Patient Transport Aide (Part-Time) - Day

Hackensack Meridian Health•Red Bank, NJ

1d•$18

About The Position

The Patient Transport Aide transports patients and/or specimens throughout the assigned area upon request. The role includes safely moving patients by wheelchair or stretcher/bed, supporting timely transport to appropriate units or imaging, and communicating with Dispatch, modalities, and units about task receipt, changes, delays, and completion. The aide also handles patient support equipment and, where applicable, supplies, specimens, blood products, and laboratory slides. The position follows patient identification, isolation, expiration, and specimen-handling protocols and supports patient throughput through automated systems. Additional duties include assigned environmental cleaning and waste and linen handling, and delivering care suited to each patient's needs.

Requirements

High school diploma, general equivalency diploma (GED), or GED-equivalent program.
Social skills and appropriate communication skills to help alleviate patient fears or anxiety and provide a positive healthcare experience.

Responsibilities

Transport patients by wheelchair or stretcher/bed, handling them safely to prevent falls.
Transport patients to and from appropriate units or imaging modalities within expected time frames and bring the patient's chart.
Communicate with Dispatch, modalities, and units about task receipt, transport changes or delays, and task completion.
Safely handle patient support equipment, including IV pumps and oxygen tanks; remove unsafe or unclean equipment from service and exchange oxygen tanks.
Obtain supplies from central supply when requested and applicable.
Follow isolation protocols, including personal protective equipment use and handwashing techniques.
Use two patient identifiers to correctly identify patients.
Follow proper protocol for patient expirations.
When applicable, transport specimens to the laboratory and deliver blood and blood products in a timely manner, following proper protocols.
Pick up laboratory slides for physicians when requested and applicable.
Use automated systems accurately and promptly to assist with patient throughput.
Identify the needs of the patient population and adapt care and communication to patient age, culture, language, hearing or visual needs, and level of development, education, or literacy.
Assist with environmental duties, including collecting and disposing of recycling and trash, removing linen to designated disposal areas, and following assigned cleaning requirements and procedures.
Adhere to the standards identified in the Medical Center's Organizational Competencies.
Meet the stated physical requirements of lifting at least 10 pounds, pushing and pulling at least 50 pounds, and standing for the length of the shift.