Transportation Aide
About The Position
As our Transport/Patient Care Assistant, you will provide vital support by safely and efficiently transporting patients throughout the facility, while also offering direct patient care assistance, ensuring comfort and continuity during their healthcare journey. Every day you will transport patients to and from departments (e.g., imaging, therapies, admissions, discharge), assist with patient mobility, and provide basic patient care such as turning, repositioning, and feeding. You will be expected to ensure patient safety during transport, maintain cleanliness of transport equipment, communicate effectively with clinical staff, and respond promptly to patient care needs, all while prioritizing patient comfort and dignity. To be successful in this role, you must possess strong interpersonal skills, a compassionate demeanor, and the physical stamina to assist patients and navigate a busy healthcare environment efficiently.
Requirements
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Compassionate demeanor
- Physical stamina to assist patients and navigate a busy healthcare environment efficiently
- High School GED General Studies
Responsibilities
- Provides transportation Services for patients and Visitors
- Responds to all calls/assignments in a timely manner
- Assists nursing staff as needed in transfer of patient form cart, wheelchair or gurney to and from bed
- Return all transport equipment (beds, gurneys, wheelchairs) to assigned area
- Completes appropriate form and log sheet
- Record all information as required on log sheet
- Transport patients to and from departments (e.g., imaging, therapies, admissions, discharge)
- Assist with patient mobility
- Provide basic patient care such as turning, repositioning, and feeding
- Ensure patient safety during transport
- Maintain cleanliness of transport equipment
- Communicate effectively with clinical staff
- Respond promptly to patient care needs
- Prioritize patient comfort and dignity
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What This Job Offers
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
