Job Description

Patient Transporter - Evenings - Methodist Hospital

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Overview

Details: This position is full-time, 40 hours per week. The scheduled hours are 1:30pm until 10:00pm. Team member will work rotating weekends and holidays. This position is eligible for shift pay differentials.



Transports patients to and from the point of service, including admissions, discharges, ancillary and other service areas and perform varied patient/equipment handling duties.


High school graduate or an equivalent combination of education experience from which comparable job knowledge can be acquired; to include graduates from an approved IU Health transition-to-work program.

Requires training in all assigned competencies such as but not limited to patient oxygen equipment and monitoring of levels and amounts, patient lifting and transfers, and infection control policies. Requires the ability to follow oxygen transport policy and procedures, including attaching and monitoring of oxygen tank levels during transport. Must have the ability to frequently work in a standing position and do large amounts of walking. Must have the ability to lift up to 50 lbs. and be able to stoop, bend and twist while handling these weights. Must have the ability to use repetitive motions such as grasping, fine manipulating, medium dexterity, forearm/wrist rotation movement area used daily. Must have the ability to perform the basic patient lifting through in-service for proper technique. No experience required.

Qualifications for the Patient Transporter - Evenings - Methodist Hospital Role

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Overview

Details: This position is full-time, 40 hours per week. The scheduled hours are 1:30pm until 10:00pm. Team member will work rotating weekends and holidays. This position is eligible for shift pay differentials.



Transports patients to and from the point of service, including admissions, discharges, ancillary and other service areas and perform varied patient/equipment handling duties.

High school graduate or an equivalent combination of education experience from which comparable job knowledge can be acquired; to include graduates from an approved IU Health transition-to-work program. Requires training in all assigned competencies such as but not limited to patient oxygen equipment and monitoring of levels and amounts, patient lifting and transfers, and infection control policies. Requires the ability to follow oxygen transport policy and procedures, including attaching and monitoring of oxygen tank levels during transport. Must have the ability to frequently work in a standing position and do large amounts of walking. Must have the ability to lift up to 50 lbs. and be able to stoop, bend and twist while handling these weights. Must have the ability to use repetitive motions such as grasping, fine manipulating, medium dexterity, forearm/wrist rotation movement area used daily. Must have the ability to perform the basic patient lifting through in-service for proper technique. No experience required. Indiana University Health is Indiana's most comprehensive health system, with 15 hospitals and nearly 40,000 team members serving Hoosiers across the state. Our partnership with the Indiana University School of Medicine gives our team members access to the very latest science and the very best training, advancing care for all. We're looking for team members who share the things that matter most to us. People who are inspired by challenging and meaningful work for the good of every patient. People who are compassionate and serve with a purpose. People who aspire to excellence every day. People who are always ready to apply themselves.