Transporter

MedStar Health is looking for a PRN Transporter to join our team at MedStar National Rehabilitation Hospital (NRH)!

As a Transporter, you willbe responsible forthetimelycourteous and competent transportation of patients throughout MedStar NRHand MedStar Washington complexes via wheelchair, stretcher, or bed.Youwill also perform other support services functions as needed to provide service excellence to patients, visitors, and hospital team members.

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Primary Duties:

• Transports patient, his/her personal possessions, medical records, and attached clinical devices (IV's and oxygen) by wheelchair, stretcher, bed etc. to and from various hospital locations, and to the hospital entrance upon discharge.

• Ensures the comfort of the patient by being attentive, offering blankets, checks modesty and engagement ofappropriate conversationwith the patient/assists in the lifting, positioning, and transferring patient to and from examination tables, wheelchairs, stretchers and /or beds.

• Documents arrival and departure times and informsappropriate staffof patient destination, location and or time of arrival. Delivers and retrieves supplies, equipment, and records, e.g.laboratory specimens, results, x-ray film, unit supplies, medical charts, pharmacy products, parcels, and messages.

• Maintains associated transportation records, including name of patient or material transported, pickup site, destination and departure/ arrival times and notes difficultiesencounteredand relays to supervisor.

• Cleans transportation equipment by wiping surfaces with pre-mixed cleaning solutions. reports damaged or malfunctioning transport equipment, asrequiredto service manager and or logs work request and tags and removes equipment from service.

Qualifications:

• High School Diploma or GED.

• Experience transporting patients in a hospital setting.

• Current CPR Certification.