Transporter

DEPARTMENT: PATIENT TRANSPORT

F ACILITY: Tift Regional Medical Center

WORK TYPE: Full Time

S HIFT: Daytime

SUMMARY

The transporter is responsible for ensuring that patients are transported safely and in a timely manner to and from departments within the main hospital. This position requires the transporter to use an electronic device for sending and receiving information regarding patient transport jobs. In addition, he/she is responsible for assisting in holding patients during examinations and ensuring that patients are moved from their bed to a wheelchair or stretcher safely and without fall or injury to the patient.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Manages stretcher, wheelchair and oxygen equipment.
• Keeps oxygen tanks full on wheelchairs and stretchers.
• Routinely inspects equipment for damage and defects on a daily basis.
• Cleans stretchers, wheelchairs and other equipment routinely.
• Manages mobile phone notification status while on duty.
• Assists in keeping department and work areas clean and safe.
• Keeps abreast of pertinent federal, and state regulations and laws and Tift Regional Health System, Inc. (“TRHS”) policies as they presently exist and as they change or are modified.
• Understands and adheres to: TRHS’ compliance standards as they appear in TRHS’s Corporate Compliance Policy, Code of Conduct and Conflict of Interest Policy; and HIPAA and TRHS policies regarding privacy and security of protected health information.
• Demonstrates the ability to perform tasks that meet the age-specific requirements of the persons, patients, vendors, and staff that the employee is charged to interact with as required by the position.
• Offers suggestions on ways to improve operations of department and reduce costs.
• Attends all mandatory education programs.
• Improves self-knowledge through voluntarily attending continuing education/certification classes.
• Maintains required competency levels as identified in written exams, skills checklists, skills labs, annual safety and health requirements as well as service excellence education hours requirements.
• Cross-trains in order to better assist co-workers and to provide maximum efficiency in the department.
• Volunteers/participates on hospital committees, functions, and department projects.
• Manages resources effectively.
• Reports equipment in need of repair in order to extend life of equipment and removes malfunctioning equipment out of service with timely reporting to the appropriate personnel.
• Makes good use of time so as to not create needless overtime.

OTHER INFORMATION:

High school diploma or equivalent preferred

Southwell/Tift Regional Health System, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer.