Patient Transporter, Per Diem

Beth Israel Lahey Health; Winchester (MA); On-site; USD 10,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking health care organization where your role as a transporter is vital to patient care. This position involves ensuring the comfort and safety of patients as you assist them throughout the hospital. You'll be responsible for moving equipment, managing transport requests, and collaborating with clinical staff to enhance patient experiences. With a commitment to compassion and excellence, this dynamic team is dedicated to making a positive impact on the lives of patients and their families. If you're passionate about health care and want to contribute to a caring environment, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent required.
• Prior patient care experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Transport patients while ensuring their comfort and safety.
• Collaborate with clinical staff for effective patient transfers.
• Respond to equipment issues to maximize availability.

Skills

Patient Care

Empathy

Communication

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

Tools

Basic Life Support Certification

Job description

When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives.

Job Description:

Qualifications

Education Required: High School Diploma or equivalent

Experience Preferred: Prior patient care experience

Life Support Certification Required: Basic Life Support

Job Functions

1. Rounds the hospital to assess transport inventory and moves equipment to optimize operations and to maximize patient throughput.
2. Greets and informs patient of move process and identifies patient making the patient feel informed and comforted, fulfilling all safety and quality checks and procedures.
3. Moves furniture around to accommodate the stretcher and/or wheelchair.
4. Involves clinical staff in transferring patient from the bed to the stretcher or wheelchair.
5. Pushes patient and the patient’s medical chart to the various departments within the hospital conveying empathy and reassurance while caring for the patient’s dignity, comfort and safety.
6. Notifies the receiving department upon arrival and conducts a thorough hand off. Returns to the patient and explains the next steps. Stays with the patient if additional comfort or supervision is appropriate.
7. Transports select patients upon discharge, waiting for their transportation, and assisting them into their vehicle if necessary, ending the patient’s stay with a friendly note.
8. Prioritizes multiple transport requests to optimize patient throughput, reducing wait times to improve patient and family members’ satisfaction. Communicates with the requesting departments to collaborate on resolving transport conflicts.
9. Listens for pages regarding medical codes and retrieves a fresh code cart to replenish the involved department’s ensuring the department has access to this emergent tool. Moves code carts to multiple departments to appropriately replenish the carts’ supplies.
10. Moves patient care equipment and other materials. Delivers items throughout the hospital, as needed, including but not limited to laboratory specimens and pharmacy supplies.
11. Responds to equipment issues in a timely manner to ensure availability of equipment and to maximize its useful life.

As a health care organization, we have a responsibility to do everything in our power to care for and protect our patients, our colleagues and our communities. Beth Israel Lahey Health requires that all staff be vaccinated against influenza (flu) and COVID-19 as a condition of employment. Learn more about this requirement. More than 35,000 people working together. Nurses, doctors, technicians, therapists, researchers, teachers and more, making a difference in patients' lives. Your skill and compassion can make us even stronger. Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled