Patient Transporter - Day Shift

IU Health; Indianapolis (IN); On-site; USD 19,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

IU Health University Hospital is seeking a Patient Transporter to support the safe movement of patients within the facility, including admissions, discharges, and transfers between service areas.

The role involves assisting patients via bed, stretcher, or wheelchair, monitoring changes in condition, and coordinating with nursing staff while following infection control and safety policies. This is a full-time position with a 40-hour week and rotating weekends and holidays.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Training in oxygen equipment, lifting techniques and infection control policies.
• Ability to stand and walk frequently.
• Ability to lift up to 50 lbs and to stoop, bend and twist while handling these weights.
• Ability to perform repetitive motions.
• No experience required.

Responsibilities

• Transport patients to and from admissions, discharges, and other service locations within the facility.
• Move patients via bed, stretcher, or wheelchair.
• Monitor and report changes in a patient's condition during transport.
• Collaborate with nursing staff to coordinate patient transfers.
• Adhere to safety protocols and infection control guidelines.
• Ensure timely transport to minimize delays in care.

Skills

Patient transport

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

Overview

Position Details

Status: Full-Time, 40 hours per week.

Schedule: Rotating weekends and holidays required.

Shift Hours: 7:00 AM - 3:30 PM

Location: IU Health University Hospital

Position Summary

The Patient Transporter plays a crucial role in ensuring the safe and efficient movement of patients. Patient Transporters are responsible for transporting patients to and from points of service, including admissions, discharges, ancillary areas, and other service locations within the healthcare facility.

Duties include safe handling of patients and equipment during transport. Patients may be transported via bed, stretcher, or wheelchair. Monitoring and reporting any changes in a patient's condition during transportation. Collaborating with nursing staff and other healthcare professionals to coordinate patient transfers. Adhering to all safety protocols and guidelines, including infection control policies. Ensuring timely transport of patients to minimize delays in care.

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.