Hospital Transporter - FT/Afternoons - Trinity Health Livonia

Trinity Health • Livonia, MI

110d

About The Position

An Opportunity to Join our Remarkable Care as a Hospital Transporter awaits YOU!!!! Trinity Health Livonia is a beautiful full-service, 304-bed acute care hospital, located in Livonia, MI, that provides comprehensive care, including a 24-hour emergency department, general medicine, inpatient and outpatient surgery, physical medicine and rehabilitation, intensive care unit, cancer, cardiology, geriatrics and birthing and women's health. Through several major expansions in the hospital, programs and services, St. Mary Mercy continues to offer the latest in quality health and medical services. St. Mary Mercy has received numerous awards recognizing excellence in clinical outcomes, patient safety, financial performance and efficiency.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED recommended.
• Basic cardiac life support required.
• Excellent customer service skills.
• Able to effectively organize work assignments.
• Must be a self-starter - transporters work without the direction of a dispatcher and have the autonomy to select his/her next transports.
• Interpersonal skills necessary to communicate with co-workers and a variety of Health System personnel when transporting a patient.
• Ability to follow written and verbal instructions.
• Intensive walking between 12 to 15 miles in an 8-hour shift.
• Ability to walk or stand for hours at a time.
• Ability to push wheelchair or stretcher weighing up to 700 lbs.

Responsibilities

• Transfer and transport patients safely and effectively from Patient Care Areas to and from diagnostic/testing areas including expired patients to the morgue.
• Transport stable, non-monitored patients from Patient Care Areas to and from diagnostic/testing areas (such as CT, X-ray, Angio, Hemo) and to inpatient units for admissions.
• Effectively communicate with the patient, family, visitors, and the direct care providers.
• Speak with the RN or the Healthcare Provider prior to a transport and when the patient returns to the unit.
• Assist the patient with restroom needs as necessary.
• Safely transfer patients using a transfer device such as a patient sling, slide board, or other hospital approved transfer devices.
• Clean transport equipment between each patient use.
• Transport, locate, and redistribute equipment such as stretchers, wheelchairs, Airpals, Stryker Glides, oxygen, and other necessary equipment to perform transports.
• Replace oxygen tanks as needed (less than 500 psi).
• Provide directions to families and/or visitors.
• Maintain current BLS certification.
• Attend and participate in departmental meetings and continuing educational activities.
• Provide quality patient care by considering the age specific, development and cultural needs through competent clinical practice.
• Demonstrate unit/area competencies.
• Maintain good rapport and cooperative relationships.
• Approach conflict in a constructive manner.
• Help to identify problems, offer solutions, and participate in their resolution.
• Maintain the confidentiality of information acquired pertaining to patient, physicians, colleagues, and visitors.
• Discuss patient and hospital information only among appropriate personnel in appropriately private places.
• Behave in accordance with the Code of Conduct, Service Excellence Standards, and the Mission, Vision and Values of SJMH.
• Assume responsibility for performance of job duties in the safest possible manner, to assure personal safety and that of coworkers, and to report all preventable hazards and unsafe practices immediately to management.

Benefits

• DailyPay - Choose to get paid every day!
• Competitive compensation.
• Full benefits package including Medical, Dental, Vision, PTO, Life Insurance and Disability.
• Retirement savings plan with employer contribution.
• Opportunity for growth and advancement throughout Trinity Health.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Industry: Hospitals
• Education Level: High school or GED