Transporter - PRN

University of Maryland Medical System•Bel Air, MD

4d•$17 - $21•Onsite

About The Position

The University of Maryland Medical System (UMMS) is an academic private health system, focused on delivering compassionate, high quality care and putting discovery and innovation into practice at the bedside. Partnering with the University of Maryland School of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Nursing and University of Maryland, Baltimore who educate the state’s future health care professionals, UMMS is an integrated network of care, delivering 25 percent of all hospital care in urban, suburban and rural communities across the state of Maryland. UMMS puts academic medicine within reach through primary and specialty care delivered at 11 hospitals, including the flagship University of Maryland Medical Center, the System’s anchor institution in downtown Baltimore, as well as through a network of University of Maryland Urgent Care centers and more than 150 other locations in 13 counties. For more information, visit www.umms.org

Requirements

High school diploma or GED.
Knowledge of proper body mechanics.
Ability to effectively convey verbal and written information.
Ability to follow directions.
Ability to organize and manage time effectively, setting appropriate priorities.
Ability to respond to emergency situations appropriately.
Ability to effectively function as a member of a collaborative team.
Ability to maintain patient confidentiality.

Nice To Haves

Previous experience in a hospital setting preferred.

Responsibilities

Moves/transports patients of various weights, ages, and sizes to and from beds and ambulatory devices; to and from various treatment areas, using acceptable body mechanics while maintaining patient comfort and safety.
Interacts with patients from toddlers to geriatric, with all types of illnesses.
Secures, returns and maintains designated supplies and equipment.
Assists in the maintenance of a safe and clean environment.