Patient Transport Aide

Hartford HealthCare; Bridgeport (CT); Sur place; USD 21 000 - 30 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Hartford HealthCare's St. Vincent's Medical Center in Bridgeport is seeking a dedicated Transporter to move patients, equipment and items safely and efficiently. You will support physicians, nurses and staff by ensuring timely transports and proper patient handling.

Responsibilities include responding with urgency to transport requests, verifying patient identity, maintaining confidentiality, and following department protocols. High attention to safety, compassion and teamwork is essential.

Qualifications

• Must be able to read and speak English.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Ability to follow directions.
• Ability to solve basic problems.
• Follows hospital specific protocols (isolation and radiation precautions).
• Adheres to policies, procedures and standards from regulatory agencies.
• Ability to maintain patient/customer focus fostering a teamwork environment.
• Ability to transport patients with specific needs (oxygen, IVs, etc.).
• High School Diploma or GED preferred.
• 3+ months related experience preferred.

Responsabilités

• Responds to transport requests with a sense of urgency.
• Ensures oxygen tanks have sufficient oxygen for the transport.
• Maintains patient comfort and modesty during transport.
• Follows department protocols and uses dispatch system.
• Documents transport with ticket-to-ride before leaving the unit.
• Transports patients between departments and care areas using wheelchairs, stretchers or beds.
• Notifies staff upon arrival and verifies patient identification and chart accuracy.
• Maintains confidentiality of patient information during transport.
• Returns equipment to proper locations and reports repairs as needed.
• Disinfects and cleans transport equipment after each use.

Connaissances

English proficiency

Interpersonal skills

Follow directions

Problem solving

Regulatory protocols

Patient/customer focus

Formation

High School Diploma or GED

Description du poste

Location Detail: St Vincents Medical Center (10427)

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St. Vincent's Medical Center in Bridgeport has more than 3,200 employees. It includes a 473-bed community teaching hospital, a 76-bed inpatient psychiatric facility in Westport, a large multispecialty provider group, and special needs services for adults and children. St. Vincent's is the first hospital in Fairfield County to be integrated into the Hartford HealthCare network, and is the system’s second-largest hospital.

Job Summary

Responsible for the safe, timely and accurate transport of patients, medical equipment and patient-related items to their destinations enabling physicians, nurses, technicians, and therapists to perform their duties in an effective manner. Ensures positive patient and customer satisfaction, proper utilization of body mechanics, adherence to policies, procedures and standards established by the Hospital, Department and Regulatory Agencies. Acts as a positive role model and team player demonstrating HHC mission and values. Must be sensitive and attentive to all patient/guest needs.

• Responds to transport requests with a sense of urgency.
• Ensures oxygen tanks are not empty/tank has enough oxygen for entire transport.
• Ensures the comfort of the patient throughout entire request by being attentive; offers blankets, checks modesty, and only engages in appropriate conversation involving the patient.
• Follows department protocols using dispatch system appropriately.
• Utilizes ticket-to-ride documentation before leaving the unit with a patient.
• Transport patients between departments and to and from patient care areas as well as to and from inpatient and outpatient areas for the purpose of prescheduled and unscheduled procedures; via wheelchair, stretcher, bed and other transport equipment, or ambulation as requested.
• Notifies nursing personnel, clinician, technician and/or reception upon arrival for patient. Verifies correct patient identification, comparing information from pager/phone to patient wristband; obtains correct chart, verifies proper mode of transportation and confirms standard precautions.
• Maintains patient’s chart during transport and ensures confidentiality of patient information at all times.
• Collects and returns wheelchairs and stretchers and other various equipment to their proper locations.
• Disinfects and cleans transport equipment before and after each patient use and reports equipment needing repairs.

Qualifications

Perform other related duties as required

• Must be able to read and speak English
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Ability to follow directions
• Ability to solve basic problems
• Follows hospital specific protocols - for example, isolation and radiation precautions, etc
• Adheres to all policies, procedures and standards established by all regulatory agencies including but not limited to Federal, State, JCAHO, OSHA, and CDC.
• Ability to maintain a patient/customer focus fostering a teamwork environment.
• Ability to transport patient with specific needs. Example: those requiring oxygen tanks, cardiac cath patients, young children or elderly patients, IV's, drainage tubes, etc.
• High School Diploma or GED preferred
• 3+ months related experience preferred

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