What are the responsibilities and job description for the Patient Trans Lift Associate position at Cleveland Clinic?
Join the Cleveland Clinic team, where you will work alongside passionate caregivers and provide patient-first healthcare. Cleveland Clinic is recognized as the No. 4 hospital in the nation, according to the U.S. News & World Report. At Cleveland Clinic, you will work alongside passionate and dedicated caregivers, receive endless support and appreciation, and build a rewarding career with one of the most respected healthcare organizations in the world.
As a Patient Transporter Lift Associate, you will perform safe team lifting and transporting of patients and equipment to their destination. This position performs a variety of activities related to the transportation of patients and equipment.
Cleveland Clinic provides what matters most: career growth, delivering world-class care to our patients, continuous learning, exceptional benefits and working for an organization that offers many long-term career paths. Join us and experience a culture where opportunities to advance and the support to get there go hand-in-hand.
Responsibilities:
- Assists in manual team lifting, transferring, and positioning of patients to and from beds, wheelchairs and recliners.
- Requires proper body mechanics and lifting techniques.
- Requires understanding of the human body and the mechanics of the patient condition.
- Transports 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, transfers patients to or from beds, wheelchairs or stretchers as needed.
- During discharge, transports patients to hospital lobby and open doors.
- Approaches, greets and offers assistance and direction to patients and visitors in the hospital environment.
- Communicates to nursing personnel, clinician, technician or reception of patient's arrival and departure.
- Verifies correct patient identification by comparing information from pager to patient wristband; obtains correct medical chart; verifies proper mode of transportation and confirms standard precautions.
- Disinfects and maintains par levels of equipment throughout the hospital. Identifies malfunctioning ambulatory equipment and reports to appropriate department for repair or replacement.
- Conducts rounding throughout the hospital environment for departmental equipment and delivering to the appropriate staging area.
- Collects pertinent information and reports patient complaints to the appropriate Clinician/Supervisor/Manager.
- Other duties as assigned.
Education:
- High School Diploma or GED
Certifications:
- None required.
Complexity of Work:
- Requires organizational, decisive judgment, problem solving, communications, good customer service skills and the ability to work with minimal supervision.
- Must be able to handle multiple tasks, be able to work in a stressful environment and take appropriate actions as needed.
Work Experience:
- After selection and placement, requires three months on-the-job training and orientation to learn multiple hospital and clinic locations, special procedures and patient emergency and safety procedures, proper body mechanics necessary to safely move patients.
Physical Requirements:
- Requires full range of body motion including handling and lifting of patients, manual and finger dexterity and eye/hand coordination.
- Requires normal or corrected vision and hearing to normal range.
- Requires working with some exposure to communicable disease.
- Successful completion of body mechanics training within 30 days of hire.
- Requires full range of body motion including handling of patients, manual and finger dexterity and eye/hand coordination.
- Requires normal or corrected vision and hearing to normal range.
- Requires working with some exposure to communicable disease.
- Must be able to lift up to 75 pounds and push equipment weighing up to 100 pounds.
Personal Protective Equipment:
- Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required.
Cleveland Clinic Health System is pleased to be an equal employment employer: Women / Minorities / Veterans / Individuals with Disabilities
As a Patient Transporter Lift Associate, you will perform safe team lifting and transporting of patients and equipment to their destination. This position performs a variety of activities related to the transportation of patients and equipment.
Cleveland Clinic provides what matters most: career growth, delivering world-class care to our patients, continuous learning, exceptional benefits and working for an organization that offers many long-term career paths. Join us and experience a culture where opportunities to advance and the support to get there go hand-in-hand.
Responsibilities:
- Assists in manual team lifting, transferring, and positioning of patients to and from beds, wheelchairs and recliners.
- Requires proper body mechanics and lifting techniques.
- Requires understanding of the human body and the mechanics of the patient condition.
- Transports 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, transfers patients to or from beds, wheelchairs or stretchers as needed.
- During discharge, transports patients to hospital lobby and open doors.
- Approaches, greets and offers assistance and direction to patients and visitors in the hospital environment.
- Communicates to nursing personnel, clinician, technician or reception of patient's arrival and departure.
- Verifies correct patient identification by comparing information from pager to patient wristband; obtains correct medical chart; verifies proper mode of transportation and confirms standard precautions.
- Disinfects and maintains par levels of equipment throughout the hospital. Identifies malfunctioning ambulatory equipment and reports to appropriate department for repair or replacement.
- Conducts rounding throughout the hospital environment for departmental equipment and delivering to the appropriate staging area.
- Collects pertinent information and reports patient complaints to the appropriate Clinician/Supervisor/Manager.
- Other duties as assigned.
Education:
- High School Diploma or GED
Certifications:
- None required.
Complexity of Work:
- Requires organizational, decisive judgment, problem solving, communications, good customer service skills and the ability to work with minimal supervision.
- Must be able to handle multiple tasks, be able to work in a stressful environment and take appropriate actions as needed.
Work Experience:
- After selection and placement, requires three months on-the-job training and orientation to learn multiple hospital and clinic locations, special procedures and patient emergency and safety procedures, proper body mechanics necessary to safely move patients.
Physical Requirements:
- Requires full range of body motion including handling and lifting of patients, manual and finger dexterity and eye/hand coordination.
- Requires normal or corrected vision and hearing to normal range.
- Requires working with some exposure to communicable disease.
- Successful completion of body mechanics training within 30 days of hire.
- Requires full range of body motion including handling of patients, manual and finger dexterity and eye/hand coordination.
- Requires normal or corrected vision and hearing to normal range.
- Requires working with some exposure to communicable disease.
- Must be able to lift up to 75 pounds and push equipment weighing up to 100 pounds.
Personal Protective Equipment:
- Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required.
Cleveland Clinic Health System is pleased to be an equal employment employer: Women / Minorities / Veterans / Individuals with Disabilities
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