• Transporter

    UPMC (New Castle, PA)


    Now Hiring: Full-Time Patient Transporter at UPMC Jameson (New Castle, PA)

     

    Join our Patient Transport Team and help make a difference in your community. As a Transporter, you’ll play a key role in patient care by safely moving patients throughout the hospital and supporting daily operations.

    Position Details:

    + Full-time (40 hours/week)

    + Shifts: 7:00AM–3:30PM, 8:30AM–5:00PM, or 10:30AM–7:00PM

    + Rotating weekends & holidays

    + No on-call or travel

     

    If you're compassionate, motivated, and ready for a fast-paced healthcare role, apply today!

    Responsibilities:

    + Perform inspections and disinfecting procedures on transportation equipment utilized by the department.

    + Record transportation data electronically in the Transport Tracking System and/or manually on appropriate forms and logs utilized by the department.

    + Delivers supplies, equipment, medication and other materials to the patient units, and other designated areas in a safe, timely, and accurate manner. Ensures that a handoff of medication occurs with the nurse.

    + Report the status of transportation activities and abnormal activities to the manager in charge.

    + Deliver supplies, equipment, and other materials to the patient units, and other designated areas in a safe, timely, and accurate manner.

    + Transport patients and adjunct equipment via prescribed vehicles between patient units, treatment centers, and their designated areas in a safe, timely, and accurate manner.

    + Maintain a courteous professional demeanor and communicates appropriately with patients, visitors, hospital personnel, and fellow employees at all times.

     

    Requires the ability to follow written and verbal instructions in order to successfully complete.

     

    Transport duties and the ability to use transport equipment. May in the course of their duties be in rooms where medications are stored or may transport medications when they transport patients. Transportation of medication is limited from one department to another.

    Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances:

    CPR required based on AHA standards that include both a didactic and skills demonstration component within 30 days of hire

     

    + Basic Life Support (BLS)

    + Basic Life Support (BLS) OR Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)

    + Act 31 Child Abuse Reporting

    + Act 33

    + Act 34

    + Act 73 FBI Clearance

     

    UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran