Lead Patient Transporter - FT (9:00am-5:00pm) NMC

Atlantic Health Newton Medical Center is seeking a Full-Time LEAD Patient Transporter.  Required hours are: 9:00AM-5:00PM including rotating weekends and holidays (based on operational needs). Starting rate $20.05/hr.

Essential Function/Responsibilities:

• Leads and guides transport staff; provides operational orientation and monitors application of operational policies, procedures, and service; assesses volume/backlog status and reprioritizes and/or reassigns transport requests to optimize operational and service performance. Assist with maintaining team member schedules and staffing coverage.
• Cleans, maintains, and operates transport equipment and operates elevators to move or escort patients/visitors to and from various hospital areas, as directed, following established operating policies and procedures.
• Reports any changes in patient status/condition during transport; removes and reports defective equipment to supervisor.
• Assists clinical staff with lifting and moving patients for transfer and transport; ensures oxygen tanks required for transport contain sufficient oxygen and are safely secured for transport.
• Cleans transportation equipment according to Infection Control protocols; confirms patient readiness for transport and need for appropriate equipment and ensures that equipment is ready and available. 
• Recognizes cardio-pulmonary distress symptoms, sends for code team, and provides interim basic life support for airway management and cardiac arrests until code team arrives.
• Uses patient transport tracking system to enter and receive patient information; track patient movement; assign acceptance and closure. Support daily operations and patient throughput management.
• Picks-up and delivers materials and equipment, as directed, to various offices and departments within the Hospital according to related operating policies and procedures.
• Transfers deceased patients to the hospital morgue in accordance with operating policies and procedures.
• Assists with monitoring department performance, quality, and safety metrics.  Provide coaching and feedback regarding team member performance.
• Coordinates activities of Patient Transport team members.
• Assists with onboarding and training of new team members.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications/Requirements:

• HS Diploma or GED/Equivalent required.
• To provide a safe environment to our patients, we require that all candidates must be able to read, write and speak English.
• Ability to work well under time constraints. 
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be exposed to extreme cold and extreme heat and stands for long periods of time, bends, lifts, pushes and pulls up to 50 lbs.
• Prior hospital-based patient transport experience required.

Relevant Experience:

• CPR certification preferred. 
•  5 years of experience as a patient transporter or relevant role preferred.
• Prior hospital-based patient transport experience in a lead or supervisory role preferred.

At Atlantic Health, our promise to our communities is; Anyone who enters one of our facilities will receive the highest quality care delivered at the right time, at the right place, and at the right cost. This commitment is also echoed in the respect, development and opportunities we give to our more than 22,000 team members. Headquarters in Morristown, New Jersey, we are one of the leading non-profit health care systems in the nation. Our facilities and sites of care include:

• Atlantic Health Morristown Medical Center, Morristown, NJ
• Atlantic Health Overlook Medical Center, Summit, NJ
• Atlantic Health Newton Medical Center, Newton, NJ
• Atlantic Health Chilton Medical Center, Pompton Plains, NJ
• Atlantic Health Hackettstown Medical Center, Hackettstown, NJ
• Atlantic Health Goryeb Children's Hospital, Morristown, NJ
• Atlantic Health CentraState Healthcare System, Freehold, NJ
• Atlantic Medical Group
• Atlantic Visiting Nurse
• Atlantic Mobile Health
• Atlantic Rehabilitation

We have more than 900 community-based healthcare providers affiliated through Atlantic Medical Group.

We have received awards and recognition for the services we have provided to our patients, team members and communities. Below are just a few of our accolades:

• Chosen for 17 years by Fortune as one of the magazine’s “100 Best Companies to Work Fo