Transport Part Time

BHS Baptist Healthcare System; Elizabethtown (KY); Presencial; USD 17 000 - 25 000; Tempo parcial

Resumo da oferta

Baptist Health in Kentucky seeks a Transporter for part-time hours (20 weekly) with a mix of first and second shifts. The role involves transporting patients safely by wheelchair or bed, delivering items between departments, and assisting with mobility and transfers while adhering to infection control standards.

You will ensure patient comfort and safety during transport, report any distress or equipment issues promptly, and verify patient identity per protocol.

Qualificações

• High school diploma or equivalent (GED).
• Basic Life Support (BLS) preferred upon hire and required within six weeks of hire.
• Six months experience in a hospital or long-term care facility preferred.

Responsabilidades

• Transport patients safely and efficiently to and from clinical, ancillary, and support areas via wheelchair or movable bed, including patients with oxygen tanks, IV pumps, drips, and special equipment.
• Provide distribution services of requested items between departments per established procedures.
• Assist patients with mobility needs and transfers to beds, wheelchairs, stretchers, and other devices.
• Assist with patient handling and lifting using appropriate safety equipment and protocols.
• Ensure patient comfort and safety during transport and communicate distress or equipment issues to the appropriate personnel.
• Validate patient identity according to department protocol.

Formação académica

High school diploma or GED

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Summary Job Description: Transporter - Transport Part-time (20 weekly hours) 8-hour shifts, schedule varies (mix of first and second shift) Occasional weekends required Transport patients safely and efficiently to and from clinical, ancillary, and support areas via wheelchair or movable bed, to include transport of patients with oxygen tanks, intravenous pumps, drips, and special equipment. Provide distribution services of requested items between various departments as needed in accordance with established procedures. Assist patients with mobility needs, including transferring patients to and from beds, wheelchairs, stretchers, and other transportation devices. Assists with patient handling and lifting using appropriate patient safety equipment (including side rails, restraints, and falls protocol) and appropriate safety procedures. Ensure patient comfort and safety during transportation, utilizing proper lifting and transfer techniques and adhering to infection control protocols. Remains alert to patient condition and promptly communicate any sign of patient distress or equipment malfunction to appropriate personnel. Validate patient identity based on established department protocol.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent (GED).
• Basic Life Support (BLS) preferred upon hire and required within six weeks of hire.

Preferred Qualifications

• Six months experience in a hospital or long-term care facility preferred.

If you would like to be part of a growing family focused on supporting clinical excellence, teamwork and innovation, Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.

Founded in 1924 in Louisville, Kentucky, Baptist Health is a full‑spectrum health system dedicated to improving the health of the communities it serves.

Baptist Health’s eight owned hospitals include more than 2,300 licensed beds in Corbin, Elizabethtown, La Grange, Lexington, Louisville, Paducah, Richmond and New Albany, Indiana. Baptist Health also operates two joint venture hospitals: the 410‑bed Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville in Madisonville, Kentucky with Deaconess Health System based in Evansville, Indiana, and the Baptist Health Rehabilitation Hospital, a 40‑bed inpatient rehabilitation facility with Encompass Health, based in Birmingham, Alabama. Baptist Health employs more than 24,000 people in Kentucky and surrounding states. Baptist Health is the first health system in the U.S. to have all of its hospitals recognized by the American Nursing Credentialing Center with either a Magnet or Pathway to Excellence designation for nursing excellence.

Baptist Health’s employed provider network, Baptist Health Medical Group, has more than 1,820 employed providers offering care in 78 specialties, including approximately 862 physicians and 958 advanced practice clinicians. Baptist Health’s physician network also includes more than 2,000 independent physicians.

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