About this role
Min
USD $15.25/Hr.Max
USD $20.42/Hr.Overview
Hours: 9:00am - 7:30pm
Includes every other weekend rotation
Transport patients to and from various areas of Springfield Memorial Hospital by stretcher, wheelchair or bed. Ensure patient safety and comfort during transports and perform appropriate patient hand-offs to other members of the health care team.
Qualifications
Education:
Education equivalent to graduation from high school is recommended.
Licensure/Certification/Registry:
Obtain BLS/CPR certification within 45 days of hire and maintain current BLS/CPR certification.
Other Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:
- Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills.
- Ability to utilize a computerized patient transport tracking system.
- Ability to work independently and in a team environment.
- Completion of orientation and competency validation as provided during Nursing Team Onboarding (NTO) and under the supervision of a tenured Patient Transporter/Team Leader.
- Moderate to heavy physical effort, including the ability to transport patients using wheelchairs, stretchers and beds.
Responsibilities
- Transport patients safely and efficiently, as assigned by a computerized patient transport tracking system.
- Utilize the SBAR tool/process for all patient hand-off situations.
- Follow patient safety requirements/policies/protocols at all times.
- Ensure patient comfort at all times.
- Respond to all transport requests in a timely manner and STAT calls immediately.
- Transport patient related equipment (IV, O2, etc.) according to patient needs
- Connect and disconnect O2 for patients, as needed.
- Follow proper infection control guidelines, such as hand washing and equipment cleaning.
- Practice proper body mechanics during all patient transfers and transports.
- Assist with patients being transferred between nursing units and patients being discharged.
- Gather wheelchairs, stretchers and other transport equipment no longer in use, and return to storage area.
- Report all broken and unsafe transport equipment to the Team Leader.
- Communicate all information, concerns and request of patients to appropriate clinical staff.
- Assist co-workers and other hospital staff as needed.
- Attend customer service and body mechanics refresher courses as directed.
- Adhere to the dress code while on duty.
- Create Great Patient Experiences and uphold Memorial’s Statement of Values.
- Maintain patient confidentiality at all times.
- Respond expediently to needs/requests from patient transporters/nursing units/testing sites.
- Handle floor stock medications or medications delivered from pharmacy directly or through the pneumatic tube system. Relocate these medications, in original containers, to designated secure storage locations or delivery directly to appropriate licensed staff.
- Performs other related work as required or requested.
Other facts
About Memorial Health
Memorial Health is one of the leading healthcare organizations in Illinois—a responsibility we are proud to uphold. Founded in 1897 to meet the expanding needs of our communities, we have assembled an ever-growing team and vast resources.
Dedicated to unsurpassed excellence in care, education, and research, our community-based, not-for-profit corporation features a team of nearly 10,000 strong throughout eight state-of-the-art affiliates offering a broad array of vital services. Yet what matters equally is the size of our heart. Our ambitions. And our potential to do bigger and better things.
We’re achieving our goals by developing academic alliances with other respected institutions, including the BJC HealthCare Collaborative and the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine. By earning important credentials and accreditations. By making a real investment in employee development. And by building upon our reputation for excellence on the regional level, with the goal of realizing national prominence.
What you'll do
- The primary responsibilities include safely and efficiently transporting patients via stretcher, wheelchair, or bed throughout the hospital as assigned by a tracking system. This involves ensuring patient safety and comfort, performing appropriate hand-offs using the SBAR tool, and managing patient-related equipment like oxygen.
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