It's more than a career, it's a calling MO-SSM Health Ambulatory Care Center CSM Worker Type: Regular Job Highlights: Join a team where your work matters— every moment, every patient, every community. At SSM Health, you’ll be empowered to grow, supported to thrive, and inspired to make a lasting impact. As a Transporter , you will play an important role in supporting patient care by safely and efficiently transporting patients throughout the healthcare facility.
You will provide exceptional customer service while assisting patients with wheelchairs, stretchers, and other transport equipment, ensuring their comfort, dignity, and safety at all times. Working closely with clinical and support teams, you will help maintain patient flow, communicate effectively with patients and caregivers, and contribute to a positive healthcare experience in a fast-paced environment. Reliability, professionalism, teamwork, and a strong commitment to patient safety are essential to success in this role.
Department: SLUCare Centralized Contact Center
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Transports patients, specimens and equipment throughout the facility.
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PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES Transports patients via wheelchair, stretcher or bed to designated sites as requested, including patients with oxygen tanks, intravenous pumps, drips, monitors and other equipment. Assists patients with entering and exiting vehicles, including transfer from or to wheelchairs or stretchers. Delivers equipment and specimens to requesting staff or department.
May assist staff with removal of deceased bodies from units and transport to morgue. Greets and provides information and direction to patients and visitors. Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.
May clean and disinfect hospital equipment, including intravenous pumps, drips, and monitors, using established cleaning guidelines. Performs other duties as assigned. EDUCATION High School diploma/GED or 10 years of work experience EXPERIENCE No experience required PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS Constant standing and walking.
Frequent use of hearing and speech to share information through oral communication. Frequent use of hearing to distinguish body sounds and/or hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc. Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.
Frequent reaching, gripping, and keyboard use/data entry. Frequent use of vision for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors. Occasional bending, stooping, crawling, kneeling, sitting, squatting and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.
Occasional use of vision to judge distances and spatial relationships. Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs. Occasional lifting/moving patients.
Occasional use of smell to detect/recognize odors. Occasional driving. REQUIRED PROFESSIONAL LICENSE AND/OR CERTIFICATIONS State of Work Location: Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma, Wisconsin Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA) Work
Day Shift Job Type: Employee Department: 8565000235 SLUCare Centralized Contact Ctr Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40 SSM Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. SSM Health provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.
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