Transporter - Lagrange, GA

4610 West Georgia Medical Center, Inc.; United States; On-site; USD 21,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Wellstar Health System, Inc. is seeking a compassionate transporter to support patient flow within our Georgia facilities. You will safely move patients between units, assist nursing staff, and help ensure rooms and equipment are prepared for care.

The role requires attention to safety, clear communication, and teamwork in a fast-paced hospital setting. Join our integrated health system committed to excellence and compassionate service.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED.
• Current BLS or ARC-BLS certification required.
• Hospital experience required.
• Ability to transport patients safely between areas.

Responsibilities

• Provide safe transport to designated areas.
• Ensure transport equipment returns and is stored.
• Inform staff of patient receipt and departure.
• Maintain readiness of patient rooms.
• Collaborate to stock treatment rooms.
• Ensure oxygen and equipment available for transport.
• Maintain departmental cleanliness.
• Ensure equipment is charged and functional.
• Round on blanket warmers to maintain temperature.
• Collaborate with ambassadors to maintain wheelchairs and stretchers.
• Work with supply coordinator to maintain equipment.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
• Comply with policies and code of conduct.

Skills

Patient transport

Communication

Team collaboration

Education

High School Diploma or 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

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

Join us and discover the support to do more meaningful work—and enjoy a more rewarding life. Connect with the most integrated health system in Georgia, and start a future that gives you more. Nationally ranked and locally recognized for our high-quality care and inclusive culture, Wellstar is one of Georgia’s largest and most integrated healthcare systems. Every day, 24,000+ of us work together to provide personalized care for patients at every age and stage of life – and our team members are the foundation of that care.

Mission, Vision & Values

At a time when the healthcare industry is changing rapidly, Wellstar remains committed to exceeding patients’ and team members’ expectations, while transforming healthcare delivery.

OUR MISSION:

To enhance the health and well-being of every person we serve.

OUR VISION:

Deliver world-class healthcare to every person, every time.

OUR VALUES:

• We serve with compassion
• We pursue excellence
• We honor every voice

Culture of Excellence Wellstar consistently receives attention and accolades from national organizations that set the standards for world-class care. Our system-wide practice of safety principles, assessing and addressing errors and seeking feedback from our patients and customers continually earns recognition for advances in safety and quality. Featured on the FORTUNE “100 Best Companies to Work For” list and Seramount 100 Best Companies list, we not only provide top-notch care for our patients, but also foster the culture of Wellstar as a Great Place to Work.