Transporter

CommonSpirit Health•Prescott Valley, AZ

8d•Onsite

About The Position

At Dignity Health, living our values means bringing passion into action every day. Dignity Health-Yavapai Regional Medical Center (DH-YRMC), now part of CommonSpirit Health, is a not-for-profit integrated healthcare provider that offers a broad range of inpatient and outpatient services including network-wide opportunities to advance your career. What started as a simple community hospital, is today a state-of-the-art healthcare system with two acute care hospitals, a network of primary and specialty care clinics, outpatient health and wellness centers, cardiac diagnostic centers, and outpatient medical imaging centers. As you build your career at DH-YRMC, you’ll find Prescott is an inspiring place to live, work, and enjoy the outdoors. It is an inviting community with bygone charm and modern amenities. Local residents enjoy four spectacular seasons, while the area offers nearly year-round sunshine for any outdoor adventures. The carefree, relaxed lifestyle offers short commute opportunities, so you can focus on your career and your family. Dignity Health-Yavapai Regional Medical Center extends this feeling with a strong sense of family, security, and belonging. Our compassion and commitment to quality care have earned awards, such as the Stroke Care Excellence Award (2022), Neuroscience Excellence Award (2021, 2020), and America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Stroke Care Awards (2020, 2021) and have placed us at the top of the charts in community and nationwide in healthcare. Come experience the incredible quality-of-life that Dignity Health-YRMC and Prescott have to offer! #hellohumankindness Dignity Health now offers an Education Benefit program for benefit-eligible employees after 180 days. This program provides debt relief and student loan assistance to help you achieve your goals. Full-time employees can receive up to $18,000 over five years, while part-time employees can receive up to $9,000. Join our team at Dignity Health to take advantage of this amazing opportunity!

Requirements

Minimum HS Diploma or equivalent combination of education and/or experience
American Heart Association BLS Provider certification
This position frequently lifts 35lbs from floor to waist and from waist to above.

Responsibilities

Provide essential assistance and transportation for patients and related items across our campus, ensuring a highly customer-sensitive and seamless experience.
Promptly and safely transport inpatients and outpatients to and from various hospital areas.
Meticulously confirm patient identification, greet and assist in transferring patients, and make conscious observations of patient condition during transport, reporting any issues to appropriate personnel.
Maintain a clean and organized work area and report any malfunctioning equipment.
Transport patients according to the designated method (stretcher, wheel chair, bed, etc.) and also any other support equipment such as oxygen, monitor, infusion pumps, etc.
Greet the patient, identify themselves and inform the patient where they are being taken and for what purpose.
Wash and/or gel hands prior to handling patient and/or anything in the patient's room.
Transport slips will be assigned daily from the Central Transport Dispatcher, with add-on's collected through out the shift.
Maintain patient privacy and comfort at all times.
Ensure patient's attire must cover them completely or a sheet and/or blanket must be utilized.
Treat patients with courtesy, respect, and consideration at all times.
Notify Nursing prior to transport and upon returning patient to nursing floor.
Sign patient in and out of the Patient Transport Log Book located at each nurses' station.
Collaborate with nursing personnel to determine the level of nursing assistance that will be required; i.e., assure that the patient is ready for transport; nursing personnel will discontinue and reinstate patient therapies such as suction, drainage, etc.
Follow the Patient ID Policy and Procedure, two (2) patient identifiers, name and DOB matching with transport request and have patient state this information to you verbally - if altered mental status, you need to confirm ID with nurse.