Patient Transporter - Overnights
About The Position
The Patient Transporter moves patients to and from vehicles, beds, treatment and special service areas, and operating rooms using wheelchairs, stretchers, and other movable beds. The role supports patient care by transporting patients safely and comfortably, coordinating with nursing staff and receiving departments, and handling non-patient transportation tasks as needed. The shift is 9:30 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. at Bell Hospital. The transporter maintains professional conduct and appearance, respects patient privacy and confidentiality, communicates using the Central Transportation and Dispatch (CTD) radio and established etiquette, and promptly reports changes, delays, cancellations, and equipment problems. The position also includes entering transportation data when assisting the dispatcher, helping with equipment and departmental tasks, and supporting training and orientation of new employees.
Requirements
- High school graduate or GED is preferred.
- Basic Cardiac Life Support (BLS or BCLS) certification from the American Heart Association (AHA) is required within 60 days of hire.
- Ability to safely operate transportation equipment, including wheelchairs, stretchers/gurneys, TotaLift chairs, telemetry monitors, slide boards, Air-Pal equipment, gait belts, oxygen tanks and regulators, video chairs, and various types of beds.
- Ability to perform the professional, clinical, or technical competencies of the assigned unit or department.
Responsibilities
- Transport patients between vehicles, beds, treatment and special service areas, and operating rooms using appropriate equipment.
- Assist patients with transfers and attend to their comfort and safety during transport.
- Identify patients correctly and respect their privacy and confidentiality.
- Notify nursing staff before leaving a floor with a patient and after returning; sign patients in and out of patient-care areas.
- Inform receiving departments in person when patients arrive and report changes in status, delays, cancellations, or changes in transportation mode to the relevant staff and CTD Dispatcher.
- Keep the CTD radio on and wear an earpiece while at the hospital, including during breaks; use appropriate radio etiquette.
- Stay productive and take initiative by seeking assignments, requesting the next move, checking patient readiness, and requesting another move when an assignment is delayed more than five minutes.
- Assist nursing personnel with patient positioning and immobilization, including when IVs or portable oxygen are involved.
- Support other Central Transportation Department staff with transport functions and locating equipment.
- Handle patient and non-patient moves with urgency and perform related tasks that contribute to patient care.
- Return transportation equipment to its proper location after use.
- Complete daily assignments efficiently, accurately, and in an organized manner.
- Interact with physicians and technical staff to support safe, efficient, quality patient care.
- Promptly report equipment malfunctions to the Dispatcher, mark equipment appropriately, and deliver it to Biomed.
- Attend annual refresher and other required training to demonstrate competency with transportation equipment.
- Answer the pager promptly and courteously.
- Enter transportation data into the CTD computer when assisting the Dispatcher.
- Assist the Supervisor with departmental training and orientation of new employees, including training new employees on maintaining and collecting transportation data.
- Perform other Patient Transporter functions and duties as assigned.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
