Patient Transporter Inpatient PRN

Wellstar Health System; Griffin (GA); On-site; USD 2,066,000 - 3,031,000; Full time

Job summary

Wellstar Health System seeks a Centralized Support Technician to assist nursing units with patient safety, transportation, room turnover, and meal delivery. The role emphasizes patient advocacy and world-class customer care in daily duties and any additional tasks assigned.

Responsibilities include safety monitoring, telesitter support, proper patient verification and transport, and collaboration with EVS and nutrition services to ensure uninterrupted patient care.

Qualifications

• Ability to read, write and speak English effectively.
• Strong customer service and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to collaborate with healthcare providers and work in stressful situations.

Responsibilities

• Constant observation and safety monitoring of patients.
• Notify staff of changes in patient behavior or risk factors.
• Transport patients with proper verification and safe handling of equipment.
• Maintain room turnover including cleaning duties.
• Assist with nutrition and food services and meal delivery.

Skills

English proficiency

Customer service

Interpersonal skills

Collaboration

Stress management

Adaptability

Education

High school diploma

GED

Job description

How would you like to work in a place where your contributions and ideas are valued? A place where you can serve with compassion, pursue excellence and honor every voice? At Wellstar, our mission is simple, yet powerful: to enhance the health and well-being of every person we serve. We are proud to have become a shining example of what's possible when the brightest professionals dedicate themselves to making a difference in the healthcare industry, and in people's lives.

Work Shift

Various (United States of America)

Job Summary:

The Centralized Support Technician will function as versatile employee that provides support to nursing units at Wellstar Hospitals by assisting with patient safety sitting, patient transports, room turnover that includes a full range of cleaning duties to assigned area and assisting the nutrition and food services liaisons with patient meal delivery and retrieval. The Centralized Support Technician should assume the role of patient advocate providing world-class customer care in daily job duties as well as any additional duties as assigned.

Core Responsibilities and Essential Functions:

Safety Sitter

Constant Observation for changes in patient behavior.
Communicate with staff any potential or recent changes in the patients behavior, risk factors, or mental status.
Document patient checks every 15 minutes (Q15) on patients under observation.
Evaluate environment for safety and document each shift.
Assist in the provision of a safe and clean environment and aids with activities of daily living

Telesitter Facility Liaison

Tracks, delivers, maintains, and retrieves telesitter carts
Troubleshoots any cart connectivity issues and places an IT ticket if necessary
Performs safe room guideline checks upon initiation and upon every hand-off thereafter
Performs environmental rounds to ensure safe room guidelines are being maintained
Responds to remote telesitter escalation for face-to-face intervention
Notifies Nurse and/or charge Nurse when face to face redirection is required

Transportation of patients

Proper verification of patient identification
Obtain TTR, proper sign out of patient, proper notification of RN upon return
Proper movement and transport of patient
Verify that O2 and IVs are transported correctly
Ensure that proper hand washing and isolation technique is used
Utilizes proper body mechanics and lift equipment

Room Turnover (Environmental Services)

The CST will empty trash from the patient room.
Keep room clear of clutter by picking up trash and cleaning spills.
May aid current EVS tech with room turnover.

Nutrition and Food Services

Transportation of meal carts from kitchen to the nursing unit.
Transportation of used meal carts from the nursing unit to kitchen.

Performs other duties as assigned

Complies with all Wellstar Health System policies, standards of work, and code of conduct.

Required Minimum Education:

• High school diploma Required or

• GED Required

Required Minimum License(s) and Certification(s):

All certifications are required upon hire unless otherwise stated.

• BLS - Basic Life Support or

• ARC-BLS - Amer Red Cross Basic Life Support or

• BLS-I - Basic Life Support - Instructor

Additional Licenses and Certifications

• Must attend and successfully complete the WellStar Sitter Course within the first 30 days of employment Required

Required Minimum Experience:

• Minimum 2 years healthcare experience Preferred

Required Minimum Skills:

• Ability to read, write and speak the English language;

• Ability to hear and see alarms and digital readouts;

• Strong customer service and interpersonal skills;

• Ability to collaborate with other healthcare providers in the provision of patient care;

• Ability to function in stressful and emergency situations is essential.

• Must be versatile in learning and able to perform various job duties daily.

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