Patient Transport Full Time

Hughston Clinic; Phenix City (AL); On-site; USD 18,000 - 23,000; Full time

Job summary

The Hughston Clinic is seeking a dedicated Patient Transporter to move patients, equipment, and specimens safely within the hospital. Under supervision, you will assist patients in and out of bed and transport them between departments, radiology, and surgery areas, ensuring courteous service and infection control.

Requirements include at least one year of relevant experience, a high school diploma or equivalent, and BLS certification prior to transporting patients without clinical staff.

Qualifications

• One year of experience in a comparable role within the last three years.
• High school education or equivalent.
• BLS certification for healthcare workers required.
• Certification must be obtained before transporting a patient without clinical staff.

Responsibilities

• Identify self to staff on unit and retrieve patient charts as needed.
• Transfer patient from bed to stretcher or wheelchair following infection control rules.
• Ensure correct patient identification before shifting or transporting.
• Notify receiving staff of patient arrival and assist as needed.
• Provide courteous, safe transport of patients, equipment, and specimens.
• Clean and maintain stretchers, wheelchairs and related equipment.
• Transport patients to Radiology, OR, or outpatient areas as required.
• Support throughput improvements and patient satisfaction goals.

Skills

Customer service

Verbal communication

Interpersonal skills

Infection control

Education

High school education or equivalent

Job description

Under the supervision of the house supervisor, the patient transporter performs duties necessary to provide safe, courteous, and efficient transport of patients, equipment, supplies, and specimens to and from patient care areas and departments within the hospital. The goal of this position is to assist patients in and out of bed or, using wheelchairs or stretchers, to transport patients from the emergency room to a room, from one room to another, to a specialized area such as Radiology for a procedure, or down to the lobby for checkout. The patient transporter will also assist in transporting surgery patients to Outpatient surgery on the day of surgery, as well as transporting direct admissions to their assigned rooms.

POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES

• Identifies self to staff on unit, retrieves patient charts/notes as needed.
• Transfer patient from bed to stretcher or wheelchair following proper infection control and body mechanic procedures.
• Ensure appropriate identification of patients before shifting or transporting them.
• Notifies patient care staff on receiving unit of patients’ arrival.
• Possess and demonstrate excellent customer service skills as well as excellent interpersonal, organizational and verbal communication skills.
• Clean and maintain equipment as needed.
• Responsible for performing tasks that are within the scope of his/her educational preparation, knowledge, and permitted by the policies and procedures of JHMH.
• Transports equipment and supplies; delivering them to assigned treatment areas and patient care areas.
• Cleans stretchers, wheelchairs, etc. according to established infection control guidelines.
• Moves unused beds, stretchers, wheelchairs and other medical equipment from hallways and other unauthorized areas as needed.
• Transports laboratory specimens when needed, by picking up specimens and delivering them to the laboratory.
• Guide hospital visitors and patients’ families.
• Improve patient transport and throughput efficiency throughout the hospital.
• Reduce patient transport wait and response time.
• Increase patient and clinical staff satisfaction.
• Enhance patient safety.
• Must maintain knowledge and adherence to all applicable safety practices appropriate to job description such as incident reporting, handling of wastes, sharps, linens, PPE exposure, hand washing, and patient identification.
• Other duties as assigned.

POSITION REQUIREMENTS

Experience:

Required:

• One year of accumulated experience within the last three years in a comparable job classification; or one year of experience as a nursing care assistant/nurse tech required.

Education:

Required:

• High school education or equivalent required

Special Qualifications:

Required:

• BLS certification for healthcare workers required.
• Certification must be obtained before transporting a patient without clinical staff.

The Hughston Clinic, The Hughston Foundation, The Hughston Surgical Center, Hughston Clinic Orthopaedics, Hughston Medical, Hughston Orthopaedics Trauma, Hughston Orthopaedics Southeast and Jack Hughston Memorial Hospital participate in E-Verify. This company is an equal opportunity employer that recruits and hires qualified candidates without regard to race, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, disability, or veteran status.