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Central Transport Department
Most hospitals have central transport departments,
which are responsible for transporting patients, mail, medical
records, laboratory specimens, equipment and patient-related materials
to all areas within the hospital.
Job responsibilities
Educational requirements
Job responsibilities
- Transports patients by wheelchair or stretcher to areas within the
hospital.
- Transfers patients to and from transport vehicles with direction
and/or assistance from nursing personnel.
- Collects laboratory specimens, medical records, x-rays, lab reports
and prescriptions and distributes these to appropriate areas.
- Moves equipment on wheels and/or other moderately heavy equipment
such as hospital beds, carts, cardiac monitors and supplies.
- Collects mail and interdepartmental correspondence from the mail
room and other departments and distributes it.
- Operates a service elevator used for transportation of patients,
equipment and supplies
- Collects and returns transport vehicles (wheelchairs and stretchers)
to appropriate areas.
- Prepares vehicles for patient use by cleaning, changing linen and
replacing I.V. poles.
- High school graduate
- Two to four weeks of on-the-job training
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