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Description
Per Diem Patient Transporter - PACU
$18.93 Hourly
Las Vegas, NV
Per Diem
24-79724
PACU - 7027
04/10/2024
4/17/2024 5:00 PM Pacific
Position Summary
COMPETITIVE SALARY & BENEFITS PACKAGE
As an academic medical center with a rich history of providing life-saving treatment in Southern Nevada, UMC serves as the anchor hospital of the Las Vegas Medical District, offering Nevada’s highest level of care to promote successful medical outcomes for patients.
We are home to Nevada's ONLY Level I Trauma Center, Designated Pediatric Trauma Center, Burn Care Center, and Transplant Center. We are a Pathway Designated facility by ANCC, and we are on our journey to Magnet status.
Transports patients to and from a variety of locations within UMC. Other duties include running errands and changing oxygen tanks.
Job Requirement
Education/Experience:
Graduation from High School or GED.
Licensing/Certification Requirements:
Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification.
Additional and/or Preferred Position Requirements
- One (1) year RECENT DOCUMENTED (within the past five (5) years) Patient Transporter experience.
- Recent documented Patient Transporter experience, in an acute care or hospital setting.
- Availability to work ALL shifts, including graveyard, seven (7) days a week, as needed.
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, and Physical Requirements
Department and hospital safety practices and principles; patient rights; infection control policies and procedures; handling, storage, use and disposal of hazardous materials; department and hospital emergency response policies and procedures.
Skill in:
Applying CPR; following oral and written instructions; applying proper lifting techniques; using equipment such as radios, battery chargers, gurneys, carts and wheelchairs; communicating effectively with a wide variety of people from diverse socio-economic and ethnic backgrounds; establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with all personnel contacted in the course of duties; efficient, effective and safe use of equipment.
Strength, mobility and stamina to perform sustained physical labor, including standing and/or walking for extended periods of time; vision to read printed instructions and labels; hearing and speech to communicate effectively in-person, over the telephone, and over a two-way radio; exert in excess of 100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or in excess of 50 pounds of force frequently, and/or in excess of 20 pounds of force constantly to move objects.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this classification.