Patient Transporter - Sharp Metro - Part-Time (0.8) - Evening Shift (1100)

Sharp HealthCare • San Diego, CA

2d

About The Position

Patient Transport assists with mobilizing patients using lift equipment, mobilization aids, and other trained health care professionals to provide safe and effective transports throughout the facility. Patient Transporters use the transport tracking system to move patients, equipment, supplies, and specimens while monitoring patients and ensuring the environmental pathway is safe for travel. This is a part-time position covered by a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) with SEIU-UHW. Employees must join the union within 31 days of hire and remain a member for the duration of the agreement. The shift is 11:00 AM to 7:30 PM, with every-other-weekend requirements and no on-call requirement. Hourly pay range: $25.810–$31.480, with a midpoint of $28.530.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• American Heart Association Basic Life Support for Healthcare Professionals (AHA BLS Healthcare) certification is required.
• Knowledge of proper body mechanics for safe transfer of patients and self.
• Working knowledge of medical terminology.

Nice To Haves

• One year of hospital experience or similar experience.

Responsibilities

• Communicate effectively in a demanding environment and maintain positive interpersonal relationships with patients, visitors, physicians, coworkers, supervisors, and hospital staff.
• Communicate relevant patient information to appropriate staff, identify barriers to transport or communication, seek resources or options, and report incomplete transports.
• Coordinate with team members regarding daily operations and transport barriers or obstacles.
• Safely transport patients using the correct mode of travel and comply with mobility requirements.
• Ensure transport equipment is available, stored properly, and cleaned regularly.
• Transfer and transport patients with assistance and complex clinical support equipment while maintaining the integrity of intravenous lines, suction devices, feeding tubes, and other equipment.
• Take action in life-threatening situations and immediately notify the licensed nurse.
• Use lift and mobilization equipment or aids appropriately; under the direction of the Registered Nurse, ambulate patients with appropriate equipment or assistive devices.
• Assist with lateral and supine patient transfers between beds, chairs, and gurneys.
• Use the transport tracking system to track and progress jobs, accept jobs, manage delays and cancellations, and use mini tasks and task assistance when available.
• Identify patients using two patient identifiers and follow required patient hand-off protocol during transport.
• Maintain the log book for signing patients in and out of the morgue.
• Transport equipment, supplies, specimens, and patients throughout the facility.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Education Level: High school or GED