Heavy, physical, and busy work that requires:
Frequent, clear communication with co-workers. Good attendance record. On your feet most of shift. Need to lift, pull, and push without restrictions. Transporting patients on stretchers, beds, or by wheelchair with some patients weighing over 300 lbs. Ability to effectively and positively work with patients that may be ill. Transferring patients to/from beds, stretchers, wheelchairs.
Transporting equipment. Transporting paperwork. Transporting lab specimens. Trips to/from other hospital departments. Cleaning wheelchairs and stretcher as needed for patient care use.
Making stretchers with clean linen. Keeping log of transports, and signing in and out on log, Notifying clinical staff as needed for patient care needs, including when Lift Team assistance is required. Immediately responding as part of MPU team to unexpected and emergent situations.