Join Cleveland Clinic and experience world-class healthcare at its best. Cleveland Clinic Hillcrest Hospital is a proud Magnet Hospital awarded by the American Nurses Credentialing Center, the highest honor an organization can receive for professional nursing practice. Here, you will work alongside a dedicated team of caregivers, receive endless support and appreciation, and build a rewarding career.
As a Patient Transporter, you will be responsible for delivering exceptional service as you assist patients in receiving care. In this role, you will ensure they reach designated destinations in a timely and safe manner, offering compassionate conversation and dialogue along the way. You will quickly become familiar with all areas of the hospital, providing a unique avenue in which to gain useful experience. All the while, your efforts will continuously make a positive difference in the lives of everyone you meet.
A caregiver in this position works evenings from 11:00AM – 7:30PM or
8:00AM – 4:30PM, with holiday and every other weekend requirements.
A caregiver who excels in this role will:
- Transport patients to and from clinical, ancillary and support areas using wheelchairs, stretchers or beds, including patients with oxygen tanks, intravenous pumps, drips and special equipment.
- Transfer patients to and from beds, wheelchairs or stretchers.
- Transport patients during discharge to the hospital lobby.
- Ensure proper oxygen levels in tanks before transporting patients.
- Approach and help patients and visitors.
- Verify and confirm standard precautions and correct patient identification by comparing information from the pager and patient wristband to obtain the correct medical chart and verify proper mode of transportation.
- Disinfect and maintain equipment.
- Perform environmental and safety checks, identify malfunctioning equipment, document findings and report malfunctioning equipment.
- Move and deliver equipment and linen carts.
- Complete three months of on-the-job training to learn multiple hospital and clinic locations, special procedures, patient and safety emergency procedures and proper body mechanics to safely move patients.
Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:
- High School Diploma or GED
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Physical Requirements:
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Requires full range of body motion including handling of patients, manual and finger dexterity and eye/hand coordination.
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Requires normal or corrected vision and hearing to normal range.
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Requires working with some exposure to communicable disease.
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Heavy work-exerting 50 to 100 lbs. of force occasionally and/or 25 to 50 lbs. of force frequently and/or 10 to 20 lbs. of force
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constantly to move objects.
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Physical demand requirements are in excess of those for Medium Work.
Personal Protective Equipment:
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Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required.
Decisions concerning employment, transfers and promotions are made upon the basis of the best qualified candidate without regard to color, race, religion, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, ancestry, status as a disabled or Vietnam era veteran or any other characteristic protected by law. Information provided on this application may be shared with any Cleveland Clinic Health System facility.
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The policy of Cleveland Clinic Health System and its system hospitals (Cleveland Clinic Health System) is to provide equal opportunity to all of our caregivers and applicants for employment in our tobacco free and drug free environment. All offers of employment are followed by testing for controlled substance and nicotine. All new caregivers must clear a nicotine test within their 90-day new hire period. Candidates for employment who are impacted by Cleveland Clinic Health System’s Smoking Policy will be permitted to reapply for open positions after one year.
Cleveland Clinic Health System administers an influenza prevention program. You will be required to comply with this program, which will include obtaining an influenza vaccination on an annual basis or obtaining an approved exemption.