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About the Role
Transports patients to and from specific locations in the hospital, and is responsible for transporting laboratory specimens that cannot be tubed. This role also involves cleaning transport equipment and maintaining oxygen tank supply.
Responsibilities
- Transports and/or escorts patients to and from Patient Units and designated departments within the hospital, ensuring proper patient identification, safety, security, and confidentiality.
- Assists in lifting and transferring patients to and from beds, stretchers, and/or wheelchairs.
- Inputs all patient transports through the Hospital AS400 system, logs patients in and out on nursing units, and completes daily transport logs.
- Maintains transport-related statistical performance data and submits it to the Transport Coordinator/Lead.
- Communicates and resolves patient delays with dispatch promptly and accurately.
- Picks up and transports specimens from nursing units to the Lab or other appropriate departments, only transporting specimens that cannot be tubed.
- Picks up old charts (that cannot be tubed) from Medical Records and delivers them to nursing units.
- Transports discharge patients from patient units to the lobby when volunteers are not available.
- Maintains cleanliness of all stretchers in the ER, OR, Radiology, and all transport departments.
- Performs all other duties as assigned.
- Participates in activities that support the hospital's mission.
- Demonstrates required job-specific technical/professional knowledge, skills, and abilities.
- Creates a positive interaction with the customer.
- Demonstrates positive communication with people of different cultures, values, and beliefs.
- Acknowledges customer concerns and takes corrective action.
- Demonstrates compliance with identified customer service behaviors.
- Provides escort to customers when necessary.
- Participates in Department/Hospital-wide activities that improve processes and/or outcomes.
- Utilizes resources to maintain and improve self-development and knowledge.
- Complies with licensure and/or certification requirements.
- Participates in annual competency assessment.
- Demonstrates fiscally prudent use of equipment and supplies.
- Completes projects/assignments within projected time frames and expectations.
Requirements
- High School Diploma or GED required.
- Ability to relate to all types of people.
- BLS - American Heart Association certification required within 30 days of hire.
Skills
- Patient transport
- Customer service
- Communication
Location
- Nyack, New York
Work Type
- Full-time
- Evening shift
- Rotating schedule
- Alternate weekends
Experience Level
- 1-2 years patient transport experience preferred
Education Level
- High School Diploma or GED
Salary/Compensations
- $21.89 / $22.57 per hour
About the Company
- Montefiore Nyack Hospital is an equal employment opportunity employer.
Equal Opportunity
- Montefiore Nyack Hospital will recruit, hire, train, transfer, promote, layoff and discharge associates in all job classifications without regard to their race, color, religion, creed, national origin, alienage or citizenship status, age, gender, actual or presumed disability, history of disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic predisposition or carrier status, pregnancy, military status, marital status, or partnership status, or any other characteristic protected by law.