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Job Code:  1794
Job Title:  Transporter I
Creation Date:  09/01/83
Revision Date:  08/08/02
FLSA Status:  Non-Exempt

 


Job Summary:

To provide a variety of manual skills in the transportation of patients and maintenance and dispersion of patient care equipment and supplies.

Major Duties / Critical Tasks:

  • Lifts patients onto and from bed.
  • Transports patients to hospital areas.
  • Assists patients with walking.
  • Cleans equipment such as stretchers and wheelchairs.
  • Distributes equipment to nurses’ stations an/or removes such equipment when not in use.
  • Assists nursing personnel with problem patients.
  • Transports routine and “STAT” laboratory specimens and requests to the appropriate labs/departments.
  • Adheres to internal controls established for department.
  • Performs related duties as required.

Required Education / Experience:

High school graduation or equivalent. No experience required.

Equipment: 

Standard equipment used in transporting patients.

Working Environment:

Standard hospital, clinical and/or office environments. May be exposed to such occupational hazards such as communicable diseases, harmful chemicals, and/or disoriented or combative patients. Heavy lifting required (up to 50lbs).

Other: 

Specific job requirements or physical location of some positions allocated to this classification, may render this position security sensitive, and thereby subject to the provisions of Section 51.215, Texas Education Code. 

 


Any qualifications to be considered as equivalents in lieu of stated minimums require the prior approval of the Chief Human Resources Officer. 

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