Transporter - No Experience Required

**It's more than a career, it's a calling**WI-SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison**Worker Type:**PRN**Job Highlights:****Department:** Patient Transport**Location:** SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison700 South Park StreetMadison, WI 53715**Position Details**+ **Schedule:** PRN scheduled on an as needed basis**General Duties****Patient Transport:** Safely transports patients using wheelchairs, stretchers, or beds to designated locations, including patients requiring medical equipment such as oxygen tanks, IV pumps, monitors, and other assistive devices.**Mobility Assistance:** Assists patients with entering and exiting vehicles and transferring to or from wheelchairs, stretchers, or beds while maintaining patient comfort and safety.**Equipment Transport & Management:** Transports, delivers, and properly handles medical equipment throughout the facility; ensures equipment is returned to designated locations, cleaned, and readily available for patient care.**Support Services:** Delivers medical equipment and specimens to appropriate staff or departments; may assist with transporting deceased patients to the morgue.**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 experienceEXPERIENCE+ No experience requiredPHYSICAL 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 CERTIFICATIONSState of Work Location: Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma, Wisconsin+ Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA)**Work Shift:**PRN / Per Diem Shift (United States of America)**Job Type:**Employee**Department:**8074000007 Patient Transport**Scheduled Weekly Hours:**0**Benefits:**SSM Health values our exceptional employees by offering a comprehensive benefits package to fit their needs.+ **Paid Parental Leave** **:** we offer eligible team members one week of paid parental leave for newborns or newly adopted children (pro-rated based on FTE).+ **Flexible Payment Options:** our voluntary benefit offered through DailyPay offers eligible hourly team members instant access to their earned, unpaid base pay (fees may apply) before payday.+ **Upfront Tuition Coverage** : we provide upfront tuition coverage through FlexPath Funded for eligible team members.Explore All Benefits (https://jobs.ssmhealth.com/us/en/benefits)_SSM Health is an equal opportunity employer. SSM Health does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity,_ _pregnancy, veteran status_ **_,_** _or any other characteristic protected by applicable law._ Click here to learn more. (https://www.ssmhealth.com/privacy-notices-terms-of-use/non-discrimination?\_ga=2.205881493.704955970.1667719643-240470506.1667719643)