Patient Transporter

Cleveland Clinic; Cleveland (OH); On-site; USD 30,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading healthcare provider as a Patient Transporter at Cleveland Clinic. In this entry-level role, you will provide essential patient transportation services, ensuring comfort and safety. This position offers a unique opportunity to gain hands-on experience in a fast-paced healthcare environment, making a significant impact on patient care and support.

Qualifications

• Minimum qualifications include a High School Diploma or GED.

Responsibilities

• Transport patients to and from various areas using wheelchairs or stretchers.
• Ensure proper oxygen levels in tanks before transporting patients.
• Complete three months of on-the-job training.

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

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Join Cleveland Clinic and experience world-class healthcare at its best. Cleveland Clinic Hillcrest Hospital is a proud Magnet Hospital awarded by the American Nurses Credentialing Center, the highest honor an organization can receive for professional nursing practice. Here, you will work alongside a dedicated team of caregivers, receive endless support and appreciation, and build a rewarding career.

As a Patient Transporter, you play an essential role in helping patients receive the care they need at Hillcrest Hospital. You will provide transportation to and from various areas throughout the facility, 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 position works days from 8:00AM - 5:00PM.

A caregiver who excels in this role will:

1. 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.
2. Transfer patients to and from beds, wheelchairs or stretchers.
3. Transport patients during discharge to the hospital lobby.
4. Ensure proper oxygen levels in tanks before transporting patients.
5. Approach and aid patients and visitors.
6. 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.
7. Disinfect and maintain equipment.
8. Perform environmental and safety checks, identify malfunctioning equipment, document findings and report malfunctioning equipment.
9. Move and deliver equipment and linen carts.
10. 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:

1. 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:

1. Requires full range of body motion including handling of patients, manual and finger dexterity and eye/hand coordination.
2. Requires normal or corrected vision and hearing to normal range.
3. Requires working with some exposure to communicable disease.
4. Ability to move/transport up to or more than 100 pounds (lbs.).
5. Physical demand requirements are in excess of those for Light Work.

Personal Protective Equipment:

1. 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

• Entry level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Other

Industries

• Hospitals and Health Care

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