Transporter Part Time Varies

CommonSpirit Health; Lexington (KY); On-site; USD 10,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

CommonSpirit Health is seeking a Patient Transporter for part-time positions at Saint Joseph Hospital in Lexington. The role involves safely transporting patients, ensuring cleanliness of transport equipment, and providing support to patients and families. Ideal candidates should possess a high school diploma and CPR certification.

Qualifications

• High School diploma or GED required upon hire.
• Basic Life Support - CPR certification required upon hire.

Responsibilities

• Transport patients to and from requested care areas.
• Assists patients as necessary during transport.
• Verifies requisition and patient I.D. before transporting.

Skills

Patient Care

Communication

Education

High School Graduate or High School GED

Job description

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*Responsibilities*

*Job Summary / Purpose*

Transport patients to and from requested care areas. Assists patients as necessary during transport. Identifies patients' needs and implements appropriate interventions. Provides patient and family with support while transporting. Works in cooperation with staff from other patient care areas to facilitate patient care. Displays a positive image by demonstrating courteous and professional behavior towards patients, physicians, visitors, volunteers and other employees.

Provides patient care/services based on identified needs/developmental level for all patient populations, care/services may include assessment of individual patient need; incorporation of age-specific characteristics in patient education, communication, and planning; provision of individualized care relevant to patient needs; and recognition, monitoring, and provision of interventions as appropriate.

*Essential Functions*

• Verifies requisition and patient I.D. bracelet prior to transporting pt. to department
• Transports patients to and from the appropriate care areas using the appropriate method of transportation.
• Maintains the cleanliness of carts, stretchers, wheelchairs and other transportation equipment, and monitors equipment to ensure proper working order.
• Assists staff in the movement of patients from stretchers, wheel chairs, or beds.
• Complies with Hospital/Department/Unit policies.
• Documents activities consistent with Hospital/Department/Unit Guidelines to include keeping accurate logs of patient transport.
• Replenishes supplies used in transporting patients; Maintain organized holding area including stretchers, wheelchairs, slide boards, linens, and oxygen tanks.
• Understands process for reporting damaged equipment to Bio-Med (applies red stickers to damaged or broken equipment).
  
  

The job summary and responsibilities listed above are designed to indicate the general nature of the work performed within this job. They are not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all job responsibilities required of employees assigned to this job. Employees may be required to perform other duties as assigned.

*Qualifications*

*Education and Experience*

• High School Graduate or High School GED required upon hire.
  
  

*Licensure and Certifications*

• Basic Life Support - CPR (BLS-CPR) required upon hire.
  
  

*Overview*

Welcome to Saint Joseph Hospital, a 433-bed hospital founded in 1877 by the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth as the first hospital in Lexington, Kentucky. Led by Sister Euphrasia Stafford, the mission to provide compassionate care to the underserved is still carried out today. Saint Joseph Hospital holds over two dozen national ranks and recognitions and is recognized as a 2024 Best Place to Work in Kentucky.

Saint Joseph is part of CommonSpirit Health, a non-profit, Catholic health system dedicated to advancing health for all people. With approximately 175,000 employees and 25,000 physicians and advanced practice clinicians.

Our commitment to serve the common good is delivered through the dedicated work of thousands of physicians, advanced practice clinicians, nurses, and staff; through clinical excellence delivered across a system of 140 hospitals and more than 2,200 care centers serving 24 states.

*Pay Range*

$15.00 - $21.47 /hour

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Not Applicable

Employment type

• Employment type

  Part-time

Job function

• Job function

  Management and Manufacturing

• Industries

  Wellness and Fitness Services, Hospitals and Health Care, and Medical Practices

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