Transporter- Patient & Equipment Transport- Part Time-Day-Mount Sinai Queens
About The Position
This role involves picking up and delivering messages, records, interoffice memoranda, and laboratory specimens to various designated areas, while also maintaining related records. The transporter operates elevators and transports patients as assigned by a supervisor. Responsibilities include sorting and delivering mail and packages, preparing patients for transport with necessary equipment like oxygen, confirming patient identity, assisting caregivers with patient movement, ensuring patient charts accompany patients, and maintaining appropriate patient dress and coverage during transport. The role requires utilizing designated elevators for timely patient transportation, following proper Patient Tracking procedures, and ensuring timely completion of assignments. Additionally, the transporter redistributes rolling stock such as wheelchairs and stretchers, responds to codes for transport needs, and ensures transportation equipment is safe, clean, and accessible. Providing elevator operator services and audiovisual support, ensuring equipment is positioned and locked when stationary, maintaining side rails in the up position as indicated, and ensuring bedside articles are within reach are also key duties. The transporter notifies appropriate staff of patient status and destination treatment areas of cancellations. Practicing effective and respectful communication and collaboration with other healthcare members is essential.
Requirements
- High School Diploma or GED
- Previous experience working in a large medical center or hospital
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
- Timely completion of assignments
- 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.
Benefits
- Salary range of $24.60 - $26.50 Hourly
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
