/hand coordination.
• Requires normal or corrected vision and hearing to normal range.
• Requires working with some exposure to communicable disease.
• Medium work-exerting 20-50 lbs. of force occasionally and/or 10-25 lbs. of force frequently and/or 10 lbs. of force constantly to move objects.
• Physical demand requirements are in excess of those for Light Work.
  
  

Personal Protective Equipment:

• Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required.
  
  

Salaries [which may be] shown on independent job search websites reflect various market averages and do not represent information obtained directly from The Cleveland Clinic. Because we value each individual candidate, we invite and encourage each candidate to discuss salary/hourly specifics during the application and hiring process.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Other

• Industries

  Hospitals and Health Care

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