Patient Care Assistant - Transporter

Overview

Summary:Transport patients between clinical departments and nursing units. Transport patients needing admission, inter-unit department transfer, or discharge from facility. Provide observation and companionship to appropriate hospitalized patient. Assist and provide basic ADLs as appropriate and directed. Provide general support for the operation of a nursing department including assuring availability of supplies and equipment as pertaining to transport

Type of Opportunity: Full Time FTE: 1.000000 Exempt: No Work Schedule: Varied Days and Hours

Qualifications

Other information:Less than one year experience in hospital setting and patient transportCurrent BLS requiredReceives on-the-job training and competency verification to perform primary functions

Education:Essential:* High School Diploma or GED

Responsibilities

Responsibilities:*Maintain established departmental policies and procedures. *Maintains established medical therapies to include, but not limited to, oxygen, IVs, restraints, catheters etc. during transport and notifies nursing staff immediately if medical equipment alarms. *Responsible for effective communication between patients, families, and healthcare team members. *Retrieve, store and transport oxygen cylinders according to hospital policy. *Follows assigned priority as directed for admission, discharge and transfer activity. *Assist with patient transfers from hospital units to other units within the facility. *Utilize automated processes within the Teletracking system to notify the Presbyterian Care Connection of patient activity. *Gather equipment pertinent to transport from within facility to ensure equipment is available when needed. *Deliver malfunctioning equipment to Maintenance for repair. *Provides safety and security monitoring for assigned patients. Alerts nursing staff of changes in patient condition as directed.*Assist with mobility and ambulation as needed for patient transport purposes. *Maintains confidentiality of all healthcare information. *Delivers specimens to Laboratory, Microbiology and Pathology. Transports x-rays and equipment. *Performs basic clerical duties such as answering phones, taking messages, filing and copying. *Participates in educational programs, in-service meetings and departmental meetings as required.

Benefits

We offer more than the standard benefits!

Presbyterian employees gain access to a robust wellness program, including free access to our on-site and community-based gyms, nutrition coaching and classes, wellness challenges and more!

Learn more about our employee benefits:

https://www.phs.org/careers/why-work-with-us/benefits

Why work at Presbyterian?

As an organization, we are committed to improving the health of our communities. From hosting growers' markets to partnering with local communities, Presbyterian is taking active steps to improve the health of New Mexicans. For our employees, we offer a robust wellness program, including free access to our on-site and community-based gyms, nutrition coaching and classes, wellness challenges and more.

Presbyterian's story is really the story of the remarkable people who choose to work here. The hard work of our physicians, nurses, employees, board members and volunteers grew Presbyterian from a tiny tuberculosis sanatorium to a statewide healthcare system that serves more than 875,000 New Mexicans.

About Presbyterian Healthcare Services

Presbyterian Healthcare Services exists to improve the health of patients, members and the communities we serve. We are a locally owned, not-for-profit healthcare system of nine hospitals, a statewide health plan and a growing multi-specialty medical group. Founded in New Mexico in 1908, we are the state's largest private employer with nearly 14,000 employees - including more than 1,600 providers and nearly 4,700 nurses.

Our health plan serves more than 580,000 members statewide and offers Medicare Advantage, Medicaid (Centennial Care) and Commercial health plans.

About Our Regional Delivery System

Presbyterian's Regional Delivery System is a network of six hospitals and medical centers throughout rural New Mexico including locations in Clovis, Espanola, Ruidoso, Santa Fe, Socorro and Tucumcari. Our regional facilities are home to more than 1,600 clinical and non-clinical employees who help make Presbyterian the state's largest private employer with nearly 14,000 statewide employees. With a variety of services ranging from general surgery to pediatrics to heart and cancer care, our regional employees are proud to provide close-to-home care for their communities.

We are part of New Mexico's history - and committed to its future. That is why we will continue to work just as hard and care just as deeply to serve New Mexico for years to c