About this role
It's more than a career, it's a calling MO-SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis
Worker Type:
Regular
Job Highlights: Unit/location: Transporter-SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Schedule: Thursday-Sunday 10am-730pm, 2 holiday shifts per year, weekend option contract. Join Our Team and make a difference every day while enjoying competitive pay, great benefits, and a supportive work environment. We offer competitive, affordable health insurance and benefits designed to support you and your family Fulfill your calling with SSM Health — apply today!
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. • May clean and disinfect hospital equipment, including intravenous pumps, drips, and monitors, using established cleaning guidelines. • Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner. • 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: Weekend Shift (United States of America)
Job Type:
Employee
Department:
8074000128 Patient Transportation
Scheduled Weekly Hours: 36
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