Patient Transporter-PRN
About The Position
The Patient Transporter delivers patients, equipment, medication, lab specimens, and paperwork from one location to another within University Medical Center, the Medical Office Plaza, the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, and other facilities. Daily assignments may include responding to requests via the Teletracking System, assisting patients with moves, transporting supplies, specimens, and/or equipment, and transporting deceased patients to appropriate areas. This role requires interaction with medical staff, ancillary areas, and patients directly to facilitate a quality multi-disciplinary approach to patient care. The work environment can be stressful and demanding, with a high risk of exposure to biological and chemical hazards. Hours may be long and irregular, with potential for callbacks.
Requirements
- High School Diploma or GED
- +1 year of prior customer service or patient care experience
- BLS CPR must be completed within 90 days of hire into the role
- Effective communicator, both written and verbally; Should be able to speak, read, and write English fluently
- Possess a sense of urgency; Patent Transporters will be expected to perform a certain number of jobs per hour
- Strong attention to geographical awareness; Transporters will be expected to learn and memorize hospital critical areas and locations
- The Patient Transporter must be emotionally and physically fit.
- The work requires considerable walking, pushing, pulling, lifting and moving of patients, specimens, medications, supplies, records, paperwork, and equipment.
Responsibilities
- Responds to requests as assigned by the Teletracking System via telephone and/or according to departmental policy
- Assists patients on or off their beds and with moves to treatment areas or operating room
- May be asked to transport supplies, specimens, and/or equipment to designated areas of medical facility
- Transport deceased patients to appropriate areas such as mortuary or other assigned location
- All other assigned duties related to Nursing Support Services
Benefits
- Resilience program
- Emotional
- Physical
- Spiritual
- Financial
- Career
- Community
- On-Site Professional Counselors (EAP)
- Discounted Pharmacy Cost
- Cash Retention Bonus
- Retirement Benefits w/Employer Match
- PTO & Extended Illness
- Medical, Dental, & Vision Insurance
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What This Job Offers
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
