Patient Transporter-PRN

UMC Health System

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Patient Transporter delivers patients, equipment, medication, lab specimens, and paperwork from one location to another within University Medical Center, the Medical Office Plaza, the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, and other facilities.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED
• +1 year of prior customer service or patient care experience
• BLS CPR must be completed within 90 days of hire into the role
• Effective communicator, both written and verbally; Should be able to speak, read, and write English fluently
• Possess a sense of urgency; Patent Transporters will be expected to perform a certain number of jobs per hour
• Strong attention to geographical awareness; Transporters will be expected to learn and memorize hospital critical areas and locations
• Interaction with medical staff, ancillary areas and patients directly in order to facilitate a quality multi-disciplinary approach to patient care.
• Emotionally and physically fit.
• Considerable walking, pushing, pulling, lifting and moving of patients, specimens, medications, supplies, records, paperwork, and equipment.
• Work throughout University Medical Center, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, and the Medical Office Plaza.

Responsibilities

• Responds to requests as assigned by the Teletracking System via telephone and/or according to departmental policy
• Assists patients on or off their beds and with moves to treatment areas or operating room
• May be asked to transport supplies, specimens, and/or equipment to designated areas of medical facility
• Transport deceased patients to appropriate areas such as mortuary or other assigned location
• All other assigned duties related to Nursing Support Services

What This Job Offers

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