**It's more than a career, it's a calling.** MO-SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis **Worker Type:** PRN **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:** PRN / Per Diem Shift (United States of America) **Job Type:** Employee **Department:** 8074000128 Patient Transportation **Scheduled Weekly Hours:** 0 _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. (https://www.ssmhealth.com/privacy-notices-terms-of-use/non-discrimination?\_ga=2.205881493.704955970.1667719643-240470506.1667719643)_