Transporter PD - Evenings

Torrance Memorial Medical Center; Torrance (CA); On-site; USD 30,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

Torrance Memorial Medical Center is seeking a Transporter to move patients between care areas under RN supervision, assist with EKGs, and support unit secretaries to ensure smooth operations on the floor.

Requirements include 1 year of direct patient care in an acute or skilled nursing setting, and BCLS or ACLS certification. This on-site role offers a collaborative team environment in Torrance, California with day and evening shifts.

Qualifications

• 1 year of acute or skilled nursing experience providing direct patient care.
• BCLS or ACLS certification required or preferred.
• Ability to transfer patients safely and assist with transfers and positioning.

Responsibilities

• Transfers patients between care areas using a gurney and verifies identity.
• Performs EKGs when needed and notifies RN of critical results.
• Supports unit secretary tasks and order entry as needed.
• Answers call lights and routes calls to appropriate staff promptly.
• Maintains infection control practices and patient privacy.

Skills

Patient transport

EKG support

Unit secretary support

Infection control

Emergency response

Tools

EKG equipment

Medical charting system

Job description

Under the direction of a RN, the Transporter transfers patients between patient care areas and works cooperatively with team members to ensure timely transporting, EKG and secretary services. The transporter is stationed on one of the units in Central Tower and supports the unit secretary responsibilities when not actively transporting or performing EKGs.

Core Competencies

Transfers patients: identifies patients using identity band to verify the name, birth date, and admission number, assists with moving patients onto/off of the gurney, raises side rails of gurney to secure patients, ensures patients privacy by seeing that patients are appropriately covered, ensures patients charts accompany patients transferring. Provides health care services in own job category to the following age groups as applicable to job functions: Infancy: birth - 1 year Toddler: 1 year - 3 years Pre-School: 3 years - 6 years School Age: 6 years - 12 years Adolescent: 12 years - 18 years Adulthood: 19 years - 64 years Middle Adult: 45 years - 59 years Late Adult: 60 years - 79 years Older Adult: 65 years > Cleans and maintains gurney after each use. Transports equipment and beds as requested. Reports any noted changes in patients condition to RN. Does errands within the hospital as requested. Adheres to all policies and procedures relating to infection control and isolation practices. Initiates appropriate emergency measures for cardiac/respiratory arrest. Maintains medication security to authorized personnel only. Answers the telephone promptly and courteously and relays calls/messages to the appropriate person in a timely manner. Participates in code situations as directed, eg Code Blue, Orange, Green, Gray, Pink, and Red. Orients new personnel to unit, equipment, and routines. Assists other team members by offering assistance to distribute the workload.

Department Specific Competencies

Performs EKGs on in-patients when the EKG technician is not available. Refers reading of the EKG to the primary RN or Rapid Response Nurse. Notifies RN of the EKG and any alert regarding critical results. Performs role and responsibility of Unit Secretary for order entry, assembly of patient records and nursing support to obtain needed documents Answers patients call lights via intercom system and alerts appropriate personnel to patient’s needs. Reports matters requiring nursing intervention immediately requests hospital services for patients by placing calls to appropriate areas attends to call lights and ensures appropriate notification and follow through to personnel with pagers or voice mail Participates in organizing, filing and or scanning all information in the patient’s medical chart. Ensures that necessary forms, consults and test results are available to the physician(s) as needed. Assists scanning forms into patients records. Accepts and screens telephone calls on the main office line and routes calls appropriately. Acknowledges patients and family members as they come to front station. Acts as a resource for patients and family/visitors

Number of Years Experience	Type of Experience
1	Acute or skilled nursing environment providing direct patient care

License / Certification Requirements

BCLS or ACLS Certification

Compensation Range:

$25.00 / Hour