Patient Transporter

Lehigh Valley Health Network•Bethlehem, PA

11d•Onsite

About The Position

Moves patients to and from clinical units and diagnostic or treatment areas using a wheelchair, stretcher, or bed. This may include transporting patients with oxygen tanks, intravenous pumps, drips, and other equipment. Coordinates patient transport activities throughout the facility and at entrances, responds to alerts to prevent and assist with emergencies, and distributes and manages inventories of clinical equipment. Provides a high level of customer service and helps maintain patient and staff satisfaction, accurate information, and appropriate inventory levels. The position is onsite at Lehigh Valley Hospital–Muhlenberg in the evening, with a scheduled shift of 3:00 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. and every-other-weekend and every-other-holiday rotations.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED.
Ability to demonstrate the importance of and provide a high level of customer service.
Ability to interact with customers and patients with a compassionate, positive, and upbeat disposition.
Ability to multitask and take initiative.
Basic Life Support (BLS) certification from the American Heart Association within 180 days.
Ability to lift and carry 40–50 pounds.
Frequent to continuous standing and walking; patient transporters may walk 8–10 miles per shift.
Ability to push and pull patients on beds or stretchers, including exerting 29 pounds of push force, and perform lateral transfers involving up to 50 pounds of the patient's weight.
Patient care providers may need to kneel, bend, squat, and perform CPR.

Responsibilities

Transports patients safely and promptly as directed by medical professionals and established policies and procedures.
Completes required training and attends in-service education and scheduled departmental meetings concerning transportation planning and initiatives.
Supports patient throughput and hospital capacity initiatives by using transport software to facilitate timely transports.
Coordinates activities in the discharged-patient holding area.
Handles portable oxygen cylinders safely.
Obtains transport equipment for patient transports.
Receives and documents patient transportation assignments.
Receives, counts, stocks, transports, cleans, and sanitizes medical equipment.
Moves excess oxygen tanks to appropriate storage areas and ensures tanks are in appropriate holders.
Responds to alerts to prevent and assist with emergency situations.
Helps maintain accurate information and inventory levels and provides customer service to patients and staff.