Patient Transporter - FT/Nights - Methodist Hospital

Indiana University Health; Indianapolis (IN); On-site; USD 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Indiana University Health is looking for a Patient Transporter to join their team in Indianapolis. This role involves transporting patients during night shifts, offering vital support in ensuring patient safety and comfort during transitions. Candidates should be high school graduates and ready to work collaboratively in a healthcare environment where lifting and handling patients is essential.

Qualifications

• High school graduate or equivalent background is accepted.
• Training in patient handling and oxygen transport policies is mandatory.
• Ability to work in a standing position and lift up to 50 lbs.

Responsibilities

• Transport patients to and from service areas, ensuring safety.
• Handle equipment related to patient care and monitoring.
• Follow protocols for patient lifting and transfers.

Skills

Patient lifting

Equipment handling

Oxygen equipment monitoring

Infection control

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

Patient Transporter - FT/Nights - Methodist Hospital

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Overview

Details: This position will work full-time, night shift. The hours are 8:00pm to 4:30am.

Overview

Details: This position will work full-time, night shift. The hours are 8:00pm to 4:30am.

Transports patients to and from the point of service, including admissions, discharges, ancillary and other service areas and perform varied patient/equipment handling duties.

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.
  
  
  

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity and inclusion at IU Health. IU Health does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, national origin, gender identity and/or expression, marital status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Health Care Provider

• Industries

  Hospitals and Health Care

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