Patient Transporter
On-siteAvon, Indiana, United States
Job Summary
Transport patients to and from the point of service, including admissions, discharges, ancillary, and other service areas while performing varied patient and equipment handling duties. Operate oxygen transport equipment by following policies, attaching tanks, and monitoring levels during transport. Execute patient lifting and transfers using proper technique, adhering to infection control policies. Perform daily tasks requiring frequent standing, large amounts of walking, and lifting up to 50 lbs with stooping, bending, and twisting. Utilize repetitive motions including grasping, fine manipulation, and forearm rotation. Master the teletracking app within three months and progress to total independence with assigned responsibilities by twelve months.
Required Qualifications
- High school graduate or an equivalent combination of education experience from which comparable job knowledge can be acquired; to include graduates from an approved IU Health transition-to-work program
- Training in all assigned competencies such as but not limited to patient oxygen equipment and monitoring of levels and amounts, patient lifting and transfers, and infection control policies
- Ability to follow oxygen transport policy and procedures, including attaching and monitoring of oxygen tank levels during transport
- Ability to frequently work in a standing position and do large amounts of walking
- Ability to lift up to 50 lbs. and be able to stoop, bend and twist while handling these weights
- Ability to use repetitive motions such as grasping, fine manipulating, medium dexterity, forearm/wrist rotation movement area used daily
- Ability to perform the basic patient lifting through in-service for proper technique
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