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Req Number 124951

Job Description

Leads and guides transport staff. Escorts or transports patients within facility. Records patient movement in transport tracking system; picks-up and delivers materials and equipment. Assists in performing duties related to specialty areas of assignment.

Job Responsibility

• Leads and guides transport staff; provides operational orientation and monitors application of operational policies, procedures and service; assesses volume/backlog status, and reprioritizes and/or reassigns transport requests to optimize operational and service performance.

• Cleans, maintains, and operates transport equipment and operates elevators to move or escort patients/visitors to and from various hospital areas, as directed, following established operating policies and procedures; receives formal instruction/direction upon pick-up and provides formal hand-off report at destination, when not required to stay with patient.

• Reports any changes in patient status/condition during transport; removes and reports defective equipment to supervisor.

• Assists clinical staff with lifting and moving patients for transfer and transport; ensures oxygen tanks required for transport contain sufficient oxygen and are safely secured for transport.

• Cleans transportation equipment according to Infection Control protocols; confirms patient readiness for transport and need for appropriate equipment and ensures that equipment is ready and available.

• Recognizes cardio-pulmonary distress symptoms, sends for code team and provides interim basic life support for airway management and cardiac arrests until code team arrives.

• Uses patient transport tracking system to enter and receive patient information; track patient movement; assign acceptance and closure.

• Picks-up and delivers materials and equipment, as directed, to various offices and departments within the Hospital according to related operating policies and procedures.

• Transfers deceased patients to the hospital morgue in accordance with operating policies and procedures.

• Performs related duties as required. All responsibilities noted here are considered essential functions of the job under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Duties not mentioned here, but considered related are not essential functions.

Job Qualification

• Associate's Degree required, or equivalent combination of education and related experience.

• 5-7 years of relevant experience, required.

*Additional Salary Detail

The salary range and/or hourly rate listed is a good faith determination of potential base compensation that may be offered to a successful applicant for this position at the time of this job advertisement and may be modified in the future.When determining a team member's base salary and/or rate, several factors may be considered as applicable (e.g., location, specialty, service line, years of relevant experience, education, credentials, negotiated contracts, budget and internal equity).

The salary range for this position is $28.56-$30.06/hour

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