Patient Transporter - Temporary Per Diem Variable Shifts (Stony Brook Southampton) - Stony Brook University : Job Details

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES:

The Patient Transport Aide is an integral part of the team, the Environmental Services Transport Aide is responsible for activities that support patient-focused care within the hospital. Maintaining patient safety and privacy at all times during travel times. Patient, equipment, specimen transportation. Transporting patients throughout the hospital, in stretchers or wheelchairs.

PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES:

• Responds to patients' transport requests throughout the hospital with a sense of urgency, meeting their delivery goals. Must be able to lift up to 75 lbs
• Perform clean-up of stretchers, beds, and wheelchairs according to established procedures. Be able to perform moving patients from stretchers, beds, and wheelchairs to hospital beds and vice versa with the assistance of a Nursing Assistant, in accordance with proper body mechanics and proper safe patient handling procedures
• Transport patients on stretchers, beds or wheelchairs. Transport specimens, equipment, collect dirty equipment, i.e., I.V pumps, case carts and patient belongings in accordance to established procedures
• To actively participate in orientation and training activities and adhere to hospital departmental policies and procedures.
• Assist with patient discharges as needed to ensure patient flow
• Assist with Environmental Services duties as needed
• Monitors reports and corrects when necessary any unsafe of dysfunctional conditions. Initiate and follow up on requisitions for maintenance and/or repairs
• Adhere to all policies, procedures and standards established by all regulatory agencies including but not limited to Federal State, JCAHO, OSHA, and CDC
• To ensure patient safety, required to follow National Patient Safety Goals. Required to ask for two patient identifiers at all times. Utilizing armband for patient name and date of birth (DOB)
• Obtain patient charts and test order requests according to established procedures
• Understand the proper chemical/disinfectant/sanitizing procedures and comply with all infection prevention policies
• Other duties as assigned by Management. Must be able to speak, read, and write English to communicate and understand department in-services and literature. Must be able to communicate with dispatchers and understand requests
• Excellent customer service skills and work with minimal supervision. Additionally, must work well in a team environment

SPECIAL SKILLS OR EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Required High School or GED diploma
• Required to be BLS/CPR within 30 days of hire date
• Required to have excellent verbal/communication, listening and customer service skills
• Required to service/quality-focused to meet a wide range of needs
• Must be able to prioritize tasks and work at a fast pace
• Required to display a neat, professional appearance with a smile
• Must be able to work in a team environment
• Preferred experience in a health care facility
• Must be able to speak, read, and write English in order to comprehend in-services and department literature
• Heavy physical effort, must be able to lift/carry/push/pull up to 75lbs
• Prolonged, extensive & considerable standing/walking, reaching, stooping, bending, and kneeling

Special Notes: Resume/CV should be included with the online application.

• Stony Brook Medicine is a smoke-free environment. Smoking is strictly prohibited anywhere on campus, including parking lots and outdoor areas on the premises
• All Hospital positions maybe subject to changes in pass days and shifts as necessary
• This position may require the wearing of respiratory protection, which may prohibit the wearing of facial hair
• This function/position maybe designated as “essential.” This means that when the Hospital is faced with an institutional emergency, employees in such positions may be required to remain at their work location or to report to work to protect, recover, and continue operations at Stony Brook Medicine, Stony Brook Southampton Hospital and related facilities

Prior to start date, the selected candidate must meet the following requirements:

• Successfully complete pre-employment physical examination and obtain medical clearance from Stony Brook Southampton Hospital's Employee Health Services*
• Complete electronic reference check with a minimum of three (3) professional references
• Successfully complete a 4 panel drug screen*
• Meet Regulatory Requirements for pre-employment screenings
• Provide a copy of any required New York State license(s)/certificate(s)

Failure to comply with any of the above requirements could result in a delayed start date and/or revocation of the employment offer.

*The Human Resources department will be responsible for any fee incurred for examination.

Company Overview:

Stony Brook Southampton Hospital as part of the Stony Brook Medicine provides direct access to the highest level of academic-based medical care. Located in the heart of the village of Southampton, two hours from New York City, the hospital provides healthcare services to a diverse community of year-round residents, second homeowners and vacationers. The population, about 75,000 in the winter months, increases sharply to more than 300,000 in the summer. Stony Brook Southampton Hospital has been recognized as a Long Island Top Workplace by Newsday among large employers (defined as having 500+ employees).

StaffCo is a Professional Employer Organization, commonly referred to as a PEO, duty organized and registered under the New York Professional Employer Organization Law. StaffCo and SUNY have entered into a professional employer agreement under which StaffCo is the employer of Stony Brook Southampton employees and responsible for employment, including, promotions, disciplines, terminations, the day-to-day direction and supervision of work, as well as labor relations and collective bargaining.StaffCo is fully responsible for providing all payroll and human resource services, including the payment of wages, collecting and reporting payroll taxes and maintaining any and all employeebenefits.  SUNY Stony Brook Hospital is responsible for the operation of the hospital and provision of health care and is the co-employer as is necessary to conduct its responsibilities and for related licensure, regulatory or statutory requirements and obligations. 

Given StaffCo's employment responsibilities, it is deemed the “employer” for employment and labor law purposes.  Thus, the employees are private sector employees of StaffCo, not public sector employees of SUNY.  The private sector nature of the StaffCo employees has been approved by NYS Civil Service and upheld in a decision by the US National Labor Relations Board.

Stony Brook Medicine is committed to excellence in diversity and the creation of an inclusive learning and working environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, pregnancy, familial status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status and all other protected classes under federal or state laws.

Stony Brook Southampton Hospital, consistent with our shared core values and our intent to achieve excellence, remains dedicated to supporting healthier and more resilient communities, both locally and globally.