Transporter - Monroe Regional Hospital - Central Transport

ProMedica•Monroe, LA

15h•Onsite

About The Position

The Patient Transporter helps move patients throughout Monroe Regional Hospital. The role involves lifting, turning, and transferring patients to appropriate transport equipment, ensuring the equipment is safe and in working order, and communicating transport delays or concerns to dispatch. When not transporting patients, the transporter cleans equipment and changes lines as needed. All patient transports require Registered Nurse approval.

Requirements

High school graduate or equivalent.
Successfully complete training in equipment usage, clinical aspects, customer service, patient mobility, and infection control.
Satisfactory performance of appropriate competencies.
Obtain and maintain Health Care Provider (HCP) certification.

Responsibilities

Transport patients and assist with lifting, turning, and transferring them using appropriate techniques suited to their condition and the equipment.
Clean transportation equipment after each use, verify it is working properly, report defects immediately, and follow through to ensure repairs and checks are completed.
Monitor patients’ general condition and safety during transport, maintain external support such as oxygen delivery devices and IVs, and immediately report malfunctions to a Registered Nurse.
Monitor and maintain portable oxygen supplies throughout the hospital.
Obtain and deliver clinical equipment, including IV pumps and oxygen tanks, to departments as directed.
Transport non-narcotic medications as needed and directed.
Provide timely transport service, transport other materials and equipment as needed, and communicate delays.
Collect items for reprocessing from departments and transport them to the appropriate reprocessing locations.
Communicate the patient’s condition to another caregiver at hand-off.
Verify patient identity using at least two identifiers.