Patient Transport, 24 hours/week

bilh; Symmes Corner (MA); On-site; USD 23,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Beth Israel Lahey Health in Winchester Hospital seeks a compassionate Transport Associate to support patient movement and equipment handling across the facility. You will round to assess transport inventory, greet patients, and ensure safety and dignity during transfers.

Responsibilities include coordinating with clinical staff, handoffs on arrival, and assisting with discharge transports while prioritizing patient comfort and throughput in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent is preferred.
• BLS certification is required.
• Ability to move patients and equipment safely.

Responsibilities

• Round the hospital to assess transport needs and move equipment to optimize operations.
• Greet patients, inform them of the move process, and ensure safety checks.
• Move furniture to accommodate stretchers and wheelchairs.
• Assist clinical staff in transferring patients from bed to stretcher or wheelchair.
• Transport patients and medical charts between departments with empathy and care.
• Communicate arrivals, conduct thorough handoffs, and provide comfort as needed.
• Support discharge transports and assist patients into their vehicle.
• Prioritize transport requests to reduce wait times and coordinate with departments.
• Retrieve code carts during codes and replenish department carts as needed.
• Deliver items hospital-wide and respond to equipment issues promptly.

Skills

Patient transport

Team communication

Safety awareness

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

BLS Certification

Job description

When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you're making a difference in people's lives.

Job Description

Winchester Hospital is a 5x Magnet designated, Top 10 Massachusetts recognized 223-bed regional hospital that is the leading provider of comprehensive health care services in the northwest suburban Boston area.

As part of the Volunteer department team, this position:

• Rounds the hospital to assess transport inventory and moves equipment to optimize operations and to maximize patient throughput.
• Greets and informs patient of move process and identifies patient making the patient feel informed and comforted, fulfilling all safety and quality checks and procedures.
• Moves furniture around to accommodate the stretcher and/or wheelchair.
• Involves clinical staff in transferring patient from the bed to the stretcher or wheelchair.
• Pushes patient and the patient's medical chart to the various departments within the hospital conveying empathy and reassurance while caring for the patient's dignity, comfort and safety.
• Notifies the receiving department upon arrival and conducts a thorough hand off. Returns to the patient and explains the next steps. Stays with the patient if additional comfort or supervision is appropriate.
• Transports select patients upon discharge, waiting for their transportation, and assisting them into their vehicle if necessary, ending the patient's stay with a friendly note.
• Prioritizes multiple transport requests to optimize patient throughput, reducing wait times to improve patient and family members' satisfaction. Communicates with the requesting departments to collaborate on resolving transport conflicts.
• Listens for pages regarding medical codes and retrieves a fresh code cart to replenish the involved department's ensuring the department has access to this emergent tool. Moves code carts to multiple departments to appropriately replenish the carts' supplies.
• Moves patient care equipment and other materials. Delivers items throughout the hospital, as needed, including but not limited to laboratory specimens and pharmacy supplies.
• Responds to equipment issues in a timely manner to ensure availability of equipment and to maximize its useful life.

Education

Preferred: High School Diploma or equivalent

Required : BLS

Pay Range

$17.00 - $22.88

The pay range listed for this position is the base hourly wage range the organization reasonably and in good faith expects to pay for this position at this time. Actual compensation is determined based on several factors, that may include seniority, education, training, relevant experience, relevant certifications, geography of work location, job responsibilities, or other applicable factors permissible by law. Compensation may exceed the base hourly rate depending on shift differentials, call pay, premium pay, overtime pay, and other additional pay practices, as applicable to the position and in accordance with the law.

As a health care organization, we have a responsibility to do everything in our power to care for and protect our patients, our colleagues and our communities. Beth Israel Lahey Health requires that all staff be vaccinated against influenza (flu) as a condition of employment.

More than 35,000 people working together. Nurses, doctors, technicians, therapists, researchers, teachers and more, making a difference in patients' lives. Your skill and compassion can make us even stronger.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled