Patient Transporter

Schuylkill • Allentown, PA

4d • Onsite

About The Position

The Patient Transporter moves patients between clinical units and diagnostic or treatment areas using a wheelchair, stretcher, or bed. Transport may involve patients using oxygen tanks, intravenous pumps, drips, and other equipment. The role coordinates patient transport throughout the facility and at entrances, responds to alerts to help prevent or assist with emergencies, and distributes and manages inventory of clinical equipment. The transporter provides customer service and helps maintain accurate information and inventory levels while supporting patients, staff, and other participants.

The position is part-time, onsite, and scheduled for a day shift from 0700 to 1530, with weekend and holiday rotation. It is based at Lehigh Valley Hospital–Cedar Crest in Allentown, Pennsylvania.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED.
• Ability to demonstrate the importance of and provide a high level of customer service.
• Ability to display a compassionate, positive, and upbeat disposition when interacting with customers and patients.
• 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.
• Ability to push and pull patients on beds or stretchers, requiring 29 pounds of push force, and perform lateral transfers involving up to 50 pounds of the patient's weight.
• Ability to stand and walk frequently to continuously; patient transporters may walk 8–10 miles per shift.
• Patient care providers may be required to kneel, bend, squat, and perform CPR as applicable to their role.

Responsibilities

• Transport patients safely and promptly as directed by medical staff and in accordance with established policies and procedures.
• Complete required training and attend in-service education and scheduled departmental staff meetings related to transportation planning and initiatives.
• Support patient throughput and hospital capacity initiatives using transport software to facilitate timely transports.
• Coordinate activities in the discharged patient holding area.
• Handle portable oxygen cylinders safely, take excess tanks to appropriate storage areas, and ensure tanks are in appropriate holders.
• Obtain transport equipment and receive and document patient transportation assignments.
• Receive, count, stock, transport, clean, and sanitize medical equipment.
• Respond to alerts to prevent and assist with emergent situations.
• Provide customer service and help maintain accurate information and inventory levels.

What This Job Offers

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