Patient Transporter PACU

Patient Transporter Pacu

Orlando, Florida Orlando Ophthalmology Surgery Center Category Clinical

The Patient Transporter helps patients by transporting them into, around, and out of the surgery center.

Responsibilities:

• Transports patients by assisting patients to the car via wheelchair; lifting patients on and off stretchers and recliners.
• Comforts patients and their families by offering support and encouragement; being punctual and attentive to procedure schedules; demonstrating caring and cultural sensitivity.
• Transports equipment, supplies, and delivering them to assigned treatment areas and patient care areas.
• Cleans and prepares stretchers, recliners, and wheelchairs for patient use.
• Maintains safe, secure, and healthy work environment by following standards and procedures.
• Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities.
• Restocking, maintaining and organizing medical supplies in the PreOP/PACU areas.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent.
• Minimum of 1 year of experience in a healthcare setting.
• Previous experience in an ambulatory surgical center or surgical hospital preferred.
• Current BLS required.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance
• Paid time off (vacation & sick leave) Starting PTO accrual is 15 days per year.
• 401k retirement plan
• Paid holidays
• Health savings accounts, healthcare & dependent flexible spending accounts
• Employee Assistance program, Employee discount program
• Voluntary benefits include pet insurance, legal insurance, accident and critical illness insurance, long term care, elder & childcare, AD&D, auto & home insurance.

USPI is committed to, and proud of our inclusive culture. An inclusive culture, in our view, is respectful of differences and nurtures and supports the contributions of each individual, while also embracing and leveraging diversity. A diverse workforce, combined with an inclusive culture, makes USPI stronger and better able to meet the needs of our diverse patient and physician population.