Patients Transporter

ummh; Milford (MA); On-site; USD 21,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Signing bonus

Job summary

UMass Memorial Health in Central Massachusetts seeks a patient transporter to move patients throughout the hospital, assist nursing staff, and maintain transport equipment.

This non-exempt position requires working a Sunday through Saturday schedule with days and evenings based on department needs, and may include a signing bonus eligibility discussed during interview.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Ability to read, write, speak and understand English.
• Strong interpersonal and customer service orientation.
• Ability to work across shifts in a hospital setting.

Responsibilities

• Escort patients by wheelchair, stretcher, or bed.
• Assist nursing staff with patient transfers.
• Deliver beds, stretchers, and transport equipment.
• Transport specimens, records, and supplies between departments.
• Maintain transport logs and assist in emergency transport when needed.

Skills

English proficiency

Customer service

Interpersonal skills

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

Exemption Status: Non-Exempt

Hiring Range: $15.00 - $22.22 Please note that the final offer may vary within this range based on a candidate's experience, skills, qualifications, and internal equity considerations.

Schedule Details: Sunday through Saturday

Scheduled Hours: Days and evenings based on the needs of the department

Shift: 4 - Mixed Shift, 8.5 Hours (United States of America)

Hours: 0

Cost Center: 26000 - 0175 Central Patient Transportation

This position may have a signing bonus available a member of the Recruitment Team will confirm eligibility during the interview process.

Everyone Is a Caregiver

At UMass Memorial Health, everyone is a caregiver - regardless of their title or responsibilities. Exceptional patient care, academic excellence and leading-edge research make UMass Memorial the premier health system of Central Massachusetts, and a place where we can help you build the career you deserve. We are more than 20,000 employees, working together as one health system in a relentless pursuit of healing for our patients, community and each other. And everyone, in their own unique way, plays an important part, every day.

Performs a variety of duties involving the transportation of patients throughout the hospital. Assists nursing staff in the physical, lateral transfer of patients before and after patient transport. Collects and delivers items to and from areas including the Labs, Pharmacy, Radiology, Medical Records, S.P.D., Mail Room and patient care areas. Cleans, sanitizes and delivers beds and transport equipment; maintains job activity logs as required.

I. Major Responsibilities

1. Escorts ambulatory patients. Transports patient by wheelchair, stretcher or bed. Prior to transport, verifies identification of all patients assigned by checking 2 identifiers and signing off on Safe Patient Transport Forms; notifies clinician if discrepancy on forms. To ensure patient comfort and safety during transport process, monitors and responds to basic patient needs before, during and after transport. Provides appropriate handoff communication when patient is delivered to receiving unit.
2. Assists nursing staff and/or lift tech in moving and positioning of patients using various lift devices in preparation of patient for transport and returning patient to bed. Includes lateral transfer of patients on precaution status that requires Patient Transporter to use personal protection equipment and to follow infection control process per precaution isolation-type.
3. Delivers stretchers, beds, cribs and wheelchairs as needed. Assists in deep-cleaning of all transport equipment on a biannual basis. Sanitizes transport vehicles and ancillary equipment between patient use.
4. Transports patient specimens to and from the Lab, Pathology, and blood products to/from the Blood Bank in accordance with established infection control guidelines. Transports contaminated equipment to Sterile Processing within same infection control guidelines.
5. Delivers other materials such as medical records, pharmaceuticals, X-ray films, sterile items, and miscellaneous reports and items as required.
6. Checks E-cylinders (portable O2 tanks) for content; distributes/exchanges E-cylinders throughout the hospital.
7. Interacts with a web-based dispatch system TDSS via alpha paging for job assignment; maintains individual Transporter Trip Log and other statistical records as required.
8. May participate in Emergency Department triage transport assignment during disaster situations including CODE HELP, assist in transport of trauma patients and transport of deceased victims to the morgue. Guides and assists patients through decontamination unit.
9. May assume the role of a dispatcher if trained and as directed.

Standard Staffing Level Responsibilities

1. Complies with established departmental policies, procedures and objectives.
2. Attends variety of meetings, conferences, seminars as required or directed.
3. Demonstrates use of Quality Improvement in daily operations.
4. Complies with all health and safety regulations and requirements.
5. Respects diverse views and approaches, demonstrates Standards of Respect, and contributes to creating and maintaining an environment of professionalism, tolerance, civility and acceptance toward all employees, patients and visitors.
6. Maintains, regular, reliable, and predictable attendance.
7. Performs other similar and related duties as required or directed.

II. Position Qualifications

License/Certification/Education

Required:

1. High school diploma or equivalent.

Experience/Skills

Required:

1. Ability to read, write, speak and understand English.
2. Good inter-personal skills and a customer service orientation to maintain a collaborative, patient focused effort between Patient Transportatio