Patient Transporter - Sharp Metro - Part-Time (0.8) - Evening Shift (1300)

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This position is covered by a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) with SEIU-UHW. As part of the terms of employment, employees in this role are required to join the union within 31 days of hire and remain a member (e.g. dues paying, fee paying, religious exception contributor) for the duration of the collective bargaining agreement.

• H.S. Diploma or Equivalent
• AHA Basic Life Support for Healthcare Professional (AHA BLS Healthcare) - American Heart Association -REQUIRED

• 1 Year Hospital experience or similar experience.

• Communication and teamwork
  * Practice effective communication in a demanding environment.
  * Demonstrates positive interpersonal skills and attitude towards patients, visitors, physicians, coworkers, supervisor, and all hospital staff.
  * Communicates relevant patient information to appropriate staff.
  * Recognizes barriers to transporting and communicating with patients and their plan of care and seeks resources or options.
  * Communicates incomplete transports to appropriate units and staff.
  * Communicates with all team members in regards to day-to-day operations; barriers and/or obstacles for transporting.
• Safety
  * Effectively provides safe and effective transports of patients utilizing correct mode of travel.
  * Complies with all mobility requirements and ensures that equipment is available, stored properly, and cleaned regularly.
  * Demonstrates the ability to transfer and transport patients, with assistance, with complex clinical support equipment safely, maintains the integrity of intravenous lines, suction devices, feeding tubes, etc.
  * Takes action in life threatening situations and immediately notifies the licensed nurse.
• Patient mobilization
  * Role models and utilizes appropriate use of lift and mobilization equipment and/or aids.
  * Under the direction of the Registered Nurse, ambulates patient utilizing the appropriate equipment or assist device.
  * Assist with lateral and supine patient transfers from bed to chair, chair to bed, bed to gurney, gurney to bed, bed to bed, etc.
• Transport
  Patients and Items:
  * Correctly utilizes the transport tracking system for transporting patients and items:
  * Tracking and progressing jobs
  * Accepting jobs - limited job rejections
  * Delay and cancellation of jobs
  * Uses mini tasks and task assistance when available
  * Correctly identifies patients by using two patient identifiers.
  * Transports patient with required patient hand-off protocol.
  * Maintains the log book for signing patients in and out of the morgue.

• Knowledge of proper body mechanics for safe transfer of patient and self.
• Working knowledge of medical terminology.

Sharp HealthCare is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, status as a protected veteran, among other things, or status as a qualified individual with disability or any other protected class