Transporter
Virginia Mason Franciscan Health
**Overview**
Virginia Mason Franciscan Health has exciting and rewarding careers with competitive salaries and benefits. We are a family of hospitals health care services and medical providers delivering compassionate care to people throughout South Puget Sound. We are part of Catholic Health Initiatives one of the largest not-for-profit health care systems in the country.
**Responsibilities**
**Job Summary:**
This job is responsible for transporting patients and equipment between departments/locations. Provides basic aspects of patient care patient mobility and maintenance of equipment under the direction of a Registered Nurse in a defined care team. Contributes to the delivery of patient focused care.
**Essential Duties:**
+ Assists with cleaning of equipment and maintenance of department; may exchange oxygen tanks and/or attach IV’s to wheelchairs or gurneys as necessary.
+ Escorts patients at the time of discharge from their room to personal transportation.
+ Maintains a safe work and patient environment adhering to the hospital’s Safety Risk Management Regulatory Standards and infection prevention.
+ Provide Client and Patient Relations.
+ Performs basic life support gives assistance to medical staff during emergencies and may respond to hospital codes.
+ Performs basic patient care activities based on skill ability and limitations of scope of practice as directed by management and/or nursing staff.
+ Transports patients to and from nursing units and ancillary departments in a manner conducive to patient safety and comfort including special needs.
**Qualifications**
**Education/Experience:**
+ One year recent work-related work experience preferably in a hospital setting preferred.
**License/Certification:**
+ Current American Heart Association BLS for Healthcare Provider certification.
Please be advised that this location requires quarterly American Heart Association (AHA) Resuscitation Quality Improvement (RQI) competency certification post-hire. This ongoing competency is required through resources internal to the facility; outside RQI competency resources are not acceptable for CommonSpirit Health compliance requirements.
**Pay Range**
$18.73 - $25.49 /hour
We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.
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