Transporter

Job Summary: 

Under the direction of Director of Imaging Services and/or Manager of Imaging Services, Lead Transporter, professional and technical staff; the Transporter is responsible for the transfer and transport of patients both intra-hospital, intra-campus, and between the ancillary services.

Licensure and Certification:

• Current BLS provider card
• Management Assaultive Behavior (MAB) certification

Education:

• High School graduate or GED equivalent

Experience:

• Hospital experience preferred

Knowledge and Skills:

• Physically fit and able to push patients in wheelchairs and gurney’s and assist with moving of patients
• Problem solving skills
• Credibility amongst staff, both within and outside of department.
• Solid communication skills, ability to communicate with other departments and directors.
• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks at one time.
• Delegation
• Basic computer skills

Physical Demands - Patient Care:

• Continuous standing/walking and occasional/intermittent sitting.
• Continuous use of bilateral upper extremities in fine motor activities requiring fingering, grasping, and forward reaching between waist and shoulder level to handle/operate medical equipment/devices.
• Frequent reaching above shoulder level and overhead.
• Frequent forward bending, twisting, squatting and kneeling; occasional climbing.
• Occasional repositioning and transferring patients weighing up to 200 pounds between bed, chair, and gurney.
• Occasional lifting and carrying equipment weighing up to 25 pounds.
• Occasional/intermittent pushing of gurneys, wheelchairs, bed and other medical equipment over tiled and carpeted surfaces.
• Continuous use of near vision to read medical equipment such as monitoring devices and reading documents and computer screens; hearing and verbal communication to interact with patients, co-workers, and other customers.