Patient Transporter

UNC REX Healthcare; North Carolina; On-site; USD 25,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

UNC Health in Smithfield, NC is seeking a per diem Transporter to move patients between nursing units and to diagnostic areas. You will help maintain a clean, safe environment and support clinical staff with equipment and supplies.

Responsibilities include transporting patients, delivering equipment and nourishments, and reporting equipment issues. BLS certification must be obtained within 30 days of hire; no prior experience required.

Qualifications

• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence and memos, and the ability to write simple correspondence.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Provider certification required within thirty (30) days of hire.

Responsibilities

• Assists health professionals as appropriate to assigned work area
• Ensures that medical equipment necessary for patient transport is clean, functional and operational. Reports any equipment malfunctions to supervisor.
• 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 (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.

Skills

Reading comprehension

Written communication

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.

Hours: per diem, 8 hr shifts

Responsibilities

• Assists health professionals as appropriate to assigned work area
• Ensures that medical equipment necessary for patient transport is clean, functional and operational. Reports any equipment malfunctions to supervisor.
• 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 (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: Johnston Health

Organization Unit: Cardiology -

Work Type: Per Diem

Standard Hours Per Week: 4.00

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: Variable

Location of Job: US:NC:Smithfield

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.

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.

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