About Us
McLaren Health Care is a fully integrated health network committed to quality, evidence-based patient care with locations in Michigan and Indiana. The McLaren system includes 13 hospitals in Michigan, ambulatory surgery centers, imaging centers, a primary and specialty care physician network, commercial and Medicaid HMOs, home health, infusion and hospice providers, pharmacy services, a clinical laboratory network and a wholly owned medical malpractice insurance company. McLaren operates Michigan’s largest network of cancer centers and providers, anchored by the Karmanos Cancer Institute, one of only 53 National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer centers in the U.S.
Transporter
Department: Patient Transportation
Shift: Variable
Daily Work Times: Variable
Scheduled Hours per Pay: 80 - Full Time
Position Summary:
Responsible for transporting patients, specimen, supplies, and equipment to and from patient care areas. Assists patients in walking, transferring from bed to wheelchair (manually lifting patients) and bathroom procedures.
Essential Functions and Responsibilities:
1. Transports patients between departments and to and from patient care units via wheelchair, stretcher or ambulation as requested.
2. Assists in other transportation duties as requested.
3. Assists patients or health care providers with lifting, the patient for the next activity (i.e. shoes, clothes, assistive devices).
4. Signs patient off and back on patient care unit and checks patient’s wrist band before transporting.
5. Maintains chart with patient during transportation and keeps record of where the chart and patient are located at all times.
6. Protects patients by appropriate positioning and safely transporting.
7. Maintains oxygen supply and wheelchairs.
Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities/Females/Disabled/Veterans
We are committed to encouraging and sustaining a work environment free of unlawful harassment, discrimination, and/or retaliation. We are an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing employment opportunity without regard to an individual’s race, color, age, religion, sex/pregnancy (including pregnancy/childbirth or pregnancy/childbirth-related conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other status prohibited by applicable laws. We also make good faith efforts to recruit, hire, and promote qualified women, minorities, individuals with disabilities, and veterans.
Equal Opportunity Employer
McLaren Health Care is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identification, age, sex, marital status, national origin, disability, genetic information, height or weight, protected veteran or other classification protected by law.
