Transporter

Alaska Regional Hospital - Anchorage, AK

Job Title: Transporter

Position: Mobility Care Technician

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City: Anchorage

State: AK

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Support the work of the Registered Nurse and Physical Therapist throughout the inpatient units.
Provide care through patient handling, transfers, and ambulation.
Follow an individualized mobility plan for positioning, transfers, and ambulation.
Utilize proper body mechanics for all patient handling and integrate use of lift equipment as needed.
Supervise all hospital lift equipment (Hoyer, Sara, Arjo Stedy).
Place, remove, monitor all Continuous Passive Motion (CPM) machines.
Provide education to nursing staff regarding transfer strategies, body mechanics, and use of lift(s).
Assist with activities of daily living.
Assist with therapeutic exercise and/or passive range of motion as directed by the Physical Therapist or Occupational Therapist.
Assist RN with patient procedures.
Remove restraints for patient transfers as indicated.
Assist with EKGs, phlebotomy, capillary blood glucose testing.
Complete clerical duties as assigned including department statistical data entry and tracking, scheduling and registering patients, clinic stocking, equipment/supply ordering, DME management and distribution.

Experience: One (1) year of experience in acute or extended care preferred.

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C.NA or EMT license preferred
Basic Cardiac Life Support must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date

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COVID-19 Requirements: Not Specified

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.