Transporter 1 - Full Time - Rotating Shifts
Company: Concord Hospital
Location: Nashua
Posted on: January 24, 2023
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Job Description:
SummaryThe Transporter reports to the Messenger Transport
Manager and is responsible for providing direct basic patient care
and transportation for a group of patients, from simple to complex,
under the guidance of the Registered Nurse. Responsible to assess
patient mobility, to ensure the correct mode of transport was
ordered and utilized. Assist the patient to/from bed, stretcher or
wheelchair with the need to address moving oxygen, Foley catheter
bags and IV pumps. While in transit, Transport personnel have total
care and responsibility of the patient. Must have good critical
thinking skills to be able to react to unforeseen patient care
needs while in transit (episode, medication reaction, sick,
unconscious, fell asleep). In addition, transporters are
responsible for transporting medical equipment, medical records,
laboratory specimens, patient meal trays, and materials. Use of
computer programs needed to perform dispatch
functions.EducationHigh school or equivalent (GED).Certification,
Registration & LicensureCertification required obtaining: American
Heart Association Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers
certification, or equivalent course credentialed by American Heart
Association within 3 months of hire date.ExperienceEvidence of
experience in working effectively and positively with patients,
registered nurses, and as a member of the multi-disciplinary
team.ResponsibilitiesProvides assistance to nursing and transports
patients to designated areas of the hospital.Transports medical
equipment medical records, laboratory specimens, patient meal trays
and materials to appropriate destinations. Responsible for the
privacy of patient medical records, stability of specimens and the
conformance of equipment.Serves as the fill in dispatcher.
Responsible to dispatch resources utilizing critical thinking
skills to meet patient care needs in an effective and efficient
manner. Ability to prioritize appropriately. Utilizes the dispatch
database.Serves as the fill in resource person and is the primary
liaison between team resources and customers. Able to manage da to
day operations.Demonstrates effective time management
skillsDemonstrates adherence to safe patient handling policy, as
well as equipment competence to include, but no limited to beds,
wheelchairs, stretchers, oxygen, IV poles and pumps.Helps assure a
clean, safe environment with stocked supplies and functioning
equipment. Responds per policy to nonconforming product.Assists
nursing with basic patient care.Performs job specific requirements
and other duties as assigned.Concord Hospital is an Equal
Employment Opportunity employer. It is our policy to provide equal
opportunity to all employees and applicants and to prohibit any
discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual
orientation, gender, gender identity, national origin, age, marital
status, genetic information, disability or protected veteran
status.EEO is the LAWApplicants to and employees of this company
are protected under federal law from discrimination on several
bases. Follow the link above to find out more.If you are an
individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation
to complete any part of the application process, you may contact
Human Resources at 603-230-7269.Physical and Work RequirementsThe
physical demands and characteristics of the work environment
described here are representative of those that will be encountered
by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of
this job.Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable
individuals with disabilities to perform the essential
functions.The Dictionary of Occupational Titles Material Handling
Classification is MEDIUM. The employee must regularly lift, carry
or push/pull up to 10 pounds, frequently lift, carry or push/pull
up to 10 25 pounds, and occasionally lift, carry or push/pull up to
20 50 pounds.While performing the duties of this Job, the employee
is regularly required to walk. The employee is frequently required
to bend, do fine motor, do repetitive motion, hear, reach, speak,
and quat. The employee is occasionally required to kneel, sit,
smell, and stand.Specific vision abilities required by this job
include depth perception, far vision, near vision, and peripheral
vision.The employee is frequently exposed to airborne pathogens,
bodily fluids, moving mechanical parts. The employee is
occasionally exposed to bloodborne pathogens, chemotherapeutic
agents, electrical hazards shock, radiation, slippery surfaces,
toxic or caustic chemicals, vibration.The noise level in the work
environment is usually moderate.
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