West Tennessee Healthcare

Public, nonprofit hospital system with centers

Patient Transporter

Clinical Support & Patient AdministrationConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeJackson, TN, USANo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

High school education or equivalency.
Completion of the Job Placement Assessment and Back School provided by the Occupational Rehab Center.
Completion of six to eight hours of classroom training in clinical and patient care.
Certification in Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation within six months of employment.
Ability to work subject to call back and overtime as required by the hospital.

Responsibilities

Receive and document complete patient transport information from the patient tracking system or dispatcher.
Safely transport inpatients and outpatients between hospital departments using a wheelchair, stretcher, bed, or escort as appropriate.
Perform direct and indirect patient care responsibilities to meet patient needs.
Ensure patient safety by checking the patient's armband and chart, using seatbelts when available, keeping guardrails upright during transport, properly transporting oxygen and intravenous pumps, and assisting patients between beds, wheelchairs, and stretchers.
Ensure the patient's record accompanies the patient.
Sign patients on and off the nursing unit when transported.
Incorporate age-specific principles into job responsibilities and communication.
Participate in the Quality Improvement Plan.
Maintain continued occupational growth.
Perform related responsibilities as required or directed.

Category:

Support Services

City:

Jackson

State:

Tennessee

Shift:

8 - Other Shift (United States of America)

Job Description Summary:

Provides competent and age-specific services for transporting patients between patient rooms, ancillary departments, and other areas within Jackson Madison County General Hospital. They will provide other assigned procedures under the supervision of the department management and licensed personnel while maintaining productivity standards and occupational growth. This position is under the direction of the Manager and Supervisor of Patient Transportation, the Transport Tech is responsible for, but not limited to, the transports of inpatients and outpatients between hospital departments. The employee will be involved in direct and indirect patient care, including patient transfers, patient lifts, and other tasks that promote quality patient satisfaction. The employee is subject to call back and overtime as required by the hospital.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

Receives and documents complete information regarding patient transport from the patient tracking system and/or dispatcher.
Safely transports inpatients and outpatients between hospital departments using wheelchair, stretcher, bed, or escort as appropriate.
Performs direct and indirect patient care responsibilities to meet patient needs.
Always ensures patient safety by checking patient's armband and chart; using Seatbelts when available; placing guardrails in the upright position at all times during transport; properly transporting oxygen and IV pumps with patients; assisting the patient to and from bed to wheelchair to stretcher.
Ensures patient record accompanies the patient.
Signs patient on and off the nursing unit when transported.
Assumes responsibility for ensuring continued occupational growth.
Incorporates age specific principles into job responsibilities and communication skills.
Participates in the Quality Improvement Plan.
Performs related responsibilities as required or directed.

JOB SPECIFICATIONS:

EDUCATION:

High school education or equivalency Must complete Job Placement Assessment and Back School as provided by Occupational Rehab Center Minimum of six to eight (6 - 8) hours of classroom training in clinical and patient care.

LICENSURE, REGISTRATION, CERTIFICATION:

Certification in Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation within 6 months of employment.

EXPERIENCE:

NONDISCRIMINATION NOTICE STATEMENT

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, disability, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, sexual orientation, age, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

About the Company

West Tennessee Healthcare

Public, nonprofit hospital system with centers

West Tennessee Healthcare is a public, not-for-profit health system based in Jackson, Tennessee, anchored by Jackson-Madison County General Hospital with 635 beds and several centers of excellence, including Women and Children, Cancer, Emergency, Rehabilitation, and Heart care. Care is delivered through a network of facilities offering inpatient, outpatient, emergency, and specialty services, with centers coordinating to provide comprehensive treatment across the region. It differentiates itself by its not-for-profit, community-focused model and integrated centers of excellence under one regional system, rather than a for-profit, multi-provider setup. Its goal is to provide broad, community-focused healthcare across West Tennessee through an integrated hospital network, ensuring access to acute, specialty, emergency, rehabilitation, and cancer and heart services for residents in the area.

Company size: 1,001-5,000
Company stage: Not listed
Total funding: Not listed
Headquarters: Jackson, MS
Founded: 1950

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