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Requisition #:642028 Location:Johns Hopkins Howard County Medical Center, Columbia, MD 21044 Category:Support Services (Services/Trades) Schedule:Day Shift
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Position Summary
- The Central Transporter services the entire hospital, providing safe, efficient and effective transportation of patients, medical equipment and/or supplies.
- The central transporter is continuously on-call enabling rapid response to customer needs, and allowing direct care services to be provided in a timely manner.
Full-time, Day Shift
7:00am - 3:30pm
Weekend Work Required
Location: Howard County Medical Center
5755 Cedar Lane, Columbia, MD 21044
Education/ Experience
- High school diploma or equivalent required
- Must be able to read and follow directions and complete basic forms
- 1 year experience in a health care setting providing services to patients, preferred
- Required to manage the functions in the transporter menu of Meditech (pull up master schedule, use email, and use of nurse call)
- Demonstrates ability to identify each patient's requirements relative to his/her age-specific need
- Transports patients throughout the hospital in a manner that maximizes patient comfort, privacy and safety.
- Responsible for transporting supplies, medication, and equipment. Obtains linen and oxygen tanks to be used for patient transport.
- Maintains appropriate and consistent communication with supervisor or lead transporter, advising of any problems or anticipated difficulties.
- Knows patient lifting/moving techniques to ensure safety of patient and to minimize discomfort.
- Knows about the safe operation of patient transport equipment.
- Understands safe patient and equipment transport to MRI.
- Utilizes proper safe lifting techniques, wears back support at all times and understands basic medical terminology for safety of patient (NPO, NWB, etc.)
- Utilizes appropriate Infection Control techniques and hand washing procedures.
- Has access to clean supply areas including, but not limited to IV solutions, needles, and syringes for the purpose of obtaining linen and/or supplies.
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