Transport Messenger - Patient Transport #14

Who We Are

St. John’s Episcopal Hospital is the only hospital providing emergency and ambulatory care to the densely populated, culturally and economically diverse, and medically underserved populations of the Rockaways and Five Towns in southern Queens County and southwestern Nassau County, New York. Celebrating over 110 years of community care, the 257-bed facility provides people of all faiths with comprehensive preventive, diagnostic treatment and rehabilitative services, regardless of ability to pay.

Come Grow With Us!

Type: Full-Time (75 hours biweekly)

Shift: Varies

Hours: Varies

Pay: $23.91 - $25.20 per hour

Job Description

The Transporter is responsible for the daily transporting of patients requiring imaging studies to the Imaging Services Department. Transporter will also transport imaging supplies, x-rays, imaging specimens, x-ray reports, etc. to and from the necessary areas of the hospital.

Responsibilities

• Transport patients to and from various locations within the hospital
• Confirm patient record against imaging requisition prior to transporting
• Assist patients on and off stretchers and/or imaging tables
• Assist technologists in the movement of patients as needed
• Maintain all necessary transport logs
• Stock all imaging rooms with necessary supplies on a daily basis
• Clean stretchers and wheelchairs after each use
  
  

Requirements

• High School diploma or Equivalency required
• 1 year experience as a patient transporter or orderly preferred
• Good communication skills