Patient Transportation Tech - Post Anesthesia Care Unit - FT - Evening

Stormont Vail Health • Topeka, KS

5d • Onsite

About The Position

The Patient Transportation Technician supports Stormont-Vail by transporting patients and other items to authorized personnel and required destinations. The role is scheduled as needed to meet organizational needs and requires frequent interaction with internal customers, using tact and diplomacy and communicating clearly and accurately. This is a full-time, on-site, patient-facing position working 40 hours per week on the evening second shift. The position has no supervisory or budget responsibility.

Technicians transport patients, visitors requiring assistance, medications, specimens, blood products, films, and other items using beds, stretchers, and wheelchairs. They assist with lifting and positioning patients, including transporting patients weighing up to 400 pounds with assistive devices, and deliver deceased patients to the morgue. The role also includes maintaining delivery logs, keeping the work area clean and professional, working effectively with others, and promptly communicating problems to a supervisor. Basic Life Support certification is required within 90 days of hire.

Requirements

• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required within 90 days of hire.
• Ability to lift up to 50 pounds.
• Willingness and ability to work as a team member to transport and position patients weighing up to 400 pounds using assistive devices.
• Ability to communicate clearly and accurately and interact tactfully and diplomatically with internal customers.

Nice To Haves

• One year of customer service experience.
• Prior direct patient care experience.

Responsibilities

• Transport patients and visitors requiring assistance, as well as medications, specimens, blood products, films, and other items to authorized personnel and required destinations.
• Use beds, stretchers, and wheelchairs to transport patients and other items.
• Assist with lifting and positioning patients in beds and delivering them to their destinations.
• Assist with placing patients on the cadaver cart and delivering them to the morgue room.
• Transport patients according to proper procedures.
• Maintain logs of items picked up and delivered.
• Maintain a clean, safe, and professional work area and a neat, professional appearance.
• Use own time and others’ time effectively.
• Work as a respectful, cordial, self-motivated, adaptable team member.
• Communicate problems immediately to the supervisor.
• Comply with Stormont Vail Health policies, standards, mandatory training, and requirements.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

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