Patient Transporter Part Time Nights

Northwestern Memorial Healthcare•Palos Heights, IL

4d•Onsite

About The Position

Northwestern Medicine is seeking a Patient Transporter to join their team. This role is responsible for the safe and efficient transport of patients to and from various areas within the hospital. Additionally, the transporter will be involved in cleaning and distributing equipment used by patient care areas. The position is part-time, working night shifts with alternating weekends and holidays.

Requirements

High School diploma or equivalent
CPR – Basic Life Support within 90 days of hire

Responsibilities

Completes patient transports within set standards of the department.
Performs both patient transport and works in the Equipment Processing Distribution Department in picking up soiled equipment, cleaning equipment per standards and delivering equipment to user areas within department standard.
Ensures that all equipment is functional and in good working order including current Clinical Engineering (CE) tags.
Delivers any non-functional equipment to the CE department.
Ensures that any equipment that requires battery charging is charged during storage.
Advises Patient Care Services when transporting patients from the unit and for all discharges.
Performs accurate and timely documentation of patient movements when leaving and returning patients to units.
Notifies nurse who is responsible for the patient prior to any transports.
Obtains Ticket to Ride and transports with patient.
Ensures all assigned equipment is kept clean and well maintained.
Transports patients or guests safely while using appropriate equipment, lift techniques and departmental safety measures to ensure patient safety.
Cleans and sanitizes all equipment used in a transport of a patient.
Adheres to all PPE policies and knows the proper handling of chemicals used for cleaning and sanitizing.
Follows established infection control and isolation guidelines.
If providing transport upon admission, gives overview of the patient room to the patient and / or family. This includes but is not limited to explanation of contents of the room, where to store their personal items, how to use bed controls, how to turn the coach into a bed, number for room service etc.
Assists patient care areas with lifts requiring 2 people or more.
Has knowledge of how to utilize hospital lift devices, including maxi slides.
Monitors and delivers transport equipment such as wheelchairs to entrances and nursing units to ensure PAR levels are maintained.
Responds to code procedures as determined by hospital location.
Assists in Cadence Health Fall Prevention initiative when bringing a patient back to his/her room and completing the following: positioning patient correcting in bed or chair, bed rails up if needed, ensuring everything is in arm's reach (ie over the bed table, call light, trash can, etc), no cords on floor, and bed alarm hooked back up.
Effectively communicates with the call center dispatch with all transport delays or cancellations.
Reports immediately to the call center upon completion of the transport.
May assist with removing trash and linen from patient rooms upon discharge.