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**It's more than a career, it's a calling** WI-SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison **Worker Type:** Regular **Job Highlights:** **Department:** Patient Transport **Location:** SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison 700 South Park Street Madison, WI 53715 **Position Details** + **Schedule:** Full-time scheduled 40 hours a week + **Hours:** Start time between 7am -9am with 8.5/hr shifts + **Weekend Rotation:** Every other Weekend + No on-call requirements **General Job Duties** + **Patient Transport:** Safely transports patients using wheelchairs, stretchers, or beds to designated locations, including those requiring medical equipment such as oxygen tanks, IV pumps, and monitors. + **Mobility Assistance:** Assists patients with entering and exiting vehicles and transferring to or from wheelchairs or stretchers. + **Support Services:** Delivers medical equipment and specimens to staff or departments; may assist with transporting deceased patients to the morgue. **Job Summary:** Transports patients, specimens and equipment throughout the facility. **Job Responsibilities and Requirements:** 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 Shift:** Day Shift (United States of America) **Job Type:** Employee **Department:** 8074000007 Patient Transport **Scheduled Weekly Hours:** 40 **Benefits:** SSM Health values our exceptional employees by offering a comprehensive benefits package to fit their needs. + **Paid Parental Leave** **:** we offer eligible team members one week of paid parental leave for newborns or newly adopted children (pro-rated based on FTE). + **Flexible Payment Options:** our voluntary benefit offered through DailyPay offers eligible hourly team members instant access to their earned, unpaid base pay (fees may apply) before payday. + **Upfront Tuition Coverage** : we provide upfront tuition coverage through FlexPath Funded for eligible team members. Explore All Benefits ( _SSM Health is an equal opportunity employer. SSM Health does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity,_ _pregnancy, veteran status_ **_,_** _or any other characteristic protected by applicable law._ Click here to learn more. (

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