PATIENT TRANSPORTER (PART TIME AND ON CALL)
About The Position
The Patient Transporter facilitates internal hospital patient moves and is responsible for safely, timely, and accurately transporting patients, medical equipment, and patient-related items to their destinations. The role uses wheelchairs and other approved rolling equipment, secures patients and associated medical lines, and demonstrates competency in transporting patients across specific age groups. Transporters communicate with nursing staff, clinicians, technicians, reception, and dispatch; attend to patient comfort and modesty; and promptly alert nursing staff to distress or equipment malfunctions. The position also requires maintaining equipment, reporting needed repairs, complying with regulatory standards and facility confidentiality and patient-rights policies, and performing other assigned duties. Part-time and on-call positions are available at Novant Health Matthews Medical Center in Matthews, North Carolina. Days and hours may vary, open availability is required, and schedules are flexible. The fixed pay rate is $17.00 per hour.
Requirements
- Prior customer service experience.
- Knowledge of basic body mechanics.
- Knowledge of safe patient handling techniques.
Responsibilities
- Safely transport patients, secure them and their IVs, drainage tubes, and other associated equipment, and use wheelchairs or other approved rolling stock.
- Transport patients to their destinations safely, accurately, and on time using the requested equipment.
- Demonstrate competency in transporting patients across specific age groups.
- Communicate effectively with nursing personnel, clinicians, technicians, reception, and dispatch.
- Attend to patient comfort, offer blankets, maintain modesty, and engage only in appropriate conversation.
- Never transport patients in severe pain.
- Immediately alert nursing staff to signs of patient distress or equipment malfunction.
- Maintain equipment and report equipment that needs repair.
- Comply with regulatory agency standards, including federal, state, and JCAHO standards.
- Follow facility confidentiality and patient-rights policies as outlined in HIPAA policies and procedures.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Benefits
- Retirement Plan
- Associate Shopping Program
- Health and Wellness Programs
- Discount Marketplace
- Identity Theft Protection
- Pet Insurance
- Voluntary Critical Illness Insurance
- Voluntary Accident Insurance
- Voluntary Hospital Indemnity Insurance
- Legal Services
- Choice Auto and Home Program
- Paid and/or unpaid time off benefits may be available in accordance with applicable law.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
