Job Description

With over 150 years of caring for our community and each other in the Washington DC area, Howard University Hospital has a world-renowned reputation for high-quality, patient-centric care. Howard University Hospital is the nation’s only teaching hospital located on the campus of a Historically Black University and has created a superior learning environment, with groundbreaking research and positive patient outcomes. 

 
Howard University Hospital seeks to hire a  Patient Transporter in the  Patient Transportation department, who will embrace our rich and historic tradition of excellence. 

As a Patient Transporter , you will:

• Transports patients to and from various diagnostics and therapeutic areas in the Main Hospital
• Fulfill responsibilities as assigned and/or float basis in response to inpatient’ needs across all departments of the Hospital.
• Picks up specimen/labs from units and delivers to labs and blood bank. Picks up blood from blood bank and deliver to units.
• Perform other duties that further the customer service needs of the unit, such as answering ASCOM phones and removing empty beds and stretchers from unit hallways upon request.
• Ascertains patient name, destination, mode of travel, time and other data, following written or verbal instructions.
• Assists the unit nursing staff in transferring patients in and out of bed onto wheelchairs and stretchers and lifting patients with Hoyer lift as well as patient care on units.
• Respond to emergent and urgent patient and operational issues.
• Prepares, inspects and cleans transportation equipment prior to transporting patients.  Reports incidents and any unsafe equipment to the Transportation Manager for maintenance and repair.
• Transports deceased patients to the morgue.
• Assumes other duties and responsibilities that are related and appropriate to the position and area.  The above responsibilities are a general description of the level and nature of the work assigned to this classification and are not to be considered as all-inclusive.

Qualifications include:

• High School Graduate or General Equivalent Diploma (G.E.D.)
• Six (6) months of responsible work experience in a Hospital or Medical Care Facility preferred.
• Current American Heart Association Basic Cardiac Life Support Card (BLS) upon hire

Position Details:

• Job Type/FTE: 1.0 (Fulltime)
• Shift: Evening Shift (M – F and every other weekend 3:30 PM – 12:00 AM)
• Work Location: Washington, D.C.
• Unit/Department: Patient Transportation
• Union: 2094-09
• Pay Range: $17.00 - $27.20
  • Compensation will be commensurate with equity and experience for roles of similar scope and responsibility 

At Howard University Hospital our job is to care for you. We do this by offering: 
Work-life balance 
Recognition and rewards for professional expertise 
Competitive, comprehensive benefit plans offered (including health, disability, vacation, sick leave, and 403B retirement plan) 
HRSA Loan Forgiveness available 

COVID-19 Vaccination  

Howard University Hospital requires all external applicants to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 before commencing employment.  External Applicants may be required to furnish proof of vaccination and, if offered, may elect to be vaccinated at a designated Howard University Hospital location. 

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