Patient Transporter

Hughston Clinic; Phenix City (AL); On-site; USD 17,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

The Hughston Clinic is seeking a Patient Transporter to help move patients, equipment, and specimens safely within the hospital environment. Under supervision, you will assist patients in and out of bed and transport them between departments, radiology, and outpatient areas.

The role requires at least a high school diploma, one year of related experience, and BLS certification before transporting a patient without staff. Excellent customer service and teamwork are essential in this position.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• One year of experience in a comparable job or nursing care assistant/nurse tech is preferred.
• BLS certification for healthcare workers required prior to transporting a patient without clinical staff.

Responsibilities

• Identify self to staff and retrieve patient charts as needed.
• Transfer patients using beds, stretchers, or wheelchairs following infection control and body mechanics.
• Ensure correct patient identification before transport.
• Notify receiving staff of patient arrival.
• Transport equipment and supplies to designated areas and maintain cleanliness of equipment.
• Support safe and efficient patient transport to various departments and areas within the hospital.
• Maintain safety practices and incident reporting per hospital policies.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Customer service

Communication

Teamwork

Safety awareness

Infection control

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

Under the supervision of the house supervisor, the patient transporter performs duties necessary to provide safe, courteous, and efficient transport of patients, equipment, supplies, and specimens to and from patient care areas and departments within the hospital. The goal of this position is to assist patients in and out of bed or, using wheelchairs or stretchers, to transport patients from the emergency room to a room, from one room to another, to a specialized area such as Radiology for a procedure, or down to the lobby for checkout. The patient transporter will also assist in transporting surgery patients to Outpatient surgery on the day of surgery, as well as transporting direct admissions to their assigned rooms.

POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES

• Identifies self to staff on unit, retrieves patient charts/notes as needed.
• Transfer patient from bed to stretcher or wheelchair following proper infection control and body mechanic procedures.
• Ensure appropriate identification of patients before shifting or transporting them.
• Notifies patient care staff on receiving unit of patients’ arrival.
• Possess and demonstrate excellent customer service skills as well as excellent interpersonal, organizational and verbal communication skills.
• Clean and maintain equipment as needed.
• Responsible for performing tasks that are within the scope of his/her educational preparation, knowledge, and permitted by the policies and procedures of JHMH.
• Transports equipment and supplies; delivering them to assigned treatment areas and patient care areas.
• Cleans stretchers, wheelchairs, etc. according to established infection control guidelines.
• Moves unused beds, stretchers, wheelchairs and other medical equipment from hallways and other unauthorized areas as needed.
• Transports laboratory specimens when needed, by picking up specimens and delivering them to the laboratory.
• Guide hospital visitors and patients’ families.
• Improve patient transport and throughput efficiency throughout the hospital.
• Reduce patient transport wait and response time.
• Increase patient and clinical staff satisfaction.
• Enhance patient safety.
• Must maintain knowledge and adherence to all applicable safety practices appropriate to job description such as incident reporting, handling of wastes, sharps, linens, PPE exposure, hand washing, and patient identification.
• Other duties as assigned.

POSITION REQUIREMENTS

Experience:

• One year of accumulated experience within the last three years in a comparable job classification; or one year of experience as a nursing care assistant/nurse tech required.

Education:

• High school education or equivalent required

Special Qualifications:

Required:

• BLS certification for healthcare workers required.
• Certification must be obtained before transporting a patient without clinical staff.

The Hughston Clinic, The Hughston Foundation, The Hughston Surgical Center, Hughston Clinic Orthopaedics, Hughston Medical, Hughston Orthopaedics Trauma, Hughston Orthopaedics Southeast and Jack Hughston Memorial Hospital participate in E-Verify. This company is an equal opportunity employer that recruits and hires qualified candidates without regard to race, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, disability, or veteran status.