Transporter

CommonSpirit Health•Gilbert, AZ

17h•Onsite

About The Position

Where You’ll Work Located in the Phoenix, Ariz., suburb of Gilbert, the Mercy Gilbert Medical Center, is a 198-bed, not-for profit hospital with more than 1,300 team members and almost 900 doctors on staff representing all major specialties. In 2014, Phoenix Children’s Hospital launched a 22-bed pediatric unit inside the hospital. Mercy Gilbert opened in 2006 and has been a vital part of the growing community. Today it is the fifth largest employer in Gilbert. During the fiscal year ending June 30, 2016, Mercy Gilbert provided more than $24 million in community benefit. As a result of Dignity Health’s mission to deliver health care and partner with the community, more than 42,000 people in the East Valley were reached through community health services. For more information visit: https://www.dignityhealth.org/arizona/locations/mercygilbert. Job Summary and Responsibilities As our Patient Transporter, you will provide essential assistance and transportation for patients and related items across our campus, ensuring a highly customer-sensitive and seamless experience. Every day you will promptly and safely transport inpatients and outpatients to and from various hospital areas. You will meticulously confirm patient identification, greet and assist in transferring patients, and make conscious observations of patient condition during transport, reporting any issues to appropriate personnel. You will also maintain a clean and organized work area and report any malfunctioning equipment. To be successful in this role, you will demonstrate a strong commitment to patient safety and exceptional customer service for all individuals within our facility. You will be attentive, observant, and capable of performing duties efficiently while upholding the highest standards of care and professionalism.

Requirements

High School Graduate or equivalent combination of education and/or experience., upon hire or High School GED, upon hire
Basic Life Support - CPR, upon hire

Responsibilities

Responds quickly to calls for patient transportation.
Checks with nursing personnel before transporting a patient to identify any special requirements.
Makes positive identification of the location when transporting patients and/or medications and delivers correctly and promptly to that location.
Understands and uses proper lifting techniques when assisting patients.
Routinely uses safe and effective techniques to handle equipment such as wheelchairs, IV poles, oxygen carts, etc.
Seeks help when necessary to handle multiple equipment tasks.
Assists nursing departments and/or Diagnostic Imaging Department in providing direct patient care in situations such as changing bed linen and/or patient gowns, cleaning up patients and maintaining patient hygiene, providing nourishment to patients when requested.
Assists in the maintenance of equipment (wheelchairs and stretchers) by notifying maintenance when equipment is in need of repair.
On a routine or scheduled basis, cleans all wheelchairs and stretchers that are being used to transport patients.
Assists staff in keeping patients informed regarding their wait-times for procedures and/or getting back to their rooms.