Patient Escort Service Aide | Nursing Support Services

Pay Range
$21.59-$27.70/hr
Company Overview
The people of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) are united by a singular mission: ending cancer for life. Our specialized care teams provide personalized, compassionate, expert care to patients of all ages. Informed by basic research done at our Sloan Kettering Institute, scientists across MSK collaborate to conduct innovative translational and clinical research that is driving a revolution in our understanding of cancer as a disease and improving the ability to prevent, diagnose, and treat it. MSK is dedicated to training the next generation of scientists and clinicians, who go on to pursue our mission at MSK and around the globe. One of the world's most respected comprehensive centers devoted exclusively to cancer, we have been recognized as one of the top two cancer hospitals in the country by U.S. News & World Report for more than 30 years.
Vaccination for COVID-19 and Influenza (flu) is mandatory for all MSK staff. Staff are considered fully vaccinated upon completion of a primary vaccination series for COVID-19 (i.e., one dose of a single dose vaccine or a final dose of a multi-dose vaccine series). Exceptions from the COVID-19 and Influenza (flu) vaccine requirements are permitted for those who request and receive an approved medical, religious, or fully remote exemption. Requests for exemption can take up to two weeks to review. Vaccination or an approved exemption is required to start work.
Job Description
Patient Escort Service Aide | Nursing Support Services | Main Campus
Hours: 8 hour shifts flexed between the hours of 7am-11:30pm with every other weekend, variable hours
We deeply value our patients and work to deliver safe, positive, and comfortable experiences. The department of Nursing Support Services is seeking a Patient Escort Service Aide. In this position, you will perform a variety of services including patient transport and weighing as well as the pick-up and delivery of specimens and equipment. This is an exciting opportunity for someone who is passionate about helping others. Are you ready to join a dynamic team and find your life's calling?
You Are:

• Excited to work as part of a care-giving, patient-centered team, capable of building strong relationships and delivering patient-centric solutions
• A problem-solver, eager to take initiative in new situations and address tough challenges with a sense of urgency, high energy and passion
• Capable of building strong customer relationships and delivering customer-centric solutions
• A good decision-maker, with shown success at making timely decisions that keep the organization moving forward.
• Able to operate effectively, even when things are not clear or the way forward is not obvious.
• A good decision-maker, with shown success at making timely decisions that keep the organization moving forward

You Will:

• Transports patients (on stretchers, wheelchairs or walking) to and from patient floors. Ensures accurate patient information and destination are correct. Assists nursing staff in transferring patients to/from bed, stretcher or wheelchair, using proper body mechanics.
• Disinfects patient's wheelchair/stretcher and washes own hands prior to placing patient on transport equipment.
• Identities various tubes/pumps and equipment, (e.g. catheter, suction, oxygen), and knows correct method of attaching them for safe transport of patients.
• Monitors oxygen level in tank to ensure a safe amount for the patient's trip to and from destination point; takes immediate and appropriate action for any situation in which the patient is experiencing a problem. Any issues regarding oxygen level will be reported to our Nursing staff.
• Picks up morgue stretcher, ensures that body has been prepared properly, transfers body from stretcher to refrigerator tray by using proper body mechanics and asking for assistance when needed and completes transfer in a serious and professional manner.
• Picks up specimens, expiration charts and requisitions as assigned, ensuring prompt delivery to designated areas.
• Picks up and distributes equipment ensuring proper care maintenance.
• Picks up soiled equipment from inpatient floors and delivers to Central Sterile for cleaning.
• Transports clean equipment from Central Sterile to PES equipment room; follows departmental guidelines for maintaining PES equipment rooms and traction storage area.
• Ensures that designated areas are supplied with the specified number of wheelchairs and stretchers.

You Have:

• Must meet the requirements for N95 Mask Fit Testing upon hire in addition to annual fit testing
• Ability to understand and properly apply infection control information
• Able to stand and walk throughout the course of the shift and be able to push and pull light to medium weights frequently, heavy weights occasionally
• Ability to function in high-stress environments, e.g. transporting acutely ill patients and respond to a CODE

Pay Range
$21.59-$27.70
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