Patient Transporter - Evening Shift
About The Position
The Patient Transporter safely moves patients and items between locations within IU Health Methodist Hospital using a transport application. The role requires identifying patients with two identifiers, coordinating safe handoffs with caregivers at both the origin and destination, and communicating closely with care teams. Transporters move patients between beds, stretchers, and wheelchairs and disconnect and reconnect room-wall oxygen as needed while monitoring oxygen tank levels during transport. The role also includes transporting deceased patients and related paperwork to the morgue, securing them in controlled cold-temperature storage, logging them into the morgue inventory, and documenting placement time. Additional duties include storing beds, stretchers, wheelchairs, and other items; identifying appropriate bed types for unit deliveries; using PPE, including in isolation rooms; disposing of soiled linen; and sanitizing transport equipment with chemicals before and after each use. Patient safety and confidentiality must be maintained. This is a full-time position of 40 hours per week, working 1:30 PM–10:00 PM, with rotating weekends and holidays required.
Requirements
- High school graduation or an equivalent combination of education and experience providing comparable job knowledge; graduates of an approved IU Health transition-to-work program are also eligible.
- Training in assigned competencies, including patient oxygen equipment and monitoring, patient lifting and transfers, and infection control policies.
- Ability to follow oxygen transport policies and procedures, including attaching and monitoring oxygen tank levels during transport.
- Ability to frequently stand and walk for extended periods.
- Ability to lift up to 50 pounds and stoop, bend, and twist while handling weights.
- Ability to perform repetitive motions, including grasping, fine manipulation, medium-dexterity tasks, and forearm or wrist rotation.
- Ability to perform basic patient lifting using proper techniques learned through in-service training.
- No experience required.
Responsibilities
- Transport patients and items safely within the hospital using the transport application.
- Identify patients using two identifiers and ensure safe handoffs with caregivers at the origin and destination.
- Communicate and work closely with care teams while moving patients.
- Disconnect and reconnect oxygen from the wall in patient rooms and monitor oxygen tank levels during transport.
- Move patients safely between beds, stretchers, and wheelchairs.
- Transport deceased patients and death paperwork to the morgue, secure patients in cold storage, log them in the morgue inventory, and document the time they were placed in storage.
- Store beds, stretchers, wheelchairs, and other items properly.
- Identify the correct bed types for delivery to units.
- Use appropriate personal protective equipment, including when entering isolation rooms.
- Dispose of soiled and used linen safely.
- Sanitize patient transport equipment with chemicals before and after each use.
- Maintain patient safety and confidentiality.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
