Lead Patient Transport

                    

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 Transport

                        

Location

Port St Lucie

                    

Facility

CC Tradition Hospital

                     

Department

CRP Internal Transports-Cleveland Clinic Martin Health

                      

Job Code

000547

                     

Shift

Day/Evening/Night/Weekend

                       

Schedule

12:00pm-8:30pm

                       

Job Summary

                         

Job Details

Join Cleveland Clinic Tradition Hospital’s team of caregivers that provide top-quality patient care to the communities in and around Port St. Lucie. Opening its doors in 2013 and expanding in 2017, this state-of-the-art acute care facility has 177 patient rooms and offers services in a wide variety of specialties to meet community needs. You'll be supported as you follow your dreams and find where you belong, here at Tradition Hospital.   

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/evenings/nights/weekends with varying shifts from 12:00pm—8:30pm.  

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.