What are the responsibilities and job description for the Transport Aide position at M Health Fairview?
Overview
Fairview is looking for a transport aide to join our team at our Fairview Ridges Hospital in Burnsville, MN.
Job Summary:
The transport aide facilitates the care of Emergency Department patients receiving ancillary department services including transporting patients to Radiology, delivering specimens to the Laboratory, delivering or retrieving materials. Periodically will stock supplies and maintain cleanliness of the Emergency Department.
Schedule:
- 0.8 FTE (64 hours per pay period)
- day/evening/night shift (mix of 830a-5p, 330p-midnight, 5p-1:30a, 11p-730a)
- every other weekend
About the location:
AWARD-WINNING CARE FOR THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY Fairview Ridges Hospital is proud to be a part of the south metro region. M Health Fairview Ridges Hospital provides outstanding care to the Twin Cities communities located south of the river. We are a 150-bed facility, offering the most advanced emergency, surgery, orthopedic and children's care. We provide emergency services for the entire family, including pediatric emergency care for children. In addition, we offer on-site access to specialists in everything from heart and cancer care to pediatrics and sports medicine. We not only take care of our neighbors when illness or accident occurs, we also provide preventive health education beforehand. We believe a healthy community creates a thriving community. That's why we work in partnership with community organizations such as schools, congregations and public and private agencies.
Our preventive "upstream" approach focuses on protecting and promoting the health of the community as a whole - helping people stay healthy and reducing risks to their health. You deserve 5-Star care Fairview Ridges Hospital was awarded a 5-Star rating in the 2019 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) "Hospital Compare" quality survey. This program rates more than 4,000 U.S hospitals in 57 categories on the quality of care they offer. Ridges, along with Fairview Southdale Hospital, were the only two Twin Cities hospitals to receive the 5-Star award which places them among the top six percent of hospitals in the country.
Specialty Care Center Fairview Ridges Hospital has expanded services to provide even more comprehensive, specialized care to the Minnesota River Valley. The Fairview Ridges Specialty Care Center will be home to a day surgery center, an imaging center, a heart center, cardiac rehabilitation, oncology, orthopedic services, a retail pharmacy and a home medical equipment store. The hospital also expanded its services to include a new laboratory, refurbished pediatric unit with larger child- and family-friendly rooms, a new orthopedic spine unit and an observation unit.
About Fairview
Fairview Health Services is an industry-leading, award-winning nonprofit that offers an entire network of healthcare services. Fairview is one part of M Health Fairview, a partnership between the University of Minnesota, M Physicians and Fairview Health Services. Together, we combine the University’s deep history of clinical innovation and training with Fairview’s extensive roots in community medicine. Our care portfolio includes community hospitals, academic hospitals, primary and specialty care clinics, senior facilities, facilitated living centers, rehabilitation centers, home health care services, counseling, pharmacies, and benefit management services.
Apply today to join our 34,000 employees and 5,000 system providers working to build lasting relationships with the people we serve: our patients, our communities, and each other.
Responsibilities/Job Description
Job Expectations:
- Transports patients between the Emergency Department and designated departments for treatment, admission or discharge.
- Assists medical staff in the transfer of patients from the bed to a gurney or wheelchair for transport to other medical departments within the hospital for treatment, admission or discharge.
- Assists with admissions, transfers and discharge of patients.
- Observes patient condition during transport and reports adverse symptoms to nursing staff.
- Transports patient supplies and patient medical equipment from one department to another.
- Hooks patient monitor equipment/oxygen up after returning from tests.
- Maintains patient treatment areas for new patients.
- Stocks linen in patient treatment areas.
- Stocks medical supplies in patient treatment areas and bedside carts.
- Cleans patient rooms assuring professional presentation.
- Assists with bathing, dressing, undressing, ambulating and obtaining specimens from patients. Reports to the nursing staff abnormal vital signs, unusual appearance in bodily fluids and changes in patient’s appearance. Performs BLS and assists with critical patients.
- Assists patients and families with orientation, discharge, providing comfort and safety of patients/families.
- Demonstrates and shares knowledge of Fairview, entity, and department policies and procedures.
- Patient confidentiality
- Safety
- Emergency Preparedness
- Infection Control
- Code 21 (Behavior Crisis)
Qualifications
Required
License/Certification/Registration
- Requires ability to provide written validation of current basic life support (BLS) or ability to obtain written validation upon hire.
Preferred
Education
- Nursing Assistant training or EMT strongly preferred
- Vocational/Technical training or Associate degree
Experience
- 0-3 years NA or EMT experience
