Patient Transporter - Day Shift

IU Health•Indianapolis, IN

7d•Onsite

About The Position

The Patient Transporter uses a transport application to safely move patients and items within the hospital. The role includes confirming patient identity with two identifiers, coordinating safe handoffs with caregivers at the origin and destination, and communicating closely with care teams. Transporters disconnect and reconnect oxygen in patient rooms and monitor oxygen tank levels during transport. They safely transfer patients between beds, stretchers, and wheelchairs. The position also involves transporting deceased patients and death paperwork to the morgue, securing patients in controlled cold-temperature storage, logging them into the morgue inventory, and documenting the time they are placed in storage. The transporter properly stores beds, stretchers, wheelchairs, and other items; identifies bed types for delivery to units; uses PPE, including in isolation rooms; disposes of soiled linen; and sanitizes transport equipment with chemicals before and after each use. The role requires maintaining patient safety and confidentiality.

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 included.
Complete training in assigned competencies, including patient oxygen equipment and oxygen-level 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 these weights.
Ability to perform repetitive motions, including grasping, fine manipulation, medium dexterity, and forearm and wrist rotation.
Ability to perform basic patient lifting using proper technique learned through in-service training.
No experience required.

Responsibilities

Safely transport patients and items between locations within the hospital using a transport application.
Verify patient identity using two identifiers and provide safe handoffs with caregivers at the origin and destination.
Communicate and work closely with care teams during patient transport.
Disconnect and reconnect oxygen in patient rooms and monitor oxygen tank levels during transport.
Safely transfer patients 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 placement time.
Store beds, stretchers, wheelchairs, and other items properly, and identify bed types for delivery to units.
Use PPE when entering all room types, including isolation rooms.
Safely dispose of soiled and used linen.
Sanitize patient transport equipment with chemicals before and after each use.
Maintain patient safety and confidentiality.