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Department

: Patient Transportation

Shift

: Variable

Daily Work Times

: Variable

Scheduled Hours per Pay

: 80

Position Summary

:

Responsible for transporting patients, specimen, supplies, and equipment to and from patient care areas. Assists patients in walking, transferring from bed to wheelchair (manually lifting patients) and bathroom procedures.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities

:

1. Transports patients between departments and to and from patient care units via wheelchair, stretcher or ambulation as requested.

2. Assists in other transportation duties as requested.

3. Assists patients or health care providers with lifting, the patient for the next activity (i.e. shoes, clothes, assistive devices).

4. Signs patient off and back on patient care unit and checks patient’s wrist band before transporting.

5. Maintains chart with patient during transportation and keeps record of where the chart and patient are located at all times.

6. Protects patients by appropriate positioning and safely transporting.

7. Maintains oxygen supply and wheelchairs.

Required:

* Ability to effectively communicate and present self to people in courteous, tactful and poised manner

* BLS certification

Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities/Females/Disabled/Veterans

We are committed to encouraging and sustaining a work environment free of unlawful harassment, discrimination, and/or retaliation. We are an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing employment opportunity without regard to an individual’s race, color, age, religion, sex/pregnancy (including pregnancy/childbirth or pregnancy/childbirth-related conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other status prohibited by applicable laws. We also make good faith efforts to recruit, hire, and promote qualified women, minorities, individuals with disabilities, and veterans.