Transportation Aide (Per Diem) - Evening
Hackensack Meridian Health•Hackensack, NJ
•$19
About The Position
The Transportation Aide transports patients and/or specimens upon request. The role also supports patient throughput and department operations by delivering blood products and supplies, retrieving laboratory slides, and assisting with environmental duties. The aide adapts communication and care to the needs of the patient population served.
Requirements
- High school diploma, GED, and/or GED-equivalent program.
- Ability to lift a minimum of 10 lbs.
- Ability to push and pull a minimum of 50 lbs.
- Ability to stand for the length of the shift.
Responsibilities
- Transport patients using wheelchairs and stretchers.
- Transport specimens to the laboratory and deliver blood and blood products in a timely manner.
- Pick up slides from the laboratory for physicians to review, as requested.
- Obtain supplies from central supply, as requested.
- Use automated systems in a timely and accurate manner to assist with patient throughput.
- Identify the needs of the patient population and modify and deliver care accordingly, including consideration of age, culture, language, and hearing or visual impairment.
- Communicate with patients, parents, and/or primary caregivers at an appropriate developmental, age, educational, and literacy level.
- Assist with environmental duties, including collecting and disposing of recycling and trash and removing linen from laundry bins to the appropriate disposal area.
- Adhere to the standards identified in the Medical Center's Organizational Competencies.
Benefits
- Health benefits
- Dental benefits
- Vision benefits
- Paid leave
- Tuition reimbursement
- Retirement benefits
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What This Job Offers
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
