UMHC-Patient Transporter PRN

University of Miami; United States; On-site; USD 19,000 - 28,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salaries

Medical benefits

Tuition remission

Job summary

The University of Miami is seeking a Patient Transporter (PT/Temp) to move patients within its facilities while delivering excellent customer service. This part-time, temporary-intermittent position focuses on timely patient transports, coordination with nursing staff, and maintaining accurate patient charts during movement.

Qualifications include a High School Diploma or equivalent; no prior experience is required.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent required.
• No prior experience required.

Responsibilities

• Transports patients to and from various areas of the facilities while providing exceptional customer service.
• Notifies nursing staff when patients leave the unit and when they return.
• Ensures patient charts accompany patients during transport.
• Completes all transports within established time parameters.
• Collects specimens and blood products and delivers them to the appropriate departments.

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

Job description

The Patient Transporter (PT/Temp) position transfers patients to and from various areas of the assigned facilities while providing exceptional customer service. Additionally, the Patient Transporter engages in efforts to improve patient satisfaction, clinical outcomes, and operational efficiency, and ensures all required policies and procedures are complied with.

CORE JOB FUNCTIONS

• Retrieves medical records, laboratory results, supplies, and medications.


• Notifies nursing staff when patient is leaving the unit and when patient returns back to the unit.


• Ensures that patient’s chart is alongside when being transported.


• Assures all transports are completed within the assigned time parameters.


• Collects all specimens and blood products and safely delivers to appropriate department.


• Checks all oxygen cylinders prior to transport to assure tanks are full and are in safe condition.


• Checks accurately in and out of the patient transport system.


• Performs supply restocking of assigned area(s).


• Gathers, cleans, and disinfects patient care equipment and all other reusable items.


• Adheres to University and unit-level policies and procedures and safeguards University assets.


• This list of duties and responsibilities is not intended to be all-inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties or responsibilities as necessary.

CORE QUALIFICATIONS

• High School Diploma or equivalent/relevant experience, certification or license.


• No previous experience required.

Benefits

• Competitive salaries.


• Comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, tuition remission and more.

UHealth-University of Miami Health System, South Florida's only university-based health system, provides leading-edge patient care powered by the ground breaking research and medical education at the Miller School of Medicine.

As an academic medical center, we are proud to serve South Florida, Latin America and the Caribbean. Our physicians represent more than 100 specialties and sub-specialties, and have more than one million patient encounters each year. Our tradition of excellence has earned worldwide recognition for outstanding teaching, research and patient care. We're the challenge you've been looking for.

The University of Miami is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants and employees are protected from discrimination based on certain categories protected by Federal law.

Job Status: Part time

Employee Type: Temporary-Intermittent

The mission of the University of Miami is to transform lives through education, research, innovation, and service. A vibrant and diverse academic and healthcare community, the University of Miami and the University of Miami Health System (\"UHealth\") have rapidly progressed to become one of the nation’s top research universities and academic medical centers in the nation. The University comprises 12 schools and colleges serving undergraduate and graduate students in more than 350 majors and programs. Visit welcome.miami.edu/about-um to learn more about our points of pride. The University ranks No. 55 on U.S. News & World Report’s 2022 Best Colleges list and ranked No. 49 in the 2022 Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education College Rankings. Bascom Palmer Eye Institute is ranked the #1 eye hospital in the USA and offers some of the nation's premiere eye doctors to treat every eye condition for adults. Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer, part of the Miller School of Medicine, received the prestigious National Cancer Institute designation in 2019. The University of Miami and UHealth have also ranked among the Forbes Best Employers and Best Employers for Women on several occasions, most recently in 2022. With more than 17,000 faculty and staff, the University strives for excellence, and is driven by a powerful mission to transform and impact the lives of its students, patients, members of the community, and people across the globe.

The University of Miami is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants and employees are protected from discrimination based on certain categories protected by Federal law.