Unit Aide, Memorial Campus Maternity Delivery, Per Diem

ummh; Worcester (MA); On-site; USD 21,000 - 33,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Signing bonus possible

Job summary

UMass Memorial Health is seeking a hospital transporter to assist in moving patients, specimens, and equipment around the facility. This role supports patient care by delivering items, transporting materials, and maintaining clean, organized work areas.

Responsibilities include assisting in patient room preparation, stocking supplies, and ensuring safe transport of patients and equipment across departments. Ex-choice: evening or rotating shifts may apply; high school or equivalent required.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of equipment and supplies related to patient care.
• Ability to read, write, converse, and understand English.
• Ability to take direction, set priorities and organize work assignments.

Responsibilities

• Transport patients and specimens and equipment throughout the hospital.
• Assist in moving, lifting, and positioning patients.
• Maintain cleanliness and readiness of assigned unit and equipment.

Skills

Equipment knowledge

English proficiency

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

Are you an internal caregiver, student, or contingent worker/agency worker at UMass Memorial Health?

Exemption Status: Non-Exempt

Hiring Range: $15.00 - $24.05 (based on a full time schedule of 40 hours per week). Please note that the final offer will vary based on scheduled hours. Compensation for part-time or reduced schedules will be prorated based on scheduled weekly hours, experience, skills, qualifications, and internal equity considerations.

Schedule Details: Holidays - One Major Summer Holiday, Holidays - One Major Winter Holiday, Sunday through Saturday

Scheduled Hours: mixed shifts

Shift: 4 - Mixed Shift, 8 Hours (United States of America). Hours: 0

Cost Center: 10010 - 0708 Maternity Delivery

This position may have a signing bonus available a member of the Recruitment Team will confirm eligibility during the interview process.

Everyone Is a Caregiver

At UMass Memorial Health, everyone is a caregiver - regardless of their title or responsibilities. Exceptional patient care, academic excellence and leading-edge research make UMass Memorial the premier health system of Central Massachusetts, and a place where we can help you build the career you deserve. We are more than 20,000 employees, working together as one health system in a relentless pursuit of healing for our patients, community and each other. And everyone, in their own unique way, plays an important part, every day.

Job Description Summary

Performs a variety of duties involving transporting patients throughout the hospital, assisting in moving, lifting and positioning patients, retrieving and delivering specimens, medical records, x-rays, pharmaceuticals, linens, etc., locating, transporting, and cleaning biomedical equipment, maintaining associated logs, and related duties. May deliver meals.

Job Description

I. Major Responsibilities:

1. Maintains and orders supplies and equipment according to protocol and par levels. Obtains additional supplies and equipment as requested. Stocks carts, supplies area, etc.
2. Assists in preparation of patient rooms for admissions, and discharges. Distributes linen to patient rooms.
3. Assists in the transport of patients, specimens and equipment.
4. Maintains cleanliness and physical appearance of assigned unit. Cleans and maintains clinical unit equipment such as Gomcos, IVACs, suture sets. Cleans and processes instrumentation following standard procedures. Assists with the set up of instrumentation as required.
5. Notifies supervisor or others regarding broken, missing or malfunctioning instrumentation.
6. Transports broken/damaged equipment to appropriate area for repair
7. Maintains work area in neat and orderly manner.
8. Assists in moving, lifting, and positioning of patients following standard procedures.
9. Retrieves and delivers specimens, blood/blood products, medications and the like as well as other items associated with patient care such as medical records, x-rays, linens, etc.
10. Locates and transports biomedical equipment and supplies to patient care areas such as wheelchairs, stretchers, beds, IV poles, I Meds, hypothermia blankets, portable oxygen tanks etc.
11. Retrieves items not normally delivered from general stores and/or Central
12. Sterile as requested. Return items contaminated through patient procedure to Central
13. Sterile Services in accordance with established guidelines.
14. Cleans and disinfects equipment associated with assigned patient care unit(s) such as IV
15. poles, I Meds, hypothermia blankets, commodes, wheelchairs, stretchers and related items following standard procedure.
16. Maintains activity log. May take telephone messages and to the appropriate individual.

Standard Staffing Level Responsibilities:

1. Complies with established departmental policies, procedures and objectives.
2. Attends variety of meetings, conferences, seminars as required or directed.
3. Demonstrates use of Quality Improvement in daily operations.
4. Complies with all health and safety regulations and requirements.
5. Respects diverse views and approaches, demonstrates Standards of Respect, and contributes to creating and maintaining an environment of professionalism, tolerance, civility and acceptance toward all employees, patients and visitors.
6. Maintains, regular, reliable, and predictable attendance.
7. Performs other similar and related duties as required or directed.

All responsibilities are essential job functions.

II. Position Qualifications:

License/Certification/Education:

Required:

1. Equivalent to high school plus additional specialized training.

Experience/Skills:

Required:

1. Knowledge of equipment and supplies related to patient care.
2. Ability to read, write, converse, and understand English.
3. Ability to take direction, set priorities and organize work assignments.

Unless certification, licensure or registration is required, an equivalent combination of education and experience which provides proficiency in th