Transporter

BHS Baptist Healthcare System; Elizabethtown (KY); On-site; USD 34,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Baptist Health is seeking a Transporter for full-time shifts (40 hours/week) in Elizabethtown, KY. The role involves transporting patients safely via wheelchair or movable bed and assisting with mobility and equipment transport between departments.

Candidates should have a high school diploma or GED; BLS is preferred and required within six weeks. Six months of hospital or long-term care experience is preferred.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent (GED) required.
• 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.

Responsibilities

• Transport patients safely and efficiently to and from clinical, ancillary, and support areas via wheelchair or movable bed.
• Assist patients with mobility needs, including transferring to and from beds, wheelchairs, stretchers, and other devices.
• Maintain patient safety and comfort by using proper lifting techniques and safety equipment; adhere to infection control protocols.
• Monitor patient condition and report distress or equipment malfunction to the appropriate personnel.
• Verify patient identity according to department protocol.

Skills

Patient transport

Mobility assistance

Infection control

Education

High school diploma or GED

Job description

Summary Job Description: Transporter - Transport Full-time (40 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.

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. The Baptist Health family consists of 10 hospitals, employed and independent physicians, and more than 470 points of care, including outpatient facilities, physician practices and services, urgent care clinics, outpatient diagnostic and surgery centers, home care, fitness centers, and occupational medicine and physical therapy clinics. 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.

EEO Statement

Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, and seeks to employ individuals without regard to race, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, citizenship status, military status, religious or political beliefs, protected veteran status, employment status or any other protected class identified in any federal, state, or local law. Baptist Health specifically encourages minority, female, disabled, veteran and other candidates from diverse backgrounds to apply and strengthen our team. Please note that Baptist Health is a drug-free workplace and employment with Baptist Health is subject to post offer, pre-employment drug testing.

NOTICE OF NONDISCRMISSION AND ACCESSIBILITY TO SERVICES

Persons with hearing and speech impairments can contact Baptist Health facilities by using the Kentucky Relay Service, a toll-free telecommunication device for the deaf (TDD). For voice to TDD, call 800.648.6057. For TDD to voice, call 800.648.6056.