Patient Transporter (FT) - Seacoast

Responsibilities

Job Summary: The Patient Transporter safely transports patients throughout the facility while ensuring comfort, safety, and excellent customer service, supporting efficient patient care operations.

• Maintains a professional image and exhibits excellent customer relations to patients, visitors, physicians, and co-workers in accordance with our Service Excellence Standards and Core Values.
• Responsible for transporting patients to and from various locations by bed, stretcher, or wheelchair.
• Assists with the safe movement, transfer, positioning, and lifting of patients between beds, stretchers, chairs, examination tables, and other equipment as required.
• Maintains cleanliness and availability of the transport equipment.
• Utilizes and/or operates oxygen tanks that may need to accompany the patient.
• Maintains patient comfort, safety, and privacy while transporting.
• Notifies appropriate licensed personnel of patient arrival and/or return from various locations.
• Communicates in an effective and efficient manner with all coworkers, patients, visitors, and physicians.
• Maintains daily transport log/spreadsheet.
• Performs additional duties as assigned to support departmental and organizational goals.

Qualifications

Education & Experience

• High school diploma or GED preferred. In lieu of high school diploma or GED, experience in a related field may be considered.

Licenses & Certifications

• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required withing first 90 days of employment.

Founded in 1906, McLeod Health is a locally owned and managed, not for profit organization supported by the strength of more than 900 members on its medical staff and more than 2,900 licensed nurses. McLeod Health is also composed of approximately 15,000 team members and more than 90 physician practices throughout its 18-county service area . With seven hospitals, McLeod Health operates three Health and Fitness Centers, a Sports Medicine and Outpatient Rehabilitation Center, Hospice and Home Health Services. The system currently has 988 licensed beds , including Hospice and Behavioral Health. The hospitals within McLeod Health include: McLeod Regional Medical Center, McLeod Health Dillon, McLeod Health Loris, McLeod Health Seacoast, McLeod Health Cheraw, McLeod Health Clarendon and McLeod Behavioral Health.