PATIENT TRANSPORTER (FULL AND PART TIME)

Compass Group•Falls Church, VA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Patient Transporter facilitates internal hospital patient moves and is responsible for safely, accurately, and promptly transporting patients, medical equipment, and patient-related items to their destinations. The role uses wheelchairs and other approved rolling equipment and requires safe handling of patients and related equipment. The transporter communicates with hospital staff, attends to patient comfort and modesty, and promptly reports signs of distress or equipment problems. The employer is Crothall Healthcare, a Compass Healthcare company, providing support services exclusively to the healthcare industry. The position is based at Inova Fairfax Hospital in Falls Church, Virginia. Full-time and part-time schedules are available, with days and hours varying and availability for mid, evening, and overnight shifts required. Prior patient care and customer service experience is required; paid training is provided. The fixed pay rate is $17.00 per hour.

Requirements

Prior patient care experience is required.
Prior customer service experience is required.
Availability to work mid, evening, and overnight shifts is required.
Ability to perform the essential functions satisfactorily, with or without reasonable accommodation.

Responsibilities

Safely transport patients, secure patients and related equipment such as IVs and drainage tubes, and use wheelchairs and other approved rolling equipment.
Transport patients to their destinations safely, accurately, and in a timely manner using the requested equipment.
Demonstrate competency in transporting patients of all 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; do not 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 federal, state, and JCAHO regulatory standards.
Follow facility confidentiality and patient-rights policies and procedures.
Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

Paid training.
Retirement plan.
Associate shopping program.
Health and wellness programs.
Discount marketplace.
Identity theft protection.
Pet insurance.
Voluntary benefits including critical illness insurance, accident insurance, hospital indemnity insurance, legal services, and a choice auto and home program.
Full-time positions also offer medical, dental, vision, life insurance/AD, disability insurance, commuter benefits, employee assistance program, and flexible spending accounts.
Associates may be eligible for paid and/or unpaid time off benefits in accordance with applicable laws.