Patient Transporter - Sharp Metro - Part-Time (0.8) - Evening Shift (1100)

Sharp HealthCare • San Diego, CA

35d • Onsite

About The Position

Patient Transport assists with mobilizing patients using lift equipment and/or mobilization aids and other trained healthcare professionals to provide safe and effective patient transports throughout the facility. Patient Transporters transport equipment, supplies, specimens, and patients using the transport tracking system; ensuring that the patients are monitored and the environmental pathway is safe for travel.

Requirements

• H.S. Diploma or Equivalent
• AHA Basic Life Support for Healthcare Professional (AHA BLS Healthcare) - American Heart Association -REQUIRED
• Knowledge of proper body mechanics for safe transfer of patient and self.
• Working knowledge of medical terminology.

Nice To Haves

• 1 Year Hospital experience or similar experience.

Responsibilities

• Assists with mobilizing patients using lift equipment and/or mobilization aids and other trained health care professional to provide safe and effective patient transports throughout the facility.
• Transport equipment, supplies, specimens, and patients using the transport tracking system; ensuring that the patients are monitored and the environmental pathway is safe for travel.
• Practice effective communication in a demanding environment.
• Demonstrates positive interpersonal skills and attitude towards patients, visitors, physicians, coworkers, supervisor, and all hospital staff.
• Communicates relevant patient information to appropriate staff.
• Recognizes barriers to transporting and communicating with patients and their plan of care and seeks resources or options.
• Communicates incomplete transports to appropriate units and staff.
• Communicates with all team members in regards to day-to-day operations; barriers and/or obstacles for transporting.
• Effectively provides safe and effective transports of patients utilizing correct mode of travel.
• Complies with all mobility requirements and ensures that equipment is available, stored properly, and cleaned regularly.
• Demonstrates the ability to transfer and transport patients, with assistance, with complex clinical support equipment safely, maintains the integrity of intravenous lines, suction devices, feeding tubes, etc.
• Takes action in life threatening situations and immediately notifies the licensed nurse.
• Role models and utilizes appropriate use of lift and mobilization equipment and/or aids.
• Under the direction of the Registered Nurse, ambulates patient utilizing the appropriate equipment or assist device.
• Assist with lateral and supine patient transfers from bed to chair, chair to bed, bed to gurney, gurney to bed, bed to bed, etc.
• Correctly utilizes the transport tracking system for transporting patients and items: Tracking and progressing jobs, Accepting jobs - limited job rejections, Delay and cancellation of jobs.
• Uses mini tasks and task assistance when available.
• Correctly identifies patients by using two patient identifiers.
• Transports patient with required patient hand-off protocol.
• Maintains the log book for signing patients in and out of the morgue.

Benefits

• This position is covered by a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) with SEIU-UHW. As part of the terms of employment, employees in this role are required to join the union within 31 days of hire and remain a member (e.g. dues paying, fee paying, religious exception contributor) for the duration of the collective bargaining agreement.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED