Patient Transporter, PRN

Cleveland Clinic; Garfield Heights (OH); On-site; USD 28,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Garfield Heights is seeking a Patient Transporter to ensure exceptional service and patient care. The role involves transporting patients, maintaining equipment, and ensuring safety protocols are followed. Ideal candidates will have a high school diploma and a compassionate approach to patient care.

Qualifications

• Transport patients using wheelchairs, stretchers, or beds.
• Complete three months of on-the-job training.

Responsibilities

• Ensure proper oxygen levels in tanks before transporting patients.
• Disinfect and maintain equipment.
• Perform environmental and safety checks.

Skills

Compassion

Communication

Education

High school diploma or GED

Job description

Serving the needs of Garfield Heights and the Southeast communities of Cuyahoga County since 1949, Marymount Hospital is a 269-registered bed acute care, faith-based hospital and became the first regional hospital to become a member of the Cleveland Clinic Healthcare System in 1995. This Magnet-recognized hospital maintains a strong commitment to the communities it serves through blending compassionate patient care with exceptional medical expertise. At Marymount Hospital, caregivers are guided by the Christian values of service, compassion, dignity and respect and live by the mission of providing world-class healthcare.

As a Patient Transporter, you will be responsible for delivering exceptional service to our patients as you will be playing an essential role in helping them receive the care they need. Patient transporters quickly become familiar with all areas of the hospital while leaving lasting impressions on our patients and visitors.

**A caregiver in this position works varying shifts between 5:30am - 11:30pm.**

A caregiver who excels in this role will:

+ Transport patients to and from clinical, ancillary and support areas using wheelchairs, stretchers or beds, including patients with oxygen tanks, intravenous pumps, drips and special equipment.

+ Transfer patients to and from beds, wheelchairs or stretchers.

+ Transport patients during discharge to the hospital lobby.

+ Ensure proper oxygen levels in tanks before transporting patients.

+ Approach and aid patients and visitors.

+ Verify and confirm standard precautions and correct patient identification by comparing information from the pager and patient wristband to obtain the correct medical chart and verify proper mode of transportation.

+ Disinfect and maintain equipment.

+ Perform environmental and safety checks, identify malfunctioning equipment, document findings and report malfunctioning equipment.

+ Move and deliver equipment and linen carts.

+ Complete three months of on-the-job training to learn multiple hospital and clinic locations, special procedures, patient and safety emergency procedures and proper body mechanics to safely move patients.

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

+ High school diploma or GED

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**Physical Requirements:**

+ Requires full range of body motion including handling of patients, manual and finger dexterity and eye/hand coordination.

+ Requires normal or corrected vision and hearing to normal range.

+ Requires working with some exposure to communicable disease.

+ Medium work-exerting 20-50 lbs. of force occasionally and/or 10-25 lbs. of force frequently and/or 10 lbs. of force constantly to move objects.

+ Physical demand requirements are in excess of those for Light Work.

**Personal Protective Equipment:**

+ Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required.

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