Transporter - Environmental Services - Full Time, Evenings

Long Island Community Hospital has served this richly diverse region as a patient-first community hospital for more than 60 years. As Long Island's only independent community hospital, we are 100% committed to becoming the community's healthcare provider of choice with our greatly enhanced services including the Knapp Cardiac Care Center, our highly-advanced heart disease diagnosis and treatment facility, our new modern surgical pavilion, our unique ER approach, and our high-touch services including women's imaging, sleep laboratory and orthopedics and more. These services are delivered with the highest level of compassion by our LI Community Hospital staff - Long Islanders with an unmistakable mix of courage and heart who care about the people right here in our community and whose sole purpose is to provide personalized comfort. For more information, go to licommunityhospital.org, and interact with us on  LinkedIn, Glassdoor, Indeed, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Instagram.

Position Summary:
We have an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Transporter - Full Time, Evenings (3PM - 11PM, Alternating Days).

In this role, the successful candidate Under general supervision and according to established policies and procedures performs the following, transports patients to and from various locations within the facility and discharges patient to main lobby areas and decedents to the morgue. Performs assigned cleaning tasks in maintaining Hospital areas in an orderly and sanitary condition. In doing so, moves equipment and supplies in assigned area and performs a variety of housekeeping duties.

Job Responsibilities:

• Login to Teletracking
• Receive Assignments and job requirements
• Pick up patient chart and inform Nursing of transport.
• Complete Transport Communication Sheet.
• Utilize AIDET Introduce self to patient and explain method of transport and destination.
• Is knowledgeable and can demonstrate safety precautions involving patient transport.
• Upon arrival to destination, report patients’ arrival, deliver patient chart to appropriate personnel and obtain required signatures.
• Cleaning Procedure in vacated patient area including bed sanitizing ensuring linen is clean, neat and in excellent condition.
• Visually inspects area upon completion of cleaning to ensure appropriate levels of cleaning and neatness have been achieved.
• Familiar with possible hazards associated with using oxygen.
• Ensures that oxygen label is correctly displayed and designated medical 0².
• Ensures proper connection prior to initiating the patient transport.
• Familiar with the proper storage of oxygen tanks.
• Uses proper 0² holders when transporting a patient.
• Utilizes AIDET with each patient, visitor and staff encounter.                                                               
• Promotes and projects the hospitals service standards in their daily job tasks.         
• Promotes a positive patient experience during all patient encounters.
• Demonstrate competencies related to the 7 step room cleaning procedure.
• Provides consistent work performance and meets productivity standards

Minimum Qualifications:
To qualify you must have a High school diploma or equivalency required.
Ability to read and write English in order to verify correct patients assignments and read and interpret labels when preparing cleaning solutions.
Preferred one year on the job experience necessary to learn sanitation principles and techniques, Hospital layout and departmental/Hospital policies and procedures.
Interpersonal skills necessary to be courteous to patients, visitors and staff when performing transporting and housekeeping assignments.

Qualified candidates must be able to effectively communicate with all levels of the organization.

Long Island Community Hospital provides its staff with far more than just a place to work. Rather, we are an institution you can be proud of, an institution where you'll feel good about devoting your time and your talents.

Long Island Community Hospital is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer committed to diversity and inclusion in all aspects of recruiting and employment. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration without regard to race, color, gender, gender identity or expression, sex, sexual orientation, transgender status, gender dysphoria, national origin, age, religion, disability, military and veteran status, marital or parental status, citizenship status, genetic information or any other factor which cannot lawfully be used as a basis for an employment decision. We require applications to be completed online.
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Long Island Community Hospital provides a salary range to comply with the New York state Law on Salary Transparency in Job Advertisements. The salary range for the role is $44,616.00 - $44,616.00 Annually. Actual salaries depend on a variety of factors, including experience, specialty, education, and hospital need. The salary range or contractual rate listed does not include bonuses/incentive, differential pay or other forms of compensation or benefits.

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