Patient Transporter Messenger - Per Diem

Job Description

Who We Are:

St. John’s Episcopal Hospital is the only hospital providing emergency and ambulatory care to the densely populated, culturally and economically diverse, and medically underserved populations of the Rockaways and Five Towns in southern Queens County and southwestern Nassau County, New York. Celebrating over 110 years of community care, the 257-bed facility provides people of all faiths with comprehensive preventive, diagnostic treatment and rehabilitative services, regardless of ability to pay.

Come Grow With Us!

Type: Per Diem

Shift: Varies

Hours: Varies

Pay: $22.52 - $23.77 per hour

Job Description:

The Transporter is responsible for the daily transporting of patients requiring imaging studies to the Imaging Services Department. Transporter will also transport imaging supplies, x-rays, imaging specimens, x-ray reports, etc. to and from the necessary areas of the hospital.

Responsibilities:

Transport patients to and from various locations within the hospital

Confirm patient record against imaging requisition prior to transporting

Assist patients on and off stretchers and/or imaging tables

Assist technologists in the movement of patients as needed

Maintain all necessary transport logs

Stock all imaging rooms with necessary supplies on a daily basis

Clean stretchers and wheelchairs after each use

Requirements:

High School diploma or Equivalency required

1 year experience as a patient transporter or orderly preferred

Good communication skills