Patient Transporter - Atlantic Health System

Newton, NJ

About the Job

Atlantic Health System is seeking a per-diem Patient Transporter for the Transport Services at Newton Medical Center to work 7AM - 3PM, including every other weekend.

Essential Function/Responsibilities:

Under the direction of Manager or Lead Patient Transporter, transports patient, equipment, and supplies, as needed, as well as morgue duties and assisting with minor environmental services duties.
Promotes a positive customer service culture. Provides general comfort measures to patients throughout the shift.
Provides postmortem care and assists in transporting body to the morgue and releasing the body from the morgue.
Makes specimen rounds from all nursing floors.
Responsible for pick up of medical records.
Safely assist patient transfers, transports, and discharges.
Takes extra pillow from patient room closet back to Ed when returning stretch to ED.
Reports any changes in condition or behavior to patients primary Registered Nurse.
Recognizes and responds to priorities in the patient care process.
Safely handle all patient belongings from admission and discharges.
Is able to initiate CPR.
Is able to initiate Code Gray and applies restraints safely according to hospital procedure.
Responds to hospital codes that apply to transport.
Transports equipment used by patient in the transfer.
Exchanges oxygen tanks for transports daily.
Installs bed traction and removal when ordered.
Inspects and make minor repair to wheelchairs and maintain log. Completes inventory of wheelchair stock quarterly or as assigned.
Responsible for minor Environmental Services duties as assigned when patient transports are slow. Duties may consist of buffing floors, vacuuming, dust moping, etc.

ABOUT US

At Atlantic Health System, our promise to our communities is; Anyone who enters one of our facilities, will receive the highest quality care delivered at the right time, at the right place, and at the right cost. This commitment is also echoed in the respect, development and opportunities we give to our more than 20,000 team members. Headquartered in Morristown, New Jersey, we are one of the leading non-profit health care systems in the nation. Our facilities and sites of care include:

Morristown Medical Center, Morristown, NJ
Overlook Medical Center, Summit, NJ
Newton Medical Center, Newton, NJ
Chilton Medical Center, Pompton Plains, NJ
Hackettstown Medical Center, Hackettstown, NJ
Goryeb Children's Hospital, Morristown, NJ
CentraState Healthcare System, Freehold, NJ
Atlantic Home Care and Hospice
Atlantic Mobile Health
Atlantic Rehabilitation

We also have more than 900 community-based healthcare providers affiliated through Atlantic Medical Group. Atlantic Accountable Care Organization is one of the largest ACOs in the nation, and we are a member of AllSpire Health Partners.

We have received awards and recognition for the services we have provided to our patients, team members and communities. Below are just a few of our accolades:

100 Best Companies to Work For ® and FORTUNE® magazine for 15 years
Best Places to Work in Healthcare - Modern Healthcare
150 Top Places to work in Healthcare - Becker's Healthcare
100 Accountable Care Organizations to Know - Becker's Hospital Review
Best Employers for Workers over 50 - AARP
Gold-Level \"Well Workplace\": Wellness Council of America (WELCOA)
One of the 100 Best Workplaces for “Millennials” Great Place to Work® and FORTUNE® magazine
One of the 20 Best Workplaces in Health Care: Great Place to Work® and FORTUNE® magazine
Official Health Care Partner of the New York Jets
NJ Sustainable Business

Since 1932, Newton Medical Center has been providing care to the people of Sussex and warren counties in New Jersey, Pike County in Pennsylvania and southern Orange County in New York. We are home to the Center for Breast Health, the only one of its kind in Sussex County, addressing all of a woman’s breast health needs with state-of-the-art technology, resources, education, support and follow-up care. Newton Medical Center recently achieved the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Pathway to Excellence designation and is one of a select few health care facilities in New Jersey accredited by the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission (IAC) in all three echocardiography procedures: adult transthoracic, adult transesophogeal and adult stress.

EEO STATEMENT

Atlantic Health System, Inc. is an equal employment opportunity employer and federal contractor or subcontractor and therefore abides by applicable laws to protect applicants and employees from discrimination in hiring, promotion, discharge, pay, fringe benefits, job training, classification, referral, and other aspects of employment, on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity and sexual orientation), national origin, citizenship status, disability, age, genetics, or veteran status.

Source : Atlantic Health System