Patient Transporter - Night Shift

Indiana University Health System; Indianapolis (IN); On-site; USD 21,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

The Indiana University Health System is hiring a Full-Time Patient Transporter at IU Health Methodist Hospital. The role involves moving patients to and from admissions, discharges, and service locations, following safety and infection control policies.

Rotating weekends and holidays are required; shift is 10:00 PM - 6:30 AM. Candidates should be able to lift up to 50 lbs and stand/walk for long periods while coordinating with nursing staff.

Qualifications

• High school graduate or equivalent, including IU Health transition-to-work program.
• Must be trained in competencies such as oxygen equipment and monitoring.
• Ability to follow oxygen transport policy and monitor tank levels.
• Frequent standing and extensive walking required.
• Ability to lift up to 50 lbs and perform lifts with proper technique.
• Capability to perform repetitive grasping, dexterity, and wrist movements daily.
• No prior experience required.

Responsibilities

• Safely transport patients between service areas within the facility.
• Move patients via bed, stretcher, or wheelchair as needed.
• Monitor and communicate changes in patient condition during transport.
• Collaborate with nursing staff to coordinate transfers.
• Adhere to safety and infection control policies.
• Ensure timely patient transport to minimize care delays.

Skills

Patient transport

Mobility assistance

Job description

Position Details:

Status: Full-Time, 40 hours per week.

Schedule: Rotating weekends and holidays required.

Shift Hours: 10:00 PM - 6:30 AM

Location: IU Health Methodist 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:

• 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.