What are the responsibilities and job description for the Patient Transporter Operating Room, PRN, 7a-3p position at Unity Health?
1. Education: High School Diploma/GED
2. Training and Experience: Customer Service/Transporting a plus
3. Job Knowledge: Skills necessary to operate maneuver wheelchairs, reading, writing, verbal communication, customer satisfaction and use of thermometer.
4. Safety Sensitive: YES
In the interest of protecting the health and safety of all patients, associates, and guests, Unity Health has classified some positions as “safety sensitive.” A “safety sensitive” position is any job position in which impaired performance could result in harm to the health and/or safety of self or others. Any associate that is actively engaged in the use of medical marijuana, even if in possession of a valid medical marijuana card, will be excluded from employment in a “safety sensitive” position.
DESCRIPTION:
Responsible for safe and timely transportation of patients. Open, accurate and responsive communication. Written required data collection. Demonstration of ethical and professional conduct. Flexibility to work overtime as needed as well as on-call duty and disaster work as required by workload and/or unforeseen circumstances. Must display a good understanding of age-related issues of Neonate, Infant, Child, Adolescence, Adult and Geriatric.
Physical Effort: Worker must adjust to performing routine, repetitive tasks without specific supervision. Capability to be independently mobile. Ability to manage community, visitors and patients’ needs the ability to lift 50 lbs. without assistance, stand, reach, and stoop and bend while maintaining a good mechanical body position. Maybe exposed to communicable diseases and/or blood and body fluids.
