Transporter

CommonSpirit Health•Long Beach, CA

17d•Onsite

About The Position

As our Patient Transporter, you will provide essential assistance and transportation for patients and related items across our campus, ensuring a highly customer-sensitive and seamless experience. Every day you will promptly and safely transport inpatients and outpatients to and from various hospital areas. You will 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. You will also maintain a clean and organized work area and report any malfunctioning equipment. To be successful in this role, you will demonstrate a strong commitment to patient safety and exceptional customer service for all individuals within our facility. You will be attentive, observant, and capable of performing duties efficiently while upholding the highest standards of care and professionalism. Demonstrates the ability to safely and competently perform tasks, skills, duties, procedures and responsibilities according to Medical Center Policy and Procedure. Including, but not limited to: Demonstrate ability to assess/interpret age-specific data with regards to employee accidents, injuries and illnesses. Encourages involvement of patient/family/significant other in decision making related to plan of care. SAFETY: Demonstrates self safety practices. Contributes to patient safety: a. Fall risk (side rails, wheelchair brakes are always used)b. Reports safety concerns to Supervisor or Director. c. Cleans transport equipment after each use. TRANSPORT: Performs patient and specimen transport to include: a. Coordinate patient and specimen transport. b. Prepare equipment for transportation and delivery. c. Assist in the admission, transfer and discharge of patients. OTHER LOGISTICS DUTIES: Performs limited ortho-tech duties: set-up/take of overhead frames and trapezes. Responds to hospital codes (Father Tracy, Code Blues, Dr. Red, etc.) Respects the patient's cultural beliefs and practices. CONTINUOUS QUALITY IMPROVEMENT / TEAMWORK: Approaches conflict and new ideas with an open mind. Meets the needs of the customer / patients and fulfills the mission and values of SMMC. Delivers a full range of services with the mindset of never passing off what you can do as effectively yourself. Shows accountability and responsibility for high quality and low cost services. Promotes a climate of continuous improvement. Understands, manages and responds to customer needs, so that every experience meets or exceeds their expectations. Embraces the philosophy of always doing the right thing the first time while recognizing that mistakes are made in the process of learning and taking risks. Respects people, helps to empower them to make decisions and contribute to an environment of continuous improvement. Provides timely and honest communication throughout all levels of the organization and with our external customers. Demonstrates the ability to initiate and perform duties independently. Assists other team members. Offers to help without being asked. Openly shares information, perceptions and feedback in a constructive manner. Maintains confidentiality of hospital business related to patients, physicians, visitors, coworkers and other Medical Center team members. Participates in team meetings as requested by Unit Director.

Requirements

High School Graduate or GED
AHA Basic Life Support - CPR

Responsibilities

Provide essential assistance and transportation for patients and related items across our campus
Promptly and safely transport inpatients and outpatients to and from various hospital areas
Confirm patient identification
Assist in transferring patients
Make conscious observations of patient condition during transport, reporting any issues to appropriate personnel
Maintain a clean and organized work area
Report any malfunctioning equipment
Demonstrate ability to assess/interpret age-specific data with regards to employee accidents, injuries and illnesses
Encourages involvement of patient/family/significant other in decision making related to plan of care
Demonstrates self safety practices
Contributes to patient safety
Coordinate patient and specimen transport
Prepare equipment for transportation and delivery
Assist in the admission, transfer and discharge of patients
Performs limited ortho-tech duties: set-up/take of overhead frames and trapezes
Responds to hospital codes (Father Tracy, Code Blues, Dr. Red, etc.)
Respects the patient's cultural beliefs and practices
Approaches conflict and new ideas with an open mind
Meets the needs of the customer / patients and fulfills the mission and values of SMMC
Delivers a full range of services with the mindset of never passing off what you can do as effectively yourself
Shows accountability and responsibility for high quality and low cost services
Promotes a climate of continuous improvement
Understands, manages and responds to customer needs, so that every experience meets or exceeds their expectations
Embraces the philosophy of always doing the right thing the first time while recognizing that mistakes are made in the process of learning and taking risks
Respects people, helps to empower them to make decisions and contribute to an environment of continuous improvement
Provides timely and honest communication throughout all levels of the organization and with our external customers
Demonstrates the ability to initiate and perform duties independently
Assists other team members
Offers to help without being asked
Openly shares information, perceptions and feedback in a constructive manner
Maintains confidentiality of hospital business related to patients, physicians, visitors, coworkers and other Medical Center team members
Participates in team meetings as requested by Unit Director