Patient Transport

Patient Transporters are primarily responsible for providing non-emergency transport services for patients within a hospital or healthcare facility.

    Moving patients to and from different areas of the facility

• Assisting patients in and out of bed or wheelchairs
• Assisting patients in and out of cars, taxis, and other vehicles
• Carefully lifting patients from their beds and placing them into wheelchairs or moveable beds
• Moving patients to different areas of the hospital, such as operating rooms, treatment areas, and special service departments
• Driving patients to appropriate destinations to receive medical care
• Driving safely in accordance with traffic laws and posted speed limits while accounting for weather conditions
• Traveling by routes specified by patient transportation manager or an approved GPS system