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Department/Unit:

Emergency Department

Work Shift:

Evening (United States of America)

Hourly Range: $18.00/hr. - $23.00/hr.

Essential role in the delivery of patient care. The transporter helps to move patients to different areas of the hospital, such as within the Emergency Department, Radiology, and inpatient areas.

• Ensure that beds and stretchers are set for patient use including placement of IV poles, safe operations of bed and stretcher in corridors, and safe and secure placement of oxygen cylinders.• Ensure that wheelchairs and barcos are set for patient use including placement of patient chart, safe operation of the wheelchair in corridors and safe and secure placement of oxygen cylinders.• Operate other transporting equipment and products as needed including the morgue cart, blood products/patient labs, pharmacy products, and other patient care equipment.• Utilize the zone phones to communicate with staff on patient needs.• Provide customer service to patients and internal colleagues.

Qualifications:

• High School or equivalent• Experience with patient care supply management preferred.• Excellent communication, organizational and interpersonal skills preferred.

Thank you for your interest in Albany Medical Center!​

Albany Medical is an equal opportunity employer.

This role may require access to information considered sensitive to Albany Medical Center, its patients, affiliates, and partners, including but not limited to HIPAA Protected Health Information and other information regulated by Federal and New York State statutes. Workforce members are expected to ensure that:

Access to information is based on a “need to know” and is the minimum necessary to properly perform assigned duties. Use or disclosure shall not exceed the minimum amount of information needed to accomplish an intended purpose. Reasonable efforts, consistent with Albany Med Center policies and standards, shall be made to ensure that information is adequately protected from unauthorized access and modification.

Albany Med is the centerpiece of medicine, research, and medical education in New York’s CapitalRegion and is the area's largest private employer with more than 10,000 employees.

Albany Med offers excellent career opportunities in a wide range of roles in both patient care andadministration. We value all our staff members and offer outstanding employee benefits including:

• Excellent health care coverage (http://albanymedcareers.com/benefits/employee-health-%20benefits/) with lower copays at most Albany Med providers.

• A wide array of services and programs to support emotional, physical, and mental wellbeing (http://albanymedcareers.com/benefits/employee-advantages/)

Anchored in the state’s historic capital city, Albany Med offers a full range outpatient and inpatient careand is home to the region’s largest hospital, only Level 1 trauma center, and only children’s hospital. Thedowntown campus also offers opportunities at Albany Medical College.

Albany Med partners with Columbia Memorial Health, Saratoga Hospital and Glens Falls Hospital to form the Albany Med Health System, serving more than three million people over 25 counties.