Patient Transporter

Cleveland Clinic; Cleveland (OH); On-site; USD 19,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Cleveland Clinic Health System in Cleveland, OH is seeking a Patient Transporter to move patients and equipment across the Main Campus and affiliated facilities. You will work with nursing and clinical staff to ensure safe, timely transfers and patient comfort in a busy hospital environment.

This role requires a High School Diploma or GED preferred, the ability to lift 100 pounds, and excellent communication.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED preferred.
• No certifications required.
• Requires ability to move/transport 100+ pounds.

Responsibilities

• Transports patients to and from clinical, ancillary and support areas via wheelchair, stretcher or beds.
• Transfers patients with assistance.
• Transports patients during discharge to hospital lobby and opens doors.
• Ensures oxygen levels in tanks before transporting.
• Communicates patient arrival/departure to nursing staff.
• Disinfects and maintains equipment; performs safety checks.
• Identifies malfunctioning equipment and reports for repair.
• Moves equipment and linen carts to staging areas.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Organizational skills

Communication skills

Customer service

Ability to work under pressure

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

At Cleveland Clinic Health System, we believe in a better future for healthcare. And each of us is responsible for honoring our commitment to excellence, pushing the boundaries and transforming the patient experience, every day.

We all have the power to help, heal and change lives — beginning with our own. That’s the power of the Cleveland Clinic Health System team, and The Power of Every One.

Job Title

Patient Transporter

Location

Cleveland

Facility

Cleveland Clinic Main Campus

Department

Patient Transportation-Main Campus Hospital

Job Code

G10003

Shift

Day/Evening/Night/Weekend

Schedule

12:00am-12:00am

Job Summary

Transports patients and equipment from one area to another.

Job Details

Responsibilities:

• Transports patients to and from clinical, ancillary and support areas via wheelchair, stretcher or beds as requested, including patients with oxygen tanks, intravenous pumps, drips and special equipment.
• Transfers patients to or from beds, wheelchairs or stretchers, with assistance.
• Transports patients during discharge to hospital lobby and opens doors.
• Ensures proper oxygen levels in tanks before transporting patient.
• Approaches and offers assistance to patients and visitors in the hospital environment.
• Communicates to nursing personnel, clinicians, technicians or reception regarding patient’s arrival and departure.
• Verifies and confirms standard precautions and correct patient identification by comparing information from pager and patient wristband to obtain correct medical chart and verify proper mode of transportation.
• Disinfects and maintains equipment throughout the hospital. Performs environmental and safety checks then documents findings.
• Identifies malfunctioning ambulatory equipment and reports it to the appropriate department for repair or replacement.
• Moves and delivers equipment and linen carts to the appropriate staging area and depots.
• Other duties as assigned.

Education:

• High School Diploma or GED preferred.

Certifications:

• None required.

Complexity of Work:

• Requires organizational, decisive judgment, problem solving, communications, good customer service skills and the ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Must be able to handle multiple tasks, be able to work in a stressful environment and take appropriate actions as needed.

Work Experience:

• After selection and placement, requires three months on-the-job training and orientation to learn multiple hospital and clinic locations, special procedures and patient emergency and safety procedures, proper body mechanics necessary to safely move patients.

Physical Requirements:

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

Personal Protective Equipment:

• Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required.

The policy of Cleveland Clinic Health System and its system hospitals (Cleveland Clinic Health System) is to provide equal opportunity to all of our caregivers and applicants for employment in our drug free environment. All offers of employment are followed by testing for controlled substances.

Cleveland Clinic Health System administers an influenza prevention program. You will be required to comply with this program, which will include obtaining an influenza vaccination on an annual basis or obtaining an approved exemption.

Decisions concerning employment, transfers and promotions are made upon the basis of the best qualified candidate without regard to color, race, religion, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, ancestry, status as a disabled or Vietnam era veteran or any other characteristic protected by law. Information provided on this application may be shared with any Cleveland Clinic Health System facility.

If applying for a Florida position, please see the following website for more information on the background screening requirements required by the Agency of Health Care Administration: https://info.flclearinghouse.com/

Please review the Equal Employment Opportunity poster.

Cleveland Clinic is pleased to be an equal employment opportunity employer.