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WVU Medicine Uniontown Hospital is Hiring a Patient Transport Near Uniontown, PA
Transports patients to/from nursing and ancillary areas as required and transports medically related supplies and specimens to appropriate units.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:EXPERIENCE:
- Ability to maintain/update the computer competencies as required for the position
- High school diploma or equivalent (GED).
- One (1) year customer service or general clinical experience
- Transports patients and performs courier duties within the hospital.
- Assists clinical personnel to transport patients as needed.
- Utilizes safety measures and proper body mechanics appropriate to the ages of the patients served when transporting patients.
- Identifies patients appropriate to the ages of patients served before transporting according to Patient Transport Policy
- Greets and introduces self to patient appropriate to the ages of patients served in a friendly, courteous manner.
- Will maintain constant contact with other transporters via the use of Avaya phones
- Displays a positive attitude with visitors and co-workers according to the standards of conduct policy
- Maintains confidentiality of patient information.
- Utilizes proper telephone etiquette at all times.
- Documents patient arrival and departure time on log sheet.
- Immediately labels and takes faulty equipment to Maintenance Department for repair.
- Inspects environment to identify safety hazards and reports appropriately.
- Takes faulty equipment out of service immediately
- Follows proper procedures for transporting equipment, supplies, and specimens.
- Other duties as assigned.
- Frequent sitting, standing, walking, bending, turning, and reaching.
- Ability to lift and/or carry up to 25 pounds and push/pull over 50 pounds.
- Exposure to patient hostility and bloodborne pathogens and usage of foot controls.
- Ability to attend to more than one aspect of a situation simultaneously.
- Efficiency in processing of verbal information, either in written or spoken form is a major requirement and prerequisite of the job.
- Some independent thought, planning or origination of options and solutions is necessary.
- Ability to apply principles of reasoning and problem solving to resolve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
Shift: Varied (United States of America)
Exempt/Non-Exempt:United States of America (Non-Exempt)
Company:UNTWN Uniontown Hospital
Cost Center:93 UNTWN Nursing Nurse Resource and Float Pool
Address:500 W Berkeley Street
Uniontown
Pennsylvania
WVU Medicine is proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. We value diversity among our workforce and invite applications from all qualified applicants regardless of race, ethnicity, culture, gender, sexual orientation, sexual identity, gender identity and expression, socioeconomic status, language, national origin, religious affiliation, spiritual practice, age, mental and physical ability/disability or Veteran status.
Job Summary
Part Time
Ambulatory Healthcare Services
$31k-42k (estimate)
06/02/2024
06/30/2024
uniontownhospital.com
UNIONTOWN, PA
1,000 - 3,000
2016
DANIELLE PRICE
$10M - $50M
Ambulatory Healthcare Services
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About WVU Medicine Uniontown Hospital
WVU Medicine Uniontown Hospital is a compassionate, dedicated community hospital providing a full range of medical care to residents of Fayette County and the surrounding areas for more than a century. Health care services provided at our acute and specialty care hospital include an award-winning Cardiology Department and catheterization lab, an award-winning Stroke Center and a state-of-the-art Wound Healing Center. Our facility features 145 beds and more than 200 medical staff representing more than 30 medical specialties. In addition to hospital-based services, WVU Medicine Uniontown Hospit...al operates a state-of-the-art Outpatient Diagnostic Center in South Union Township, Fayette County, which provides a wide range of laboratory and diagnostic testing and two Physician offices providing primary care to Fayette County residents.
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