Patient Transporter
About The Position
Transports and escorts patients to and from designated locations within the hospital, ensuring proper patient identification and that the patient chart accompanies each transport. Maintains patient safety, security, and confidentiality. Assists with lifting and transferring patients between beds, stretchers, and wheelchairs. Records and logs transports using the Hospital AS400 system, maintains transport statistics, and communicates patient delays to dispatch. Transports specimens that cannot be tubed to the Lab or another appropriate department, retrieves charts that cannot be tubed from Medical Records, and transports discharged patients to the lobby when volunteers are unavailable. Cleans stretchers, wheelchairs, and transport equipment, and maintains portable oxygen tank supplies in designated hospital areas. The position involves interaction with patients, visitors, clinical staff, ancillary departments, and other hospital staff. Most of the shift is spent standing or walking, with above-average physical demands including pushing, pulling, lifting, and patient transfers. Potential exposure to infection and disease is noted.
Requirements
- High school diploma or GED required.
- Ability to relate to all types of people.
- BLS certification from the American Heart Association required within 30 days.
- Ability to meet the role’s physical demands, including standing or walking for most of the shift and pushing, pulling, lifting, and assisting with patient transfers.
Nice To Haves
- 1–2 years of patient transport experience preferred.
Responsibilities
- Transport and escort patients to and from hospital units and designated departments, ensuring proper identification and accompanying charts.
- Maintain patient safety, security, and confidentiality during transports.
- Assist with lifting and transferring patients to and from beds, stretchers, and wheelchairs.
- Enter transports in the Hospital AS400 system; log patients in and out on nursing units, obtain signatures as appropriate, and complete daily transport logs.
- Maintain transport-related statistical performance data and submit it to the Transport Coordinator/Lead at the end of the shift.
- Communicate patient delays promptly and accurately to dispatch and resolve delays as appropriate.
- Pick up specimens from nursing units and deliver them to the Lab or another appropriate department when they cannot be sent through the tube system.
- 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 and maintain stretchers in the ER, OR, Radiology, and transport departments, along with other transport equipment.
- Maintain adequate supplies of portable oxygen tanks in designated hospital areas.
- Provide customer service, communicate positively with people of different cultures, acknowledge concerns, take corrective action, and escort customers when necessary.
- Participate in department- and hospital-wide process or outcome improvement activities, annual competency assessment, and self-development.
- Use equipment and supplies prudently and complete assigned projects within expected time frames.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
