Support Associate-18

WVU Medicine; Morgantown (WV); In loco; USD 19.000 - 25.000; Tempo pieno

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WVUH West Virginia University Hospitals seeks a Transport Associate to support the patient care team and handle specific patient transport needs. You will move patients and items between departments and facilities, ensuring safety and proper equipment handling, including oxygen management.

During shifts, you will greet patients, monitor devices, report concerns to RNs, and assist with discharge transport. This role requires adherence to safety protocols and the ability to operate dispatch

Competenze

• Must obtain HeartSaver First Aid certification within 30 days of hire.
• WV background check required; federal check if DHHR BMS area.

Mansioni

• Escort patients or items to appropriate departments across WVUH campuses.
• Greet patients, identify self, and assist in preparing for transport.
• Monitor patients' monitoring and invasive devices during transport and intervene if needed.
• Transport patients with oxygen and manage oxygen storage.
• Observe and report patient concerns to the RN during transport.
• Communicate patient return to the RN promptly.
• Disinfect wheelchairs and stretchers after use.
• Assist with transport to discharge vehicles and transfer patient possessions.
• Move patients and items to all WVUH campus areas safely and promptly.
• Operate the patient transport dispatch system per department guidelines.
• Maintain oxygen tank levels on each unit daily.
• Position wheelchairs and stretchers back to their origin.

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Welcome! We're excited you're considering an opportunity with us!

Below, you'll find other important information about this position.

This role is a position providing support to the patient care team as well as directly attending to certain, specified needs of the patient. This position performs the transportation of patients to and from testing areas and other areas as needed. This position also transports various items throughout the facility.

Minimum Qualifications

EDUCATION, CERTIFICATION, AND/OR LICENSURE:

• Obtain certification in HeartSaver First Aid within 30 days of hire date.
• West Virginia state criminal background check required, and Federal, if applicable, for DHHR BMS regulated area.

Preferred Qualifications

EDUCATION, CERTIFICATION, AND/OR LICENSURE:

• High school diploma or Equivalent is preferred.

CORE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Escorts patients or items safely to the appropriate departments in Ruby Memorial Hospital, Skilled Nursing Facility, Physician Office Center, Cancer Center and Health Sciences Center.
• Courteously greets patients, identifies self, and then assists in preparing the patient for transport from the department.
• Monitors the integrity of patient's monitoring and invasive devices at all times during transport, and intervenes in emergency situations to ensure patient safety.
• Responsible for transporting patients with oxygen, including handling and storage of oxygen.
• Observes and reports to the RN all patient concerns or changes in condition while in transport.
• Promptly communicates return of patient to the RN.
• Disinfects wheelchairs and stretchers, after each use.
• Upon discharge, identifies and safely assists with the transport of patient and patient's possessions to discharge vehicles.
• Transports patients and items to and from all areas of the WVUH Campus in a safe and timely manner.
• Must be able to use the patient transport dispatching system according to the guidelines set up by the Department Manager.
• Maintains proper oxygen tank levels on each unit daily
• Positions wheelchairs and stretchers back to place of origin.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

• The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health recommends minimizing the need for employees to manually lift patients, and limit safe patient handling to 35 pounds. All transfers, lifts and re-positioning will be completed utilizing the lift equipment and/or other patient handling aids as indicated by the patient's profile and appropriate algorithms.
• Heavy/Hard work: Work requires strength and/or stamina for lifting, moving, stooping, reaching, standing, and walking for long periods of time. Handling of materials and equipment weighing up to 50 pounds. Pushing/pulling carts weighing up to 200 pounds.

WORKING ENVIRONMENT:

Skills And Abilities

• Unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP) may have limited access to medications including during transport of non-controlled substances at the request of a licensed care provider.

Additional Job Description

Hours: 7:00am - 3:30pm

With rotating weekends and holidays

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

Shift

Day (United States of America)

Exempt/Non-Exempt

United States of America (Non-Exempt)

Company

WVUH West Virginia University Hospitals

Cost Center

613 WVUH Central Transport

Address

1 Medical Center Drive

Morgantown

West Virginia

Equal Opportunity Employer

West Virginia University Health System and its subsidiaries (collectively "WVUHS") is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practices laws. WVUHS strictly prohibits and does not tolerate discrimination against employees, applicants, or any other covered persons because of race, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, ethnicity, sex (including gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity), age, physical or mental disability, citizenship, past, current, or prospective service in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law. All WVUHS employees, other workers, and representatives are prohibited from engaging in unlawful discrimination. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, training, promotion, discipline, compensation, benefits, and termination of employment.