Patient Transporter - Lifespan Health System : Job Details

Transports child, adolescent, adult and geriatric patients to and from all areas/departments requiring patient transport, using wheelchairs and stretchers. Responsibilities:Maintains current CPR certification. Participates in departmental and/or interdepartmental quality improvement activities. Utilizes SBAR hand-off report sheet when transporting patients from unit to unit. Informs nursing staff of the patient leaving the nursing unit and confirms mode of transportation. Obtains the patients chart from the nursing units for those procedures where appropriate. Greets patient, verifies patients identification (name & date of birth) and checks patient Identiband. Informs the patient of where he/she is being transported. Assists the patients into wheelchairs or onto stretchers, utilizing appropriate equipment to meet individual and age specific needs- Child - Transports with assistance, utilizing crib- Adolescent, adult, geriatric. Assures the patients are properly dressed in hospital g...Transport, Patient, Nursing, Healthcare, Hospital