Patient Transporter

Cleveland Clinic; Cleveland (OH); On-site; USD 21,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

Cleveland Clinic's Main Campus in Ohio invites you to join a team delivering essential patient transport services. As a Patient Transporter, you will move patients and lightweight equipment across clinical, ancillary and support areas, ensuring safety and comfort while maintaining professional interactions with patients and visitors.

Shifts run 7:00am–3:30pm or 3:00pm–11:30pm with rotating weekends; on-the-job training lasts three months.

Qualifications

• Three months of on-the-job training to learn hospital locations, procedures and safety.
• Must be able to move patients and equipment safely.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced hospital environment.

Responsibilities

• Transport patients to and from clinical, ancillary and support areas using wheelchairs, stretchers, or beds.
• Transfer patients between beds, wheelchairs, or stretchers.
• Transport patients during discharge to the lobby.
• Verify patient identification and proper medical charts.
• Disinfect and maintain equipment.
• Perform safety checks and report malfunctioning equipment.
• Move equipment and linen carts.

Skills

Organizational skills

Decision making

Problem solving

Communication skills

Customer service

Independent working

Education

High school diploma / GED

Job description

Transports patients and equipment from one area to another.

Join Cleveland Clinic's Main Campus where research and surgery are advanced, technology is leading-edge, patient care is world-class, and caregivers are family. Cleveland Clinic is recognized as one of the top hospitals in the nation. At Cleveland Clinic, you will work alongside passionate and dedicated caregivers, receive endless support and appreciation, and build a rewarding career with one of the most respected healthcare organizations in the world.

As a Patient Transporter, you will be responsible for delivering exceptional service to our patients as you will be playing an essential role in helping them receive the care they need. Patient transporters quickly become familiar with all areas of the hospital while leaving lasting impressions on our patients and visitors.

A caregiver in this position works variable shifts from 7:00am to 3:30pm or 3:00pm to 11:30pm, with rotating weekends. Holiday requirements could include 3 main holidays that Cleveland Clinic observes.

A caregiver who excels in this role will:

• 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.
• Transfer patients to and from beds, wheelchairs, or stretchers.
• Transport patients during discharge to the hospital lobby.
• Ensure proper oxygen levels in tanks before transporting patients.
• Approach and aid patients and visitors.
• 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.
• Disinfect and maintain equipment.
• Perform environmental and safety checks, identify malfunctioning equipment, document findings and report on malfunctioning equipment.
• Move and deliver equipment and linen carts.
• 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:

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

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• High school diploma/ GED

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.

Pay Range

Minimum hourly: $15.00

Maximum hourly: $18.44

The pay range displayed on this job posting reflects the anticipated range for new hires. A successful candidate’s actual compensation will be determined after taking factors into consideration such as the candidate’s work history, experience, skill set and education. The pay range displayed does not include any applicable pay practices (e.g., shift differentials, overtime, etc.). The pay range does not include the value of Cleveland Clinic’s benefits package (e.g., healthcare, dental and vision benefits, retirement savings account contributions, etc.).