Injury Prevention Tech 1- Injury Prevention

Tampa General Hospital•Tampa, FL

10h

About The Position

The Injury Prevention Technician I performs patient transfers and repositioning under Nursing staff supervision using appropriate patient-lifting equipment. The role follows national safe patient handling standards to minimize manual lifting and is responsible for maintaining, cleaning, and inventorying lifting equipment and slings. The technician may provide education and training on equipment and transfer techniques and demonstrates positive customer relations while following infection-control and risk-management standards and Tampa General Hospital’s mission, vision, and values. The position conducts mobility and risk assessments, safely mobilizes patients—including complex, dependent, and morbidly obese patients—in a range of clinical and nontraditional settings, and operates and maintains a broad range of lift and mobility equipment. It also provides real-time coaching to interdisciplinary teams, documents mobility activities in Epic and paging applications, responds to emergencies and post-fall situations, identifies barriers and unsafe practices, and collaborates with Nursing and department leaders.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED.
Direct patient care experience.
Successful completion of an 8–10-week training program.
Good verbal communication skills.
Proficiency in using various information technology applications.
Strong organizational and time-management skills, including the ability to manage multiple priorities and work independently in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook, and ability to learn and navigate healthcare information systems.
Effective written and verbal communication skills and ability to build working relationships across interdisciplinary teams and engage with team members at all levels.
Critical-thinking and problem-solving skills, including the ability to apply clinical judgment and evidence-based practices to injury prevention.

Responsibilities

Conduct mobility and risk assessments across diverse patient populations to determine safe movement methods, using knowledge of body mechanics, spinal anatomy, ICU precautions, and musculoskeletal injury risks.
Perform safe patient handling for complex and dependent patients, including repositioning, lateral transfers, proning, commode transfers, and tube and line management, while following national guidelines and minimizing manual lifting.
Mobilize patients in procedural areas, radiology, the morgue, the emergency department, confined spaces, and during vehicle transfers while maintaining safety standards.
Mobilize morbidly obese patients using appropriate lift equipment and bariatric-sensitive practices that preserve dignity, comfort, and safety.
Operate, troubleshoot, and maintain competency with more than 15 types of patient lift and mobility equipment, including beds and specialty devices; understand indications, contraindications, weight limits, and maintenance needs.
Perform routine equipment maintenance, cleaning, charging, restocking, and inventory management for assigned areas.
Coach and educate nursing, therapy, radiology, wound care, transport, and other disciplines on safe patient handling, equipment use, and best practices.
Accurately document patient lifts, transfers, and mobility activities in Epic and paging applications.
Identify changes in patient condition, troubleshoot complex lift scenarios, minimize manual dead lifting, and select appropriate equipment to support safe outcomes for patients and staff.
Respond to emergencies and post-fall situations, identify barriers to safe mobility, and report deviations from safe patient handling practices.
Collaborate with Nursing and department leaders to support efficient and effective operational performance.
Maintain positive customer relations and follow infection-control and risk-management standards.