Patient transport - No Experience Required Job at SSM Health in Madison
SSM Health, Madison, WI, United States
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WI-SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison
**Worker Type:**
Regular
**Job Summary:**
Transports patients, specimens and equipment throughout the facility.
**Job Responsibilities and Requirements:**
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
+ Transports patients via wheelchair, stretcher or bed to designated sites as requested, including patients with oxygen tanks, intravenous pumps, drips, monitors and other equipment.
+ Assists patients with entering and exiting vehicles, including transfer from or to wheelchairs or stretchers.
+ Delivers equipment and specimens to requesting staff or department. May assist staff with removal of deceased bodies from units and transport to morgue.
+ Greets and provides information and direction to patients and visitors.
+ Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.
+ May clean and disinfect hospital equipment, including intravenous pumps, drips, and monitors, using established cleaning guidelines.
+ Performs other duties as assigned.
EDUCATION
+ High School diploma/GED or 10 years of work experience
EXPERIENCE
+ No experience required
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
+ Constant standing and walking.
+ Frequent use of hearing and speech to share information through oral communication.
+ Frequent use of hearing to distinguish body sounds and/or hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.
+ Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.
+ Frequent reaching, gripping, and keyboard use/data entry.
+ Frequent use of vision for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.
+ Occasional bending, stooping, crawling, kneeling, sitting, squatting and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.
+ Occasional use of vision to judge distances and spatial relationships.
+ Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.
+ Occasional lifting/moving patients.
+ Occasional use of smell to detect/recognize odors.
+ Occasional driving.
REQUIRED PROFESSIONAL LICENSE AND/OR CERTIFICATIONS
State of Work Location: Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma, Wisconsin
+ Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA)
**Work Shift:**
Day Shift (United States of America)
**Job Type:**
Employee
**Department:**
8074000007 Patient Transport
**Scheduled Weekly Hours:**
40
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