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MO-SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis

Worker Type:

PRN

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 or equivalent

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.

Work Shift:

Variable Shift (United States of America)

Job Type:

Employee

Department:

8074000100 Centralzed Pt Transport

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

0

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