Patient Transporter - Sharp Metro - Part-Time (0.8) - Day Shift (0700)

Sharp HealthCare • San Diego, CA

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About The Position

Patient Transport assists with mobilizing patients using lift equipment, mobilization aids, and other trained health care professionals to provide safe and effective transports throughout the facility. Patient Transporters transport equipment, supplies, specimens, and patients using the transport tracking system while ensuring patients are monitored and the environmental pathway is safe for travel.

This is a part-time position (0.8) on a day shift, scheduled from 7:00 AM to 3:30 PM, with an 8-hour shift requirement. Weekend work is required every other weekend; on-call is not required. The hourly pay range is $25.810–$31.480, with a midpoint of $28.530. This position is covered by a collective bargaining agreement with SEIU-UHW. Employees must join the union within 31 days of hire and remain a member, or meet an applicable stated exception, for the duration of the agreement.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• American Heart Association Basic Life Support for Healthcare Professionals (AHA BLS Healthcare) certification, required.
• Knowledge of proper body mechanics for safe patient transfers and personal safety.
• Working knowledge of medical terminology.

Nice To Haves

• One year of hospital experience or similar experience.

Responsibilities

• Practice effective communication in a demanding environment.
• Demonstrate positive interpersonal skills and attitude toward patients, visitors, physicians, coworkers, supervisors, and hospital staff.
• Communicate relevant patient information to appropriate staff.
• Recognize barriers to transporting and communicating with patients and their plan of care, and seek resources or options.
• Communicate incomplete transports to appropriate units and staff.
• Communicate with team members about day-to-day operations and transport barriers or obstacles.
• Safely transport patients using the correct mode of travel.
• Comply with mobility requirements and ensure equipment is available, properly stored, and regularly cleaned.
• Transfer and transport patients, with assistance, alongside complex clinical support equipment while maintaining the integrity of intravenous lines, suction devices, feeding tubes, and similar equipment.
• Take action in life-threatening situations and immediately notify the licensed nurse.
• Use lift and mobilization equipment or aids appropriately.
• Under the direction of the Registered Nurse, ambulate patients using appropriate equipment or assistive devices.
• Assist with lateral and supine patient transfers between beds, chairs, and gurneys.
• Use the transport tracking system to track and progress jobs, accept jobs with limited rejections, manage delays and cancellations, and use mini tasks and task assistance when available.
• Identify patients using two patient identifiers.
• Transport patients using the required patient hand-off protocol.
• Maintain the log book for signing patients in and out of the morgue.
• Transport equipment, supplies, and specimens throughout the facility.

What This Job Offers

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