Patient Transporter - Full Time -3:00 p.m. - 11:30 p.m. - Duke Regional

Duke Regional Hospital offers the personal touch and hometown feel of a community hospital while serving as an essential arm of internationally recognized Duke University Health System. Duke Regional has served Durham, Orange, Person, Granville and Alamance counties for more than 45 years. To be successful at caring for our community and have a strong reputation among patients who seek our care, we have 3,500 team members who work together to provide exceptional, compassionate and equitable healthcare 24/7. We are a place of learning and acceptance for team members just starting their careers, as well as an institution of family culture and professional development for employees who have served for decades in our hospital units. Duke Regional has 388 inpatient beds and offers a comprehensive range of medical, surgical and diagnostic services, including orthopedics, weight-loss surgery, women's services, and heart and vascular services. We also offer care at our Duke Rehabilitation Institute, Davis Ambulatory Surgical Center, Duke Ambulatory Surgery Center Arringdon, Health Services Center, and Duke Behavioral Health Center North Durham. In fiscal year 2021, Duke Regional Hospital admitted 16,422 patients, performed 18,152 surgeries and welcomed 2,673 babies into the world. U.S. News & World Report ranked Duke Regional Hospital as #9 in North Carolina and #4 in the Raleigh-Durham area for 2021-22. The Human Rights Campaign consistently names us a Healthcare Equality Leader, and we are a Joint Commission-accredited and Magnet-designated hospital.

General Description

• Perform a variety of activities related to the transportation of patients, specimens and equipment.
• Greet and assist patients and visitors at hospital and clinics as directed.

Job Duties

• Transport patients to and from clinical, ancillary and support areas as directed/requested.
• Perform other related duties incidental to the work employees, via wheelchair, stretcher or van service as requested. This may also include transport of patients with oxygen tanks, intravenous pumps, drips and special equipment.
• Assist clinical personnel in transferring patients to and from beds, wheel chairs or stretcher as needed.
• Assist people in and out of vehicles and escort or transport them to and from hospital lobby: carry luggage, open doors and obtain messenger service for the transportation of people to other hospital locations.
• Approach, greet and offer assistance and direction to customers entering the hospital.
• Assist in the loading and unloading of patients onto ambulances and vans during periods of PRT non-service.
• Collect specimens, orders, requisitions and equipment and deliver items to appropriate destinations.
• Assist in maintaining order and cleanliness in hospital lobby and entrance.
• Assist nursing staff with removal of expired bodies from units and transport to morgue.
• Participates in the training of new employees.
• Ensure patient is properly identified before transporting.
• Ensure equipment is clean and working properly.
• May transport to the OR, assist in room turnover and confirm OR packet is signed.
• Confirm method of transport and special needs.
• Attend educational programs as described herein.

 Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Requires good verbal communication skills to interact with patients, families, doctors and clinical staff.
• Ability to follow oral and written instructions.
• Requires much walking, lifting and physical exertion.
• Operation of machines and equipment.
• Ability to lift, push or pull 100-200 pounds.
• Requires full range of motion.
• The ability to transport patients to various hospital locations is required.

 

 

 

Minimum Qualifications

 

Education

Work requires the ability to follow and provide instructions to the public generally equivalent to a high school education.

 

Experience

No experience required.

 

Degrees, Licensures, Certifications

BCLS certification must be maintained/completed by the end of the orientation period. A valid North Carolina driver's license may also be required.

 

Duke is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing employment opportunity without regard to an individual's age, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or veteran status.

 

Duke aspires to create a community built on collaboration, innovation, creativity, and belonging. Our collective success depends on the robust exchange of ideas—an exchange that is best when the rich diversity of our perspectives, backgrounds, and experience