Job description
GENERAL SUMMARY:
Under general supervision and according to established policies and procedures, transports patients via wheelchair, stretcher, bed or alternative means. This includes disconnecting and re-connecting patient’s IV pumps from the IV pole and oxygen. Delivers patient equipment to nursing floors as needed.
CORPORATE PHILOSOPHY:
It is the obligation of each employee of Edward Health Services Corporation to abide by and promote the mission and values of the Corporation to ensure that excellent services are delivered with compassion.
PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: (The following duties and responsibilities are all essential job functions, as defined by the
ADA, except those that begin with the word "May.")
- Demonstrates the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of patients served. This includes knowledge of the physical and psychological needs of patients served and the ability to respond appropriately to those needs.
- Patient transport duties:
- Transports patients via wheelchair, stretcher or bed. Delivers patient equipment to nursing floors as needed.
- Transports or escorts patients being admitted to EH to their assigned rooms. Transports patient discharges as necessary.
- Transports deceased patients to the hospital morgue.
- Transfers patients from beds onto wheel chairs and stretchers using various transfer equipment including, but not limited to, Slide Boards, Hover mats and lift machines.
- Disconnects and re-connects IV pumps from IV poles and oxygen from patients prior to and after patient transport. Notifies appropriate nursing personnel of patient status accordingly.
- Transports medical reports/records, blood, specimens, radiographs, medications, equipment and other items as requested to and from various hospital locations as assigned.
- Regularly inspects transportation equipment for damage and/or defects. Cleans equipment by wiping surfaces with disinfectants following established procedures. Retrieves wheelchairs, carts, and other equipment from inpatient units and returns them to central location. Ensures all equipment is in proper location for easy access.
- Completes daily equipment round of each nursing unit to obtain items to be returned to Central Sterile Processing Department as assigned. Soiled patient care equipment is returned to the decontamination area of CSP.
- Responds to required codes and provides CPR as necessary. Serves as a “runner" for needed supplies and/or equipment during a code situation.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES REQUIRED:
- Required Education and/or Experience:
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to maintain confidentiality
Preferred Education and/or Experience:
- High-school diploma
- Minimum six months customer service or patient transporter experience
- Required License and/or Certification:
- American Heart Association BLS for healthcare provider or American Red Cross CPR/AED for the professional rescuer certification
- Work conditions include working in an area that is somewhat unpleasant due to drafts, noise, temperature variation or the like, and working with equipment or performing procedures where carelessness would probably result in minor cuts, bruises or muscle strains.
- Functional demands are very heavy, needing very high energy level. Work requires the ability to lift over 50 lbs. Carry 80 lbs. a distance of 30 feet. Push/pull > 200 lbs. (i.e. Patients on bed, stretcher) Lateral transfer or max assist sit to stand transfer.
Location: Edward-Elmhurst Health · PATIENT SUPPORT
Schedule: Registry, Days, Evenings, Nights, 10A-630P
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