Lead Patient Transporter

                    

At Cleveland Clinic Health System, we believe in a better future for healthcare. And each of us is responsible for honoring our commitment to excellence, pushing the boundaries and transforming the patient experience, every day.

                        

We all have the power to help, heal and change lives — beginning with our own. That’s the power of the Cleveland Clinic Health System team, and The Power of Every One.

                                    

Job Title

Lead Patient Transporter

                        

Location

Stuart

                    

Facility

Martin Health North

                     

Department

CRP Internal Transports-Cleveland Clinic Martin Health

                      

Job Code

000547

                     

Shift

Day/Evening/Night/Weekend

                       

Schedule

8:00am-4:30pm

                       

Job Summary

                         

Job Details

Join Cleveland Clinic’s Martin North Hospital where research and surgery are advanced, technology is leading-edge and caregivers are family. This downtown Stuart hospital provides top-quality patient care to the communities in and around Martin County on the beautiful Indian River. The caregivers at Martin North Hospital have made it an excellent medical facility and a home away from home 

As a Lead Patient Transporter, you will be responsible for delivering exceptional service to our patients, as you will be playing an essential role in helping them receive the care they need, while leading other Patient Transporters. Patient transporters quickly become familiar with all areas of the hospital while leaving lasting impressions on our patients and visitors. 

A caregiver in this position works days from 8:00AM—4:30PM. 

A caregiver who excels in this role will:  

• Act as a technical resource for team members.  

• Collaborate with management to achieve organizational goals.  

• Facilitate departmental goals.  

• Perform activities related to transporting patients and equipment. 

• Monitor caregivers in daily operations. 

• Provide orientation, education and training for new hires. 

• Communicate with caregivers and provide orientation on policies.  

• Analyze workflow and procedures. 

• Identify opportunities to improve productivity, quality and effectiveness of processes. 

• Transport patients to and from clinical, ancillary and support areas via wheelchair, stretcher or beds as requested to include transport of patients with oxygen tanks, intravenous pumps, drips and special equipment.  

• With assistance, transfer patients to or from beds, wheelchairs or stretchers as needed. 

• Transport patients to hospital lobby and open doors during the patient discharge process. 

• Approach, greet and offer assistance and direction to patients and visitors in the hospital environment. 

• Communicate to nursing personnel, clinician, technician or receptionist of patient's arrival and departure. 

• Verify correct patient identification by comparing information from pager to patient wristband, obtain correct medical chart, verify proper mode of transportation and confirm standard precautions. 

• Disinfect and maintain par levels of equipment throughout the hospital. 

• Identify malfunctioning ambulatory equipment an