Transporter - Monroe Regional Hospital - Central Transport

ProMedica; Monroe (LA); On-site; USD 19,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

ProMedica in Monroe Regional Hospital's Central Transport department seeks a Patient Transporter to move patients safely between rooms and transport equipment. You will ensure equipment is safe for use, report defects, and assist with cleaning and line changes when not transporting.

Duties include handling delays and coordination with dispatch to maintain smooth operations. The role emphasizes patient safety, proper lifting techniques, and adherence to hospital protocols.

Qualifications

• Education: High school diploma or equivalent.
• Training: equipment usage, clinical aspects, customer service, patient mobility, and infection control.
• Certification: Health Care Provider (HCP) certification.

Responsibilities

• Transports, assists in lifting, turning and transferring patients with RN approval.
• Cleans and maintains transportation equipment; reports defects promptly.
• Monitors patients during transport and ensures safety; reports malfunctions.
• Monitors portable oxygen tanks and delivers clinical equipment as directed.
• Transports other materials and communicates delays.
• Remains accountable for hand-off communication with the next caregiver.

Skills

Patient mobility

Customer service

Infection control

Equipment usage

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

Location:

Monroe Regional Hospital

Department:

Central Transport

Weekly Hours:

36

Status:

Full time

Shift:

Variable (United States of America)

Job Summary:

When patients need to travel throughout the hospital, the Patient Transporter will help lift, turn, and move them to the proper transport equipment.

You will ensure transport equipment is safe for the patients and report any defects quickly. When not transporting patients, you will clean the equipment, change lines as needed and communicate delays or concerns regarding transport to dispatch.

The above summary is intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by the positions. It should not be considered exhaustive.

ACCOUNTABILITIES

*All duties listed below are essential unless noted otherwise*

• Transports, assists in lifting, turning and transferring patients from beds to applicable transportation equipment using appropriate lifting techniques with regard to the patient’s condition and the equipment. All patients must be transported with Registered Nurse approval.
• Cleans and assures the proper working order of transportation equipment after each use. Reports defects immediately and follows through to ensure the equipment is repaired and checked.
• Monitors the patient’s general conditions during transport and assuring their safety as appropriate. Maintains operation of any external support to patients, such as but not limited to oxygen delivery devices. IVs, etc. immediately reports any malfunction to a RN.
• Monitors and maintains portable oxygen tanks supplies throughout the hospital. Obtains and delivers clinical equipment such as but not limited to IV Pumps and oxygen tanks to departments as needed and directed. Transport non-narcotic medications as needed and directed.
• Provides timely service. Transport other materials and equipment as needed. Communicates all delays in transport.
• Collects items for reprocessing from departments and transports them to appropriate reprocessing locations.
• Is accountable for communication or patient’s condition at time of hand-off to another caregiver.
• Assures the identification of the patient by using at least two identifiers.

REQUIREMENTS

• Education: H.S. Graduate or equivalent
• Skills: Successful completion of training in equipment usage, clinical aspect, customer service, patient mobility, and infection control. Satisfactory performance of appropriate competencies.
• Certification: Obtain and maintain Health Care Provider (HCP) certification

ProMedica is a mission-driven, not-for-profit health care organization headquartered in Toledo, Ohio. It serves communities across nine states and provides a range of services, including acute and ambulatory care, a dental plan, and academic business lines. ProMedica owns and operates 10 hospitals and has an affiliated interest in one additional hospital. The organization employs over 1,300 health care providers through ProMedica Physicians and has more than 2,300 physicians and advanced practice providers with privileges. Committed to its mission of improving health and well-being, ProMedica has received national recognition for its clinical excellence and its initiatives to address social determinants of health. For more information about ProMedica, please visit promedica.org/aboutus.

Benefits:

We provide flexible benefits that include compensation and programs to help you take care of your family, your finances and your personal well-being. It’s what makes us one of the best places to work, and helps our employees live and work to their fullest potential.

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, sex/gender (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression, age, physical or mental disability, military or protected veteran status, citizenship, familial or marital status, genetics, or any other legally protected category. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendment Act (ADAAA), if you have a disability and would like to request an accommodation in order to apply for a job with ProMedica, please contact [e-mail].

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