SEIU Transport Asst

Exercising courtesy, sound judgment and initiative with patients and staff, escorts and transports patients to and from various clinical services and patient units. Delivers specimens and equipment; performs cleaning of equipment as directed. Sends and delivers carts on supply transport system and other related support duties.

Responsibilities

Escorts and/or transports new admissions, in and outpatients between patient units, x-ray, outpatient departments, Emergency Department, Operating Rooms, Ambulatory Surgical Center and the various clinical services; Assists nursing staff in restraining disturbed patients, handling unusually heavy patients and the like; transports deceased patients; Picks up and delivers on a prescheduled or dispatched basis, a variety of items such as specimens, patient records, requisitions, patient mail, pharmaceuticals, etc; Delivers supplies and equipment from the Equipment Center; transports and sets up equipment such as overhead frame and trapeze and footboard; Distributes meals and snacks to patients under direction of nurse, makes beds and helps with stocking of shelves with linen and other supplies; Performs cleaning of equipment as directed; Sends and delivers carts on supply transport system; Performs duties as clothing room clerk

Requirements

Ability to read, write, and speak English; Ability to push, pull, and lift patients, supplies and equipment