Patient Transport

Beth Israel Lahey Health • Plymouth, MA

139d

About The Position

When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you're making a difference in people's lives. This position involves part-time work with a focus on patient transport within the hospital, requiring evening shifts and rotating weekends and holidays.

Requirements

• On the job training.
• Basic computer experience required.
• Previous customer service experience preferred.
• Previous experience in a healthcare environment preferred.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for documenting patient trip via Hospital Throughput computer program.
• Responsible for general transport of patients to and from care areas. May also be responsible for assisting patients to/from their vehicle.
• Responsible for communicating with the patient regarding their pending departure.
• Responsible for general transport/moving of patients as they go to and from patient care areas.
• Assisting patients in and out of a bed/wheelchair.
• Assisting patients on and off of a stretcher.
• Assisting staff that need lifting help or help with sliding a patient from stretcher to a care table.
• Responsible for the transportation of equipment under responsibility of Transport Department.
• Responsible for utilizing mobile device to access Hospital Throughput Computer Program.
• Responsible for assisting patients with dressing/undressing as required.
• Responsible for obtaining a 'Ticket to Ride' from the nurse, upon arrival to the patient's floor.
• Responsible for obtaining the nurses signature on the 'Ticket to Ride' before departing from the patient's floor.
• Responsible for communicating with patient's R.N. before the patient departs from their room or as they arrive back to their room.
• Responsible for safely parking the bed/stretcher/wheelchair by utilizing the braking system and lowering the patient's bed/stretcher before leaving the patient.
• Responsible for communicating with the patient regarding their arrival in a department.
• Responsible for communicating with the receiving department and handing off the signed 'Ticket to Ride' before departing from that area.
• When communicating with department must ensure patient is safe to be left, if receiving department not immediately ready for testing or other needs.
• Responsible for maintaining cleanliness of patient equipment at the conclusion of each patient trip.
• Responsible for communicating equipment issues to Manager as well as creating a BioMed service request for service of broken equipment.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Industry: Ambulatory Health Care Services
• Education Level: High school or GED
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees