Transporter - Lagrange, GA

Wellstar Health System; LaGrange (GA); On-site; USD 1,929,000 - 3,031,000; Full time

Job summary

Wellstar Health System is seeking a patient transporter to support movement of patients between units. The role emphasizes safety, efficiency, and teamwork within a hospital environment.

Ideal candidates will have a high school diploma and a willingness to obtain BLS certification; prior hospital experience is preferred. Join a system recognized for integrated care in Georgia.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED required.
• BLS certification upon hire or as stated.
• Hospital experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Transport patients safely between areas within the health system.
• Ensure patient rooms are prepared for arrival and discharge.
• Maintain department cleanliness and ensure equipment is ready for use.
• Perform other duties as assigned in support of patient care.

Skills

Patient transport

Team collaboration

Communication

Education

High School Diploma / GED

Job description

How would you like to work in a place where your contributions and ideas are valued? A place where you can serve with compassion, pursue excellence and honor every voice? At Wellstar, our mission is simple, yet powerful: to enhance the health and well-being of every person we serve. We are proud to have become a shining example of what's possible when the brightest professionals dedicate themselves to making a difference in the healthcare industry, and in people's lives.

Work Shift

Day (United States of America)

Job Summary

The transporter is an individual who supports the goals and functions of the organization and performs his or her duties within established, legal, and organizational standards. The transporter promotes a stable relaxed working atmosphere among fellow employees through congeniality, consideration, and efficiency. The transporter is responsible for transporting patients from one area of the health system to another. They are responsible for assisting the nursing staff in getting the patients in and out of bed, performing chest compressions during Dr. 99, assisting in dispatch of patients to and from the helicopter and using portable oxygen.

Core Responsibilities And Essential Functions

Transportation

• Provide the patient with safe transport to and from appropriately assigned designations.
• Transporter will be responsible for ensuring transport equipment returns to the department and is stored according to policy and procedure.
• Transporter will ensure that appropriate staff personnel are kept informed as to the receipt and departure of patient as they enter and exit a clinical area [appropriate patient handoff].

Ensure readiness of patient rooms

• Collaborates with clinical staff to ensure that treatment rooms are well stocked and ready to receive patient.
• Will ensure that the department is maintained with oxygen and equipment necessary for prompt transport.

Departmental Cleanliness

• Will collaborate with clinical staff to ensure that equipment is maintained in its standard location, ensuring that all electrical equipment remains plugged in and charged for immediate use.
• Will round on blanket warmers to ensure that appropriate temperature is maintained.
• Will collaborate with the ambassadors to ensure that wheelchairs and stretchers are readily maintained within the unit; clean and functional.
• Work in collaboration with supply coordinator to ensure that equipment is maintained, repaired and available for use.

Performs other duties as assigned

Complies with all WellStar Health System policies, standards of work, and code of conduct.

Required Minimum Education

High School Diploma / GED General, required

Required Minimum License(s) And Certification(s)

All certifications are required upon hire unless otherwise stated.

• BLS - Basic Life Support or ARC-BLS - Amer Red Cross Basic Life Support or BLS-I - Basic Life Support - Instructor

Required Minimum Experience

Hospital experience Preferred

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