PATIENT TRANSPORTER
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PATIENT TRANSPORTER

SSM Health

Location: all cities,WI, USA

Date: 2024-10-08T07:25:56Z

Job Description:

**It's more than a career, it's a calling.**

WI-SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison

**Worker Type:**

PRN

**Job Summary:**

Transports patients, specimens and equipment throughout the facility.

**Job Responsibilities and Requirements:**

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

+ Transports patients via wheelchair, stretcher or bed to designated sites as requested, including patients with oxygen tanks, intravenous pumps, drips, monitors and other equipment.

+ Assists patients with entering and exiting vehicles, including transfer from or to wheelchairs or stretchers.

+ Delivers equipment and specimens to requesting staff or department. May assist staff with removal of deceased bodies from units and transport to morgue.

+ Greets and provides information and direction to patients and visitors.

+ Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.

+ May clean and disinfect hospital equipment, including intravenous pumps, drips, and monitors, using established cleaning guidelines.

+ Performs other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION

+ High School diploma/GED or 10 years of work experience

EXPERIENCE

+ No experience required

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

+ Constant standing and walking.

+ Frequent use of hearing and speech to share information through oral communication.

+ Frequent use of hearing to distinguish body sounds and/or hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.

+ Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.

+ Frequent reaching, gripping, and keyboard use/data entry.

+ Frequent use of vision for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.

+ Occasional bending, stooping, crawling, kneeling, sitting, squatting and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.

+ Occasional use of vision to judge distances and spatial relationships.

+ Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.

+ Occasional lifting/moving patients.

+ Occasional use of smell to detect/recognize odors.

+ Occasional driving.

REQUIRED PROFESSIONAL LICENSE AND/OR CERTIFICATIONS

State of Work Location: Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma, Wisconsin

+ Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA)

**Work Shift:**

PRN / Per Diem Shift (United States of America)

**Job Type:**

Employee

**Department:**

807####### Patient Transport

**Scheduled Weekly Hours:**

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