Transporter/Messenger- Transport Service - WST- Mount Sinai West- Part Time- Split Shift- Weekends & Holidays

Mount Sinai Health System•New York, NY

19h•Onsite

About The Position

Transports patients, supplies, equipment, medication, medical charts, specimens, blood products, flowers, name plates, paper (i.e., OR schedules, requisitions, etc.) in a timely manner

Responsibilities

Sorts and delivers inter-office/incoming mail and packages accurately and in a timely manner
Arrives on unit with appropriate mode of patient transportation (including oxygen, if necessary)
Introduces patient to self and destination. Confirms identity of patient with ID band
Assists Care Givers in moving patient on and off different modes of transport
Ensures patient’s chart accompanies the patient to their designated area
Ensures patients are appropriately dressed/covered for transportation
Utilizes designated elevators to transport patients in a timely manner
Follows proper Patient Tracking procedures (logging in & out, going to in-progress, completions and logging delays
Redistributes rolling stock (i.e., wheelchairs, stretchers)
Responds to codes for transport needs
Ensures equipment used for transportation is safe, clean and easily accessible
Provides elevator operator services and audiovisual support
Ensures that equipment is positioned and locked when stationary
Ensures that side rails remain in “up” position, as indicated
Ensures that needed bedside articles are within patients reach
Notifies appropriate staff of patient status (i.e., return to floor, pick-up, and need for assistance). Makes sure destination treatment area knows of cancellations for patients that transporter is assigned for
Practices effective and respectful communication and collaboration with other health care members