Transporter, Mary and Elizabeth Hospital, 1st Shift
About The Position
The Transporter provides safe, reliable, and courteous transportation to patients throughout the medical complex. The role includes moving neonatal, pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients. Training is provided, and the employee must demonstrate competency in patient movement. The Transporter must know department and hospital policies and procedures and guide their own professional growth and continuing education. The role requires adapting patient care to patients’ physical and emotional conditions, recognizing and reporting changes in patient status, using correct body mechanics and lifting techniques, and communicating effectively with patients and coworkers. The Transporter also uses tele tracking and hospital information systems, maintains confidentiality, follows safety standards, and collaborates with the healthcare team while providing exceptional customer service.
Requirements
- High school diploma or GED/equivalent.
- Basic Life Support (BLS) certification accredited by the American Heart Association (AHA).
- Adequate conversational English to take direction, understand and complete tasks, communicate with patients and coworkers, follow safety guidelines, and understand organizational policies.
- Ability to identify patient needs, recognize changes in patient status, and report relevant information to nursing.
- Ability to use correct body mechanics and lifting techniques.
- Ability to adapt communication to individual patient needs.
- Ability to identify and escalate potential safety concerns and patient satisfaction issues.
- Ability to learn and use tele tracking and hospital information systems.
- Commitment to patient safety, confidentiality, teamwork, professionalism, and customer service.
Nice To Haves
- Prior hospital transport experience.
Responsibilities
- Provide safe, reliable, and courteous transportation to patients throughout the medical complex.
- Demonstrate competency in moving neonatal, pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients.
- Identify patients’ physical and emotional conditions and needs, and adapt care—including dressing, lifting, moving, and monitoring for comfort and safety—accordingly.
- Recognize changes in patient status and report appropriate information to nursing.
- Use correct body mechanics and lifting techniques.
- Adapt communication style to individual patient needs.
- Identify potential safety concerns and escalate them appropriately.
- Identify potential patient satisfaction issues and address or escalate them appropriately.
- Learn and use tele tracking and hospital information systems appropriately.
- Demonstrate professionalism and commitment to service and organizational values through appropriate conduct and demeanor.
- Maintain confidentiality and protect sensitive data.
- Follow organizational and department-specific safety standards and guidelines.
- Work collaboratively and support team members.
- Interact effectively with physicians, patients, residents, visitors, staff, and the broader healthcare community.
- Guide personal professional growth and continuing education.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
