Patient Transporter - Day Shift

Indiana University Health; Indianapolis (IN); In loco; USD 22.000 - 30.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Indiana University Health, Inc. is seeking a hospital transporter to move patients and supplies within IU Health University Hospital.

The role requires identifying patients with two identifiers, coordinating with care teams, and ensuring safe handoffs at origin and destination. The transporter will disconnect and reconnect oxygen equipment, monitor oxygen levels, and assist with moving patients from bed to stretcher or wheelchair, while maintaining safety and confidentiality as part of daily

Competenze

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Training in oxygen equipment and infection control policies.
• Ability to follow oxygen transport policies and monitor tank levels.
• Frequent standing and long walks.
• Lift up to 50 lbs and bend/twist when handling weight.
• Daily use of repetitive motions and dexterity.
• Basic patient lifting technique training.
• No experience required.

Mansioni

• Transport patients and items safely within the hospital.
• Identify patients using two identifiers before transport.
• Ensure safe handoffs with caregivers at origin/destination.
• Communicate with care teams during patient movement.
• Disconnect/reconnect oxygen as needed in patient rooms.
• Monitor oxygen levels in tanks to safeguard patient safety.
• Properly store beds, stretchers, wheelchairs, and related equipment.

Conoscenze

Physical stamina

Team communication

Safe patient handling

PPE compliance

Formazione

High school diploma or equivalent

Oxygen equipment and infection control training

No experience required

Descrizione del lavoro

Overview

Position Details:

Status: Full-Time, 40 hours per week.

Schedule: Rotating weekends and holidays required.

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

Location: IU Health University 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.