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Patient Transporter
full-timeSalt Lake City

Summary

Location

Salt Lake City

Type

full-time

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About this role

Overview

As a patient-focused organization, University of Utah Health exists to enhance the health and well-being of people through patient care, research and education. Success in this mission requires a culture of collaboration, excellence, leadership, and respect. University of Utah Health seeks staff that are committed to the values of compassion, collaboration, innovation, responsibility, integrity, quality and trust that are integral to our mission. EO/AA

This position is responsible for transporting patients to and from their bed and other areas such as therapy, surgery, or radiology. Other responsibilities include retrieving medical records, lab results, supplies and medications. This position may be required to transport medications within their scope of practice and according to State Law. This position is not responsible for providing care to patients.

Corporate Overview: The University of Utah is a Level 1 Trauma Center and is nationally ranked and recognized for our academic research, quality standards and overall patient experience. Our five hospitals and eleven clinics provide excellence in our comprehensive services, medical advancement, and overall patient outcomes.

  • Hurry and apply today! Submit your application with an updated resume online at employment.utah.edu  
  • You must upload the most recent updated resume, including all your work history and experience, to be considered. 
  • Please provide five professional references with an email and phone number on your submitted resume or as requested through the skill survey assessment. 
  • University of Utah Health offers fantastic career opportunities, pay, and healthcare benefits from day one! We also offer a 401 K retirement plan and a work environment that values dedication, learning, and a work-life balance. Join our team! uofuhealth.org/jobfairs.
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Responsibilities

  • Transfers patients from one area to another by wheelchair, bed, or stretcher.
  • Assists in the transport of essential supplies during traumas and cardiac arrests.
  • Handles items such as IV bags, oxygen masks, oxygen tanks, urine drainage bags, blood bags, and medical monitoring devices that may be attached to the patient during transport.
  • Transports expired patients to the morgue by stretcher.
  • Initiates the call, upon patient discharge, alerting all departments involved in the bed turnover process.
  • Picks up and delivers routine and STAT laboratory specimens, blood, and medical items.
  • Properly uses tele-tracking system.
  • Collaborates with other employees to ensure that the needs of the patient and department are met.

Knowledge / Skills / Abilities

  • Demonstrated potential ability to perform the essential functions as outlined above.
  • Demonstrated human relations and effective communication skills.

Qualifications

Qualifications

Required

  • High School diploma, or equivalency.

Licenses Required

  • Current RQI Healthcare Provider eCredential through the University of Utah Health RQI system. The eCredential is to be obtained within 30 days of hire.

* Additional license requirements as determined by the hiring department.

Qualifications (Preferred)

Working Conditions and Physical Demands

Employee must be able to meet the following requirements with or without an accommodation.

  • This position involves intensive work that may exert up to 100 pounds and may consistently require lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling or otherwise moving objects, such as medical equipment, or patients while providing medical care. 
  • We are University of Utah Health. healthcare.utah.edu

Physical Requirements

Carrying, Lifting, Listening, Pulling and/or Pushing, Reaching, Sitting, Speaking, Standing, Stooping and Crouching, Walking

Other facts

Tech stack
Patient Transport,Communication Skills,Team Collaboration,Medical Equipment Handling,Record Retrieval,Emergency Response,Tele-Tracking System

About University of Utah Health

University of Utah Health is the Intermountain West’s only academic health care system, combining excellence in patient care, the latest in medical research, and teaching to provide leading-edge medicine in a caring and personal setting. The system provides care for Utahns and residents of five surrounding states in a referral area encompassing more than 10 percent of the continental United States.

Whether it’s for routine care or highly specialized treatment in orthopedics, stroke, ophthalmology, cancer, radiology, fertility, cardiology, genetic-related diseases, organ transplant, or many other areas of medicine, University of Utah Health offers the latest technology and advancements, including some services available nowhere else in the region.

As part of that system, University of Utah Health Hospitals and Clinics rely on more than 1,600 board-certified physicians who staff five University hospitals (University Hospital, Huntsman Cancer Hospital, Craig H. Neilsen Rehabilitation Hospital, University Orthopaedic Center, and the University Neuropsychiatric Institute); 12 community clinics; and several specialty centers including the John A. Moran Eye Center, Kathryn F. Kirk Center for Comprehensive Cancer Care and Women's Cancers, the Cardiovascular Center, the Clinical Neurosciences Center, and the Utah Diabetes Center.

University of Utah Health is consistently ranked among US News & World Report’s Best Hospitals, has ranked in the nation’s top 10 for quality health care among leading academic medical centers by Vizient Inc.,

Its academic partners at the University of Utah School of Medicine and Colleges of Nursing, Pharmacy, Dentistry, and Health are internationally regarded research and teaching institutions.

Team size: 10,001+ employees
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Industry: Hospitals and Health Care
Founding Year: 1965

What you'll do

  • The Patient Transporter is responsible for transporting patients to various areas within the healthcare facility and assisting in the transport of essential supplies. They also handle medical items attached to patients and ensure proper communication during patient discharge.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What does a Patient Transporter do at University of Utah Health?

As a Patient Transporter at University of Utah Health, you will: the Patient Transporter is responsible for transporting patients to various areas within the healthcare facility and assisting in the transport of essential supplies. They also handle medical items attached to patients and ensure proper communication during patient discharge..

Why join University of Utah Health as a Patient Transporter?

University of Utah Health is a leading Hospitals and Health Care company.

Is the Patient Transporter position at University of Utah Health remote?

The Patient Transporter position at University of Utah Health is based in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. Contact the company through Clera for specific work arrangement details.

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