Transporter

McLaren Health Care; Flint (MI); On-site; USD 32,000 - 44,000; Full time

Job summary

McLaren Health Care in Flint, MI is seeking a Patient Transporter for the Evening shift. The role involves transporting patients, specimens, supplies, and equipment between departments and assisting with patient mobility.

Responsibilities include chart maintenance, patient safety, and support for lifting and positioning. Requires BLS certification and strong communication skills. Schedule: Full-time, 2:30 p.m. – 11:00 p.m., weekends may apply.

Qualifications

• Ability to communicate effectively and present self in courteous, tactful manner.

Responsibilities

• Transport patients between departments and to/from patient care units by wheelchair, stretcher, or ambulation.
• Assist in other transportation duties as requested.
• Assist patients with lifting and mobility for the next activity (e.g., shoes, clothes, assistive devices).
• Sign patient off/on and verify wrist band before transporting.
• Maintain patient chart during transport and track location of chart and patient.
• Ensure patient safety through proper positioning and safe transport.
• Maintain oxygen supply and wheelchairs.

Skills

Communication

Education

BLS certification

Job description

Department: Patient Transportation

Shift: Evening

Daily Work Times: 2:30 p.m. - 11:00 p.m.

Scheduled Hours per Pay: 80

Position Summary

Responsible for transporting patients, specimen, supplies, and equipment to and from patient care areas. Assists patients in walking, transferring from bed to wheelchair (manually lifting patients) and bathroom procedures.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities

• Transports patients between departments and to and from patient care units via wheelchair, stretcher or ambulation as requested.
• Assists in other transportation duties as requested.
• Assists patients or health care providers with lifting, the patient for the next activity (i.e. shoes, clothes, assistive devices).
• Signs patient off and back on patient care unit and checks patient’s wrist band before transporting.
• Maintains chart with patient during transportation and keeps record of where the chart and patient are located at all times.
• Protects patients by appropriate positioning and safely transporting.
• Maintains oxygen supply and wheelchairs.

Required

• Ability to effectively communicate and present self to people in courteous, tactful and poised manner
• BLS certification

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Additional Information

• Schedule: Full-time
• Requisition ID: 26011095
• Daily Work Times: 2:30 p.m. - 11:00 p.m.
• Hours Per Pay Period: 80
• On Call: No
• Weekends: Yes