• Transporter Lead - Days | St. Mary's Hospital

    SSM Health (Madison, WI)


    It's more than a career, it's a calling

     

    WI-SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison

    Worker Type:

    Regular

    Job Highlights:

    **Department:** Patient Transport

    **Location:** SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison

     

    700 South Park Street

     

    Madison, WI 53715

    Position Details

    + **Schedule:** Days

    + **FTE:** 40 hours

    + **Required Experience:** Three years' of experience

    **General** **Responsibilities** include scheduling, and handling matters within the department that can be handled or addressed by a lead position.

    Job Summary:

    Ensures the safe transport of patients upon admission, transport of patients at discharge, and the transport of patients from in-house patient room to diagnostic area as assigned. Guides co-workers in the performance of transport duties.

    Job Responsibilities and Requirements:

    PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

    + Develops patient satisfaction by consistently providing for the safe movement of patients to and from diagnostic areas, nursing units, and the medical office buildings as assigned.

    + Promotes safety by accurately identifying each patient through the use of two patient ID methods.

    + Ensures clinical /service outcomes by assisting with the audit of hand hygiene practices and by intervening with units and transporters to determine patient /customer needs.

    + Enhances employee satisfaction by treating colleagues as co-workers and by being sensitive in regards to respect of others. Acts as a role model by perpetuating an attitude of reconciliation and cooperation within the team.

    + Contributes to physician satisfaction by timely delivery of patients to the appointed unit, clinic, or test site.

    + Contributes to the completion of all tasks during the scheduled shift time and by practicing stewardship of productive time.

    + Promotes team building among the internal transportation department, the nursing units, and the ancillary units to positively effect timely service delivery.

    + Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.

    + May clean and disinfect hospital equipment, including intravenous pumps, drips, and monitors, using established cleaning guidelines.

    + Performs other duties as assigned.

    EDUCATION

    + High School diploma/GED or 10 years of work experience

    EXPERIENCE

    + Three years' experience

    PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

    + Constant standing and walking.

    + Frequent use of hearing and speech to share information through oral communication.

    + Frequent use of hearing to distinguish body sounds and/or hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.

    + Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.

    + Frequent reaching, gripping, and keyboard use/data entry.

    + Frequent use of vision for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.

    + Occasional bending, stooping, crawling, kneeling, sitting, squatting and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.

    + Occasional use of vision to judge distances and spatial relationships.

    + Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.

    + Occasional lifting/moving patients.

    + Occasional use of smell to detect/recognize odors.

    + Occasional driving.

    REQUIRED PROFESSIONAL LICENSE AND/OR CERTIFICATIONS

    State of Work Location: Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma, Wisconsin

    + Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA)

    Work Shift:

    Day Shift (United States of America)

    Job Type:

    Employee

    Department:

    8074000007 Patient Transport

    Scheduled Weekly Hours:

    40

    Benefits:

    SSM Health values our exceptional employees by offering a comprehensive benefits package to fit their needs.

     

    + **Paid Parental Leave** **:** we offer eligible team members one week of paid parental leave for newborns or newly adopted children (pro-rated based on FTE).

    + **Flexible Payment Options:** our voluntary benefit offered through DailyPay offers eligible hourly team members instant access to their earned, unpaid base pay (fees may apply) before payday.

    + **Upfront Tuition Coverage** : we provide upfront tuition coverage through FlexPath Funded for eligible team members.

     

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