CENTRAL TRANSPORTER

Position Summary:

• The Central Transporter services the entire hospital, providing safe, efficient, and effective transportation of patients, medical equipment, and/or supplies.
• The central transporter is continuously on-call, enabling rapid response to customer needs and allowing direct care services to be provided promptly.

Shift:

Full-time (40 hours per week)

Evening Shift: 3:00 pm - 11:30 pm, holiday work is required.

Location: Howard County Medical Center

5755 Cedar Lane, Columbia, MD 21044

Education/ Experience

• High school diploma or equivalent required
• Must be able to read and follow directions and complete basic forms
• 1 year of experience in a health care setting providing services to patients, preferred
• Required to manage the functions in the transporter menu of Meditech (pull up master schedule, use email, and use nurse call)

Job Duties:

• Demonstrates ability to identify each patient's requirements relative to his/her age-specific needs
• Transports patients throughout the hospital while maximizing comfort, privacy, and safety.
• Responsible for transporting supplies, medication, and equipment. Obtains linen and oxygen tanks for patient transport.
• Maintains appropriate and consistent communication with supervisor or lead transporter, advising of any problems or anticipated difficulties.
• Knows patient-lifting/moving techniques to ensure patient safety and minimize discomfort.
• Knows about the safe operation of patient transport equipment.
• Understands safe patient and equipment transport to MRI.
• Utilizes proper safe lifting techniques, wears back support at all times, and understands basic medical terminology for the safety of the patient (NPO, NWB, etc.)
• Utilizes appropriate Infection Control techniques and hand washing procedures.
• Has access to clean supply areas, including, but not limited to, IV solutions, needles, and syringes for the purpose of obtaining linen and/or supplies.

Salary Range: Minimum /hour - Maximum /hour. Compensation will be commensurate with equity and experience for roles of similar scope and responsibility. In cases where the range is displayed as a $0 amount, salary discussions will occur during candidate screening calls, before any subsequent compensation discussion is held between the candidate and any hiring authority.

We are committed to creating a welcoming and inclusive environment, where we embrace and celebrate our differences, where all employees feel valued, contribute to our mission of serving the community, and engage in equitable healthcare delivery and workforce practices.

Johns Hopkins Health System and its affiliates are drug-free workplace employers.