Transportation Aide-Day/Eve8- Full Time- Putnam Hospital
Putnam Hospital Center · Carmel Hamlet, NY, US
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About the Role
This transport/messenger position assists with patient transportation between units, to testing departments, and during discharge. The role also involves transporting specimens to the laboratory and retrieving essential patient care items like wheelchairs, stretchers, or blood from the blood bank.
Responsibilities
- Complies with departmental procedures and requirements, including orientation, mandatory education, drills, and staff meetings.
- Works effectively with healthcare team members, administrative personnel, and maintains cooperative relationships.
- Practices effective telephone skills and etiquette.
- Safeguards confidential information, including Protected Health Information (PHI) according to HIPAA and state laws.
- Assists with patient movement between units, to testing areas, and during discharge, including transfers to/from beds, chairs, and vehicles.
- Performs 1:1 observation on assigned non-suicidal/non-violent patients and documents per policy.
- Transports supplies, equipment, correspondence, and other items.
- Follows NYS Department of Corrections (DOC) guidelines when working with DOC patients.
- Uses safety behaviors, including patient identification, ensuring bed/stretcher safety, and maintaining clear hallways.
- Identifies and provides input on improvement opportunities and error prevention.
- Addresses corporate compliance concerns and related issues appropriately.
- Demonstrates the ability to initiate complaint resolution and foster a customer-friendly environment.
- Adheres to all Putnam Hospital policies.
- Adheres to hospital infection control policies and procedures.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- High School graduate or equivalent preferred.
- Basic Life Support certification required.
- Physical ability to move patients and equipment.
Skills
- Significant manual skills, motor coordination, and finger dexterity.
- Ability to use two patient identifiers.
- Ability to ensure beds/stretchers are in the lowest position and locked.
Location
- Putnam Hospital Center
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Not specified
Education Level
- High School graduate or equivalent preferred
Salary/Compensations
- $19.99 Hourly
Benefits
- Not specified
About the Company
- Nuvance Health has a network of convenient hospital and outpatient locations — Danbury Hospital, New Milford Hospital, Norwalk Hospital and Sharon Hospital in Connecticut, and Northern Dutchess Hospital, Putnam Hospital Center and Vassar Brothers Medical Center in New York — plus multiple primary and specialty care physician practices locations, including The Heart Center, a leading provider of cardiology care. Non-acute care is offered through various affiliates.
Equal Opportunity
- Demonstrate the performance standards of behavior which support service excellence our (Nuvance) reasons for being.