Patient Transporter
About The Position
The Patient Transporter transports patients to and from designated locations in the hospital and transports laboratory specimens between patient units and the Lab when they cannot be sent through the tube system. The role also includes cleaning stretchers, wheelchairs, and transport equipment, and maintaining an adequate supply of portable oxygen tanks in designated areas. Patient Transporters ensure patients are properly identified and that their safety, security, and confidentiality are maintained. They assist with patient lifting and transfers, document and log transport activity through the hospital AS400 system, communicate delays with dispatch, and transport items such as non-tubable specimens and charts. They may transport discharged patients to the lobby when volunteers are unavailable. The role requires extensive standing and walking, interaction with people of all ages and backgrounds, and pushing, pulling, and some lifting. There may be exposure to infection and disease. The position also involves supporting the hospital mission, customer service, performance improvement, prudent use of equipment and supplies, and completion of assigned projects.
Requirements
- High school diploma or GED required.
- Ability to relate to all types of people.
- American Heart Association BLS certification required within 30 days.
- Ability to meet the physical demands of standing and walking for most of the shift, pushing, pulling, and some lifting, including patient lifting and transfers.
Nice To Haves
- 1–2 years of patient transport experience preferred.
Responsibilities
- Transport or escort patients between patient units and designated hospital departments, ensuring proper patient identification and that the patient chart accompanies the patient.
- Maintain patient safety, security, and confidentiality during transport.
- Assist with lifting and transferring patients to and from beds, stretchers, and wheelchairs.
- Enter patient transports in the Hospital AS400 system, log patients in and out on nursing units, obtain nursing-unit signatures as appropriate, and complete the daily transport log.
- Maintain transport-related statistical performance data and submit it to the Transport Coordinator or Lead at the end of the shift.
- Communicate patient delays promptly and accurately to dispatch and resolve delays with dispatch as appropriate.
- Pick up specimens that cannot be tubed from nursing units and deliver them to the Lab or another appropriate department.
- Pick up charts that cannot be tubed from Medical Records and deliver them to nursing units.
- Transport discharged patients from patient units to the lobby when volunteers are unavailable.
- Clean stretchers in the ER, OR, Radiology, and transport departments, and clean transport equipment.
- Maintain adequate portable oxygen tank supplies in designated hospital areas.
- Provide positive customer interactions, communicate positively with people of different cultures, values, and beliefs, acknowledge concerns, take corrective action, and escort customers when necessary.
- Participate in department- and hospital-wide process or outcome improvement activities, self-development, and annual competency assessment.
- Use equipment and supplies prudently and complete assigned projects within expected time frames.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
