Escort

Veterans Health Administration • East Orange, NJ

19h • Onsite

About The Position

This position is located in the Mobile Care Unit of the Health Administration Service (HAS) and is responsible for safely and efficiently transporting patients to and from appointments in East Orange, NJ and Lyons, NJ. Patients may be ambulatory or use wheelchairs, stretchers, medical beds, or other transport equipment. The role also supports Nursing staff, assists with resident events, provides directions to hospital guests and visitors, and transports laboratory specimens when requested by a supervisor.

The schedule is as needed and may include days, evenings, weekends, holidays, or a rotating schedule. A pre-employment physical is required. Work takes place throughout the hospital building complex and may involve exposure to heat or cold. The position requires continuous standing, bending, stooping, reaching, lifting, and pushing. The employee may push or pull wheelchairs and other equipment weighing up to 400 pounds; push or pull beds and equipment weighing up to 1,000 pounds with assistance; and lift and transfer patients to and from beds weighing up to 600 pounds with assistance. No education qualification is required.

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship is required.
• Selective Service registration is required for males born after December 31, 1959.
• A pre-employment physical is required.
• Must participate in the seasonal influenza vaccination program as a Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel employee.
• Must serve a one-year probationary period.
• Ability to safely perform continuous standing, bending, stooping, reaching, lifting, and pushing.
• Ability to push and pull wheelchairs and other equipment weighing up to 400 pounds; push and pull beds and equipment weighing up to 1,000 pounds with assistance; and lift and transfer patients to and from beds weighing up to 600 pounds with assistance.
• Applicants are assessed on dexterity and safety; interpreting instructions and specifications; materials; measuring instruments; technical practices; and working without more than normal supervision.
• Resume experience must include month and year start and end dates; part-time experience must state the nature of duties and responsibilities and weekly hours.

Responsibilities

• Check each patient's name band before escorting them to ensure proper identification.
• Accurately annotate transport information.
• Raise and lower stretchers, wheelchairs, and medical beds to appropriate transport heights.
• Provide and adjust escort equipment for patient safety and comfort.
• Assist patients onto escort equipment and ensure they have the proper center of gravity on wheelchairs, stretchers, or medical beds.
• Communicate changes during transport to Nursing staff.
• Assist patient care staff when patients need additional help.
• Use convex mirrors in hallways to navigate safely around corners during transport.
• Assist with scheduled events for residents.
• Assist and support Nursing staff.
• Provide information and directions to hospital guests, visitors, and patients.
• Transport laboratory specimens when requested by a supervisor.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Federal employees and their families have access to a comprehensive benefits package.
• Eligible selected applicants may receive credit toward annual leave accrual based on prior work or military service, subject to request and approval before appointment.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed