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Baptist Health (Central Alabama)

Faith-based hospital system serving Central Alabama

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Part-TimeDeadline 9/9/27
No salary listed
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Homewood, AL, USA
In Person
Medical, Clinical & VeterinaryClinical Support & Patient Administration

About the job

Requirements
  • Ability to read and recognize similarities and differences between words and series of numbers.
  • Ability to write simple correspondence and respond to common customer inquiries or complaints.
  • Ability to access and use department-related computer systems, including Epic programs such as Bed Tracking and Service Response where applicable, and Outlook Email.
  • Ability to complete required mandatory educational training.
  • BLS/Healthcare Provider certification obtained within 90 days of hire and renewed every two years.
  • Six months of customer service experience or six months of volunteer experience is preferred.
  • Must be able to work from 12:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.
Responsibilities
  • Provide safe and efficient transport of patients throughout the hospital and assess patients to determine the most effective transportation method.
  • Help patients get on and off beds, stretchers, and wheelchairs.
  • Communicate vital patient information with department managers, group leads, and other appropriate team members.
  • Reach individual productivity standards established by the department.
  • Transport charts and laboratory specimens efficiently and confidentially.
  • Maintain transportation equipment and ensure its cleanliness and sanitary condition.
  • Log into and use the Epic Transportation Dispatching system effectively and efficiently.
  • Provide customer service that supports the organization's mission, vision, and values.
  • Inform customers, nursing units, and diagnostic departments of delays.
  • Prevent fire and safety hazards by storing equipment in designated areas.
  • Adjust liter flow and determine cylinder volume in oxygen tanks; operate tank gauges.
  • Safely remove telemetry units from patients.
  • Perform Independent Double Verification using two acceptable identifiers and scan patient wristbands.
  • Follow hospital and departmental policies concerning safety, dress, attendance, punctuality, and display of identification badges.
  • Handle work-related information confidentially in accordance with HIPAA and handoff compliance requirements.
  • Cooperate with team members to meet changing patient, department, and hospital needs.
  • Assist with the proper disposition of deceased persons to the morgue or body cooler according to campus procedures.
  • Distribute and retrieve clinical equipment throughout the facility.
  • Clean equipment and restock standby storage areas or return equipment to the equipment room.
  • Distribute, retrieve, and maintain durable medical equipment according to campus procedures.
  • Transport medications throughout the facility, excluding controlled substances and intravenous chemotherapy drugs.
  • Perform additional duties required occasionally or as needed to support department operations.
  • Maintain reasonably regular and punctual attendance consistent with applicable policies and standards.
  • Maintain compliance with hospital policies and procedures.
  • Adhere to Standards of Precaution, Material Safety Data Sheet, and hand hygiene directives.
  • Complete all mandatory training and participate in departmental quality assurance and improvement activities as appropriate.
  • Demonstrate initiative and creativity to continuously improve services and departmental processes.
Desired Qualifications
  • Six months of customer service experience or six months of volunteer experience.

About the company

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Baptist Health (Central Alabama)

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Baptist Health is a faith-based nonprofit health system caring for communities across Central and Northeast Alabama. Its hospitals, emergency services, physician practices and outpatient clinics combine acute, primary and specialty care, including heart, cancer, surgical, diagnostic and women's services. Baptist Health Medical Group includes community-based physician practices alongside hospital and specialty care, extending services beyond inpatient stays. The system is part of Orlando Health, a nonprofit academic health organization whose network spans Florida, Puerto Rico and Alabama. Baptist Health traces its roots to a hospital ministry founded by Birmingham-area Baptist congregations in 1922.

Company Size

10,001+

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

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Headquarters

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Founded

1922

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