Patient Transporter

Northwell Health; Manhasset (NY); On-site; USD 10,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

Northwell Health is seeking a Patient Transporter to escort and transport patients within their facility. The ideal candidate will have a high school diploma and relevant experience, ensuring the safety and comfort of patients during transport. This part-time role is essential for facilitating patient movement and assisting clinical staff effectively.

Qualifications

• 1-3 years of relevant experience is desired.
• Ability to recognize cardio-pulmonary distress symptoms.
• Experience in maintaining and operating transport equipment.

Responsibilities

• Transport patients within the facility and record movements.
• Cleans and maintains transport equipment and assists clinical staff.
• Picks-up and delivers materials and equipment as directed.

Skills

Patient Transport Tracking

Basic Life Support

Equipment Maintenance

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

Job description

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Base pay range

$27.00/hr - $28.00/hr

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Job Description

Escorts or transports patients within facility. Records patient movement in transport tracking system. Picks-up and delivers materials and equipment. Assists in performing duties related to specialty areas of assignment.

Job Responsibility

• Cleans, maintains, and operates transport equipment and operates elevators to move or escort patients/visitors to and from various hospital areas, as directed, following established operating policies and procedures.
• Receives formal instruction/direction upon pick-up and provides formal hand-off report at destination, when not required to stay with patient; reports any changes in patient status/condition during transport.
• Removes and reports defective equipment to supervisor; assists clinical staff with lifting and moving patients for transfer and transport.
• Ensures oxygen tanks required for transport contain sufficient oxygen and are safely secured for transport; cleans transportation equipment according to Infection Control protocols.
• Confirms patient readiness for transport and need for appropriate equipment and ensures that equipment is ready and available.
• Recognizes cardio-pulmonary distress symptoms, sends for code team and provides interim basic life support for airway management and cardiac arrests until code team arrives.
• Uses patient transport tracking system to receive patient information; accept, track and close assignments.
• Picks-up and delivers materials and equipment, as directed, to various offices and departments within the Hospital according to related operating policies and procedures.
• Transfers deceased patients to the hospital morgue in accordance operating policy and procedures.
• Performs related duties as required. All responsibilities noted here are considered essential functions of the job under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Duties not mentioned here, but considered related are not essential functions.
  
  

Job Qualification

• High School Diploma or equivalent required.
• 1-3 years of relevant experience, required.
• Additional Salary Detail The salary range and/or hourly rate listed is a good faith determination of potential base compensation that may be offered to a successful applicant for this position at the time of this job advertisement and may be modified in the future.When determining a team member's base salary and/or rate, several factors may be considered as applicable (e.g., location, specialty, service line, years of relevant experience, education, credentials, negotiated contracts, budget and internal equity).

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Not Applicable

Employment type

• Employment type

  Part-time

Job function

• Job function

  Other

• Industries

  Hospitals and Health Care

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