Patient Transporter

UNC Health Care; Holly Springs (NC); On-site; USD 25,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

UNC Health is seeking a patient transporter in Holly Springs, NC to move patients between units and to diagnostic areas. You’ll support nursing staff, keep equipment clean and ready, and help maintain a safe and orderly environment on a per diem basis.

Responsibilities include transporting patients ranging from stable to complex cases, delivering supplies, and assisting health professionals as needed. Certification in BLS within 30 days is required, with no prior experience necessary.

Qualifications

• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence and memos
• Ability to write simple correspondence
• BLS for Healthcare Provider certification required within 30 days of hire
• No prior experience required

Responsibilities

• Assists health professionals as appropriate to assigned work area
• Ensures that medical equipment necessary for patient transport is clean, functional and operational
• Helps maintain a clean and safe work environment
• Procures, processes, and/or delivers equipment, supplies, nourishments, and other resources to the assigned area on a routine basis and during emergency situations
• Transports patients to other nursing units, to diagnostic and treatment areas, and for discharge from the Hospitals

Skills

Read together instructions

Write simple correspondence

Job description

Description

Your passion belongs at UNC Health. Join more than 56,000 teammates working together to improve the health and well-being of the communities we serve across North Carolina.

Summary

Provides safe transportation for patients between nursing units and to and from diagnostic and treatment areas. Additional responsibilities include other indirect patient care activities such as maintaining a clean, well-stocked work environment in the assigned area. Work is performed under the close supervision of a hospital supply technician or a member of the nursing staff.

Responsibilities

1. Assists health professionals as appropriate to assigned work area
2. Ensures that medical equipment necessary for patient transport is clean, functional and operational. Reports any equipment malfunctions to supervisor.
3. Helps maintain a clean and safe work environment.
4. Procures, processes, and/or delivers equipment, supplies, nourishments, and other resources to the assigned area on a routine basis and during emergency situations
5. Transports patients (whose conditions range from stable to highly complex with special equipment needs) to other nursing units, to diagnostic and treatment areas, and for discharge from the Hospitals.

Other Information

Education Requirements:

• None required.

Licensure/Certification Requirements:

• Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Provider certification required within thirty (30) days of hire.

Professional Experience Requirements:

• No prior experience required.

Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements:

• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence and memos, and the ability to write simple correspondence.

Job Details

Legal Employer: NCHEALTH

Entity: UNC Rex Holly Springs Hospital

Organization Unit: Patient Transport - HS

Work Type: Per Diem

Standard Hours Per Week: 8.00

Salary Range:$18.00 - $24.66 per hour (Hiring Range)

Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity

Work Assignment Type: Onsite

Work Schedule: Weekend

Location of Job: US:NC:Holly Springs

Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: No

This position is employed by NC Health (Rex Healthcare, Inc., d/b/a NC Health), a private, fully-owned subsidiary of UNC Heath Care System. This is not a State employed position.

Equal Opportunity

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran or political affiliation.

UNC Health makes reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as applicants and employees with disabilities. All interested applicants are invited to apply for career opportunities. Please email [e-mail] if you need a reasonable accommodation to search and/or to apply for a career opportunity.