Patient Transport, per diem

Winchester Hospital; United States; On-site; USD 23,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Winchester Hospital, part of Beth Israel Lahey Health, seeks a patient transport volunteer to support operations and patient comfort across departments. You will round the hospital, move equipment, assist with transfers from bed to stretcher, and ensure safe handoffs when patients are moved.

This role emphasizes empathy, teamwork, and safety; preferred High School Diploma or equivalent and required BLS certification.

Qualifications

• High school diploma preferred; BLS certification required.
• Strong communication and teamwork to support patient transport and handoffs.
• Demonstrated empathy and ability to work in a fast-paced hospital environment.

Responsibilities

• Rounds hospital to assess transport inventory and moves equipment.
• Greets patients and informs them about move process, ensuring safety checks and dignity.
• Transports patients and charts to departments, coordinating with clinical staff.
• Notifies receiving department on arrival and performs thorough handoffs.
• Replenishes code carts and ensures equipment availability across units.
• Moves patient care equipment and supplies throughout the hospital as needed.
• Responds promptly to equipment issues to maximize uptime.
• Prioritizes multiple transport requests to reduce patient wait times.

Skills

BLS Certification

Communication

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.

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 Beth Israel Lahey Health

Beth Israel Lahey Health (BILH) is an integrated health system dedicated to creating healthier communities — one person at a time — through seamless care and ground-breaking science, driven by excellence, innovation and equity. Founded in 2019, our system brings together academic medical centers and teaching hospitals, community and specialty hospitals, primary and specialty care, behavioral health and home care services, and more than 5,900 physicians and 36,000 employees to care for more than 1.7 million patients in communities across Eastern Massachusetts and Southern New Hampshire. Together, we are changing healthcare for the better.

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 At Beth Israel Lahey Health, we are driving the change in health care that Massachusetts wants and needs. Our culture promotes continuous learning, growth, innovation and a sense of belonging. We make it a priority to offer comprehensive compensation and benefits and help you achieve a healthy and balanced life. While you're busy caring for and supporting our patients, we take care of you.