Patient Transporter

Indiana University Health; Indianapolis (IN); On-site; USD 21,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Indiana University Health Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis is seeking a Patient Transporter to move patients and items safely within the hospital. You will identify patients using two identifiers and coordinate handoffs with care teams, ensuring patient safety and confidentiality.

PPE is required and oxygen equipment monitoring may be performed. Responsibilities include transporting deceased patients to the morgue, logging inventory, and maintaining beds, stretchers, and wheelchairs, while

Qualifications

• High school graduate or equivalent education; IU Health transition-to-work program approved may apply.
• Training in competencies such as oxygen equipment, monitoring levels, lifting and transfers, and infection control policies.
• Ability to follow oxygen transport policy and monitor tank levels during transport.
• Frequent standing and extensive walking required.
• Lifting up to 50 lbs and ability to stoop, bend and twist while handling weights.
• Ability to perform repetitive motions (grasping, dexterity, wrist rotation).
• No prior experience required.

Responsibilities

• Transport patients and items safely within the hospital.
• Identify patients using two identifiers and ensure safe handoffs with care teams.
• Monitor and handle oxygen equipment as needed and ensure patient safety.
• Transport deceased patients to morgue, log inventory, and document cold storage timing.
• Maintain beds, stretchers, wheelchairs, PPE, and sanitation of transport equipment.

Skills

Patient transport

Oxygen equipment

Safety policies

Lifting & transfers

PPE usage

Education

High school diploma

Job description

Position Details:

Status: Full-Time, 40 hours per week.

Schedule: Rotating weekends and holidays required.

Shift Hours: 11:00 AM - 7:30 PM / 12:00 PM - 8:30 PM

Location: IU Health Methodist Hospital

Position Summary:

Use transport application to transport patients and items safely from origin to destination within the hospital. Must properly identify patient for transport by using two identifiers. Transporters must have safe handoff of patient with caregivers at origin and destination. Must communicate and work closely with care teams when moving patients. Disconnects and reconnects oxygen from wall in patient room. Patient transporters must monitor oxygen levels on the oxygen tank to ensure patient safety. Safely moves patients from bed to stretcher or wheelchair.

Responsible for transporting deceased patients and death paperwork from patient room to the morgue where they will secure the patient in controlled cold temperature storage. Will log patient into the morgue inventory and document time patient was placed in cold storage. Responsible for proper storage of beds, stretchers, wheelchairs, and items. Properly identify bed types for delivery to units. Properly uses personal protective equipment (PPE) to enter all room types to include isolation rooms. Safely disposes of soiled and used linen. Uses chemicals to properly sanitize patient transport equipment before and after each use. Maintains patient safety and confidentiality.

Position Requirements:

• High school graduate or an equivalent combination of education experience from which comparable job knowledge can be acquired; to include graduates from an approved IU Health transition-to-work program.
• Requires training in all assigned competencies such as but not limited to patient oxygen equipment and monitoring of levels and amounts, patient lifting and transfers, and infection control policies.
• Requires the ability to follow oxygen transport policy and procedures, including attaching and monitoring of oxygen tank levels during transport.
• Must have the ability to frequently work in a standing position and do large amounts of walking.
• Must have the ability to lift up to 50 lbs. and be able to stoop, bend and twist while handling these weights.
• Must have the ability to use repetitive motions such as grasping, fine manipulating, medium dexterity, forearm/wrist rotation movement area used daily.
• Must have the ability to perform the basic patient lifting through in-service for proper technique.
• No experience required.