Transporter Messenger- 20 Hours

Beth Israel Lahey Health; Beverly (MA); On-site; USD 23,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Beth Israel Lahey Health is seeking a dedicated patient transporter to move patients, oxygen, medications, and specimens across the hospital. You will also collect wheelchairs and stretchers, log transport data, and assist with equipment turnover under supervisor guidance.

The role requires a high school diploma (or equivalent) and a Basic Life Support certification within 90 days of hire. This full-time position involves day shifts with rotating weekends and holidays, and the hourly pay ranges

Qualifications

• Attending or graduate of high school (or equivalent).
• No experience required.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required within 90 days of hire.

Responsibilities

• Transports patients to destinations using required equipment and notifies staff of arrivals/departures.
• Records transportation data in departmental logs and on nursing/testing units.
• Records arrival and delivery information of radiology patients in EPIC as required.
• Perform oxygen rounds, monitor tanks, replace empty tanks and report damages.
• Transport specimens, medications, etc., safely and document delivery details.
• Identify and report defective equipment; arrange cleaning/repair as directed by Supervisor.
• Replace wheelchairs and stretchers to designated locations and conduct inventory rounds.
• Perform dispatch functions and log incoming calls with patient and transport details.

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

When you join the growing BILH team, you’re not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives.

Responsible for transporting patients, oxygen, medications, and specimens and collecting wheelchairs and stretchers throughout the hospital, as needed. Performs all other duties as assigned.

Day shift
Rotating weekends and holidays required

Job Description:

Essential Role Responsibilities

• Transports patients to specified destinations, using required equipment, obtain ‘ticket to ride’ notifying department staff of all patient arrivals and departures, within theservice standards established, and returning equipment to assigned storage area uponcompletion of each run.
• Records all appropriate patient transportation data completely and accurately indepartmental logs and on nursing and testing units.
• Records arrival and delivery information of all Radiology patients in EPIC, asrequired.
• Performs oxygen rounds as directed by Supervisor using pre-established levels foroxygen tanks, replacing all empty tanks (1/4 full or less), and reporting any damageto tanks to Cardiopulmonary services.
• Transports all specimens, medications, etc., as assigned in a safe and timely manner, recording all delivery information in departmental logs, and wearing personalprotective equipment, as needed.
• Report, tag and remove all defective equipment in need of repair or cleaning, notifying Supervisor of location and problem, and delivering such equipment to PlantOperations as directed by Supervisor. All equipment to be cleaned must be wipeddown with appropriate cleaner within two hours of return to department.
• Wheelchairs and stretchers will be replaced to specified locations after use, and inventory rounds will be conducted twice per day as assigned.
• Perform dispatch functions as required by Supervisor, using the pre-established departmental priority list, and recording all incoming calls with the time call received, name of patient, time of pick-up, mode of transport, location of call anddestination of call.

Minimum Qualifications:

Education

Attending or graduate of high school (or equivalent)

Experience
No experience necessary

Certification/License:
Basic Life Support certification required within 90 days of hire

Pay Range:

$17.00 - $22.88

The pay range listed for this position is the base hourly wage range the organization reasonably and in good faith expects to pay for this position at this time. Actual compensation is determined based on several factors, that may include seniority, education, training, relevant experience, relevant certifications, geographyof work location, job responsibilities, or other applicable factors permissible by law. Compensation may exceed the base hourly rate depending on shift differentials, call pay, premium pay, overtime pay, and other additional pay practices, as applicable to the position and in accordance with the law.

As a health care organization, we have a responsibility to do everything in our power to care for and protect our patients, our colleagues and our communities. Beth Israel Lahey Health requires that all staff be vaccinated against influenza (flu) as a condition of employment.

More than 35,000 people working together. Nurses, doctors, technicians, therapists, researchers, teachers and more, making a difference in patients’ lives. Your skill and compassion can make us even stronger.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled