Patient Transporter

Lehigh Valley Health Network•Bethlehem, PA

4d•Onsite

About The Position

Moves patients to and from clinical units and diagnostic or treatment areas using a wheelchair, stretcher, or bed. Transports may involve patients using oxygen tanks, intravenous pumps, drips, and other equipment. The role coordinates patient transport activities throughout the facility and at entrances, responds to alerts to help prevent or assist with emergent situations, and distributes and manages clinical equipment inventory. The transporter provides a high level of customer service and helps maintain accurate information and inventory levels while supporting patients, staff, and other participants. This is an onsite, part-time evening-shift position at Lehigh Valley Hospital–Muhlenberg. The schedule is 1500–2330, with every-other-weekend and holiday rotation.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED.
Ability to demonstrate the importance of and provide a high level of customer service.
Ability to display a compassionate, positive, and upbeat disposition when interacting with customers and patients.
Ability to multitask and take initiative.
Basic Life Support (BLS) certification from the American Heart Association within 180 days.
Ability to lift and carry 40–50 pounds.
Frequent to continuous standing and walking; patient transporters may walk 8–10 miles per shift.
Ability to push and pull patients on beds or stretchers, including exerting 29 pounds of push force, and perform lateral transfers involving up to 50 pounds of the patient’s weight.

Responsibilities

Transport patients safely and promptly as directed by medical professionals and according to established policies and procedures.
Complete required training and attend in-service education and scheduled departmental staff meetings related to transportation planning and initiatives.
Support patient throughput and hospital capacity initiatives by using transport software to facilitate timely transports.
Coordinate activities in the discharged patient holding area.
Handle portable oxygen cylinders safely.
Obtain transport equipment for patient transports.
Receive and document patient transportation assignments.
Receive, count, stock, transport, clean, and sanitize medical equipment.
Take excess oxygen tanks to appropriate storage areas and ensure tanks are secured in appropriate holders.
Respond to alerts to prevent or assist with emergent situations.
Coordinate patient transport activities in the facility and at entrances.