Patient transporter at a hospital?
Discount Medical Scrubs
I'm a pre-nursing student looking to get into working in a hospital setting for both exposure and experience. This summer, I really want to work as an aide at my local hospital.
One of the hospitals near my school (actually -- the one that my school's nursing program is connected to) currently has an opening for patient transporters, so I applied, and got a call for an interview (probably because I'm a nursing major at my school -- I'm not sure of any other reason since I've mainly worked in retail).
Here's the job posting:
POSITION SUMMARY: Responsible for the safe, timely and accurate transport of patients, medical equipment and patient-related items to their destinations enabling physicians, nurses, technicians, and therapists to perform their duties in an effective manner.. EDUCATION, TRAINING, EXPERIENCE, CERTIFICATION AND LICENSURE: High school graduate or equivalent. Prior patient care/handling experience preferred. Participates in orientation and continuing education and updates and maintains knowledge and skills related to specific areas of expertise. Completes population specific competency annually on populations served as identified in scope of care and service. SPECIAL EQUIPMENT, SKILLS OR OTHER REQUIREMENTS: Good communication and interpersonal skills required.
I have a couple questions:
1) What is working as a patient transporter like?
2) What do patient transporters wear? (Wondering if I should be looking for scrubs).
3) Pay? Not really an issue...I'm just curious.
4) Will this help me get the aide job at the hospital at home (it has basically the same requirements)?
5) What kinds of questions will the interview consist of?
I would be extremely stoked if I got the job for a variety of reasons including the fact that I'm a poor college student and it's money, I'll start getting to know the hospital I'll be in all the time next year and the year after, and if I want to take A&P II at my school over the summer, I wouldn't have to worry about getting a job elsewhere.
Thanks guys!
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March 5th, 2011 at 6:32 pm
They used to be called orderlies. The job is about taking a patient to radiology or physical therapy, for instance, and back to their rooms. Sometimes you will be called on to help nurses move a patient in bed, and to take charts from medical records to the nurses station. you get to clean up spills sometimes, and you get to take medical equipment from one place to another.
The interview will be whether you are willing to take instructions, be responsible, whether you have sense enough to be well groomed, and to take care not to spread infection from one place to another. Probably scrubs are standard.
March 5th, 2011 at 6:32 pm
omg.. did you ever learn how to summarize an easy when you want to med school?