Patient Transporter (FT) - Seacoast

Job description

Responsibilities:
Job Summary: The Patient Transporter safely transports patients throughout the facility while ensuring comfort, safety, and excellent customer service, supporting efficient patient care operations.
• Maintains a professional image and exhibits excellent customer relations to patients, visitors, physicians, and co-workers in accordance with our Service Excellence Standards and Core Values.
• Responsible for transporting patients to and from various locations by bed, stretcher, or wheelchair.
• Assists with the safe movement, transfer, positioning, and lifting of patients between beds, stretchers, chairs, examination tables, and other equipment as required.
• Maintains cleanliness and availability of the transport equipment.
• Utilizes and/or operates oxygen tanks that may need to accompany the patient.
• Maintains patient comfort, safety, and privacy while transporting.
• Notifies appropriate licensed personnel of patient arrival and/or return from various locations.
• Communicates in an effective and efficient manner with all coworkers, patients, visitors, and physicians.
• Maintains daily transport log/spreadsheet.
• Performs additional duties as assigned to support departmental and organizational goals.

Qualifications:
Education & Experience:
• High school diploma or GED preferred. In lieu of high school diploma or GED, experience in a related field may be considered.

Licenses & Certifications:
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required withing first 90 days of employment.