Transporter - Full-Time - Everett Hospital

Location: CHA Everett Hospital 

Work Days: 8 to 4:30  

Category: Service and Trade  

Department: Transporters EH  

Job Type: Full-time  

Work Shift: Day 

Hours/Week: 40.00 

Union Name: SEIU 1199

Department Description:

Patient transport staff are the glue that holds our healthcare system together, ensuring patients get to their destinations within our hospitals and helping maintain an excellent patient experience. At Cambridge Health Alliance, we have exceptionally high standards for health care quality. That's why we have dedicated extensive time and resources into improving our health care system. Over the past several years, we have made major investments in medical information technology, allowing us to offer safer, more efficient, and more effective care. We have looked at ourselves critically to improve our policies and procedures in order to become a high reliability organization, bolstering our patient safety efforts and focusing on issues such as infection control, prevention of medical errors, and reduction of patient falls. 

Job Summary:

The Transporter assumes total responsibility for patients' welfare to and from various areas of the hospital by either wheelchair or liter. Under supervision, the person in this role provides safe, competent, and efficient transportation of patients across all areas and departments including X-ray, Ultrasound, Nuclear Medicine, Electrocardiogram, Outpatient Lab, EEG/EMG, Stress Lab, Vascular Lab, Emergency Department, PACU, Outpatient Clinic, Admitting, Morgue, Respiratory Therapy, Physical Therapy, ICU, Cast Room, Physician’s Offices and all patient floors. 

Responsibilities: 

Using precaution and employing necessary basic principles of body mechanics, the Transporter transfers patients to and from their bed or chair to a wheelchair or liter. During transport, they are responsible for transferring all IV bottles to and from the chair or liter, as well as observing the IV flow and reporting any malfunctions to the nurse manager or the IV team. The Transporter crucially checks oxygen tanks daily to ensure that tanks are full for the shift, and contacts the Respiratory Department for replacement tanks as needed. In addition, they work with the on-shift nurse or respiratory technician to arrange the patient's oxygen to and from the wall receptacle and portable oxygen tanks, monitor oxygen flow, and report any abnormalities. They also ensure that patients’ foley tube, chest tubes, and containers are properly placed on the liter, bed or wheelchair. In the event of any emergency while transporting a patient, they take proper steps in getting the patient to proper help immediately. 

Qualifications: 

High school GED 

Work Experience preferred, but not required

 
In keeping with federal, state and local laws, Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA) policy forbids employees and associates to discriminate against anyone based on race, religion, color, gender, age, marital status, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability or any other characteristic protected by law. We are committed to establishing and maintaining a workplace free of discrimination. We are fully committed to equal employment opportunity. We will not tolerate unlawful discrimination in the recruitment, hiring, termination, promotion, salary treatment or any other condition of employment or career development. Furthermore, we will not tolerate the use of discriminatory slurs, or other remarks, jokes or conduct, that in the judgment of CHA, encourage or permit an offensive or hostile work environment.