Patient Transporter - Per Diem

NYU Langone Hospital - Suffolk is a 306-bed medical center, providing care to residents of eastern Long Island. The hospital facility is home to the Knapp Cardiac Care Center - an advanced heart disease diagnostic and treatment facility - as well as a modern ambulatory surgical pavilion with specialized services including women's imaging, a sleep laboratory, and bariatric surgery. Our Provisional Level 2 Trauma Center delivers comprehensive and specialized care for patients with traumatic injuries. The Stroke Center at NYU Langone Hospital - Suffolk is designated by the New York State Department of Health as a Primary Stroke Center, with expert neurologists available to provide treatment 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Additionally, NYU Langone Hospital - Suffolk has multiple outpatient sites, including an outpatient wound care center, a hemodialysis center, and various primary care and specialty offices.

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Position Summary

We have an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Patient Transporter - Per Diem - Environmental Srvcs-Transport - Per Diem - Variable.

In this role, the successful candidate Under general supervision and according to established policies and procedures performs the following, transports patients to and from various locations within the facility and discharges patient to main lobby areas and decedents to the morgue. Performs assigned cleaning tasks in maintaining Hospital areas in an orderly and sanitary condition. In doing so, moves equipment and supplies in assigned area and performs a variety of housekeeping duties.

Job Responsibilities

• Login to Teletracking
• Receive Assignments and job requirements
• Pick up patient chart and inform Nursing of transport.
• Complete Transport Communication Sheet.
• Utilize AIDET Introduce self to patient and explain method of transport and destination.
• Is knowledgeable and can demonstrate safety precautions involving patient transport.
• Upon arrival to destination, report patients’ arrival, deliver patient chart to appropriate personnel and obtain required signatures.
• Cleaning Procedure in vacated patient area including bed sanitizing ensuring linen is clean, neat and in excellent condition.
• Visually inspects area upon completion of cleaning to ensure appropriate levels of cleaning and neatness have been achieved.
• Familiar with possible hazards associated with using oxygen.
• Ensures that oxygen label is correctly displayed and designated medical 0 2 .
• Ensures proper connection prior to initiating the patient transport.
• Familiar with the proper storage of oxygen tanks.
• Uses proper 0 2 holders when transporting a patient.
• Utilizes AIDET with each patient, visitor and staff encounter.
• Promotes and projects the hospitals service standards in their daily job tasks.
• Promotes a positive patient experience during all patient encounters.
• Demonstrate competencies related to the 7 step room cleaning procedure.
• Provides consistent work performance and meets productivity standards

Minimum Qualifications

To qualify you must have a High school diploma or equivalency required.

Ability to read and write English in order to verify correct patients assignments and read and interpret labels when preparing cleaning solutions.

Preferred one year on the job experience necessary to learn sanitation principles and techniques, Hospital layout and departmental/Hospital policies and procedures.

Interpersonal skills necessary to be courteous to patients, visitors and staff when performing transporting and housekeeping assignments.

NYU Langone Hospital - Suffolk provides its staff with far more than just a place to work. Rather, we are an institution you can be proud of, an institution where you'll feel good about devoting your time and your talents.

NYU Langone Hospital - Suffolk is an equal opportunity employer and committed to inclusion in all aspects of recruiting and employment. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration. We require applications to be completed online.

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NYU Langone Hospital-Suffolk provides a salary range to comply with the New York state Law on Salary Transparency in Job Advertisements. The salary range for the role is $31.65 - $31.65 Hourly. Actual salaries depend on a variety of factors, including experience, specialty, education, and hospital need. The salary range or contractual rate listed does not include bonuses/incentive, differential pay or other forms of compensation or benefits.

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