Why Beebe?

Become part of the Beebe team - an inclusive team positioned in a vibrant, coastal community. Enjoy a fulfilling career as you support the health of our patients and a team focused on excellence.

Overview

• Must be able to apply numerous techniques for lifting, moving, and transferring patients.
• Knowledge of transfer methods to decide which transfer method is the safest choice for each patient.
• Competent in patient lifting, transfer, positioning, and transport.
• Competent in providing patient safety during movement.
• Knowledgeable in CPR, infection control, customer relations, equipment management, and associated policies and procedures.
• Work with the healthcare team to perform purposeful rounding on the units utilizing pre-defined response criteria.

Responsibilities

• Patient Transfer: Transport patient through hospital facility using all safety equipment and precautions. Transferring patients via wheelchair, stretcher, to vehicles, accompanying ambulatory patients, and use of any other transfer equipment available.
• Patient Lifting: An expert in all safety equipment to be used to transfer and lift patients. Work with the appropriate number of team members to lift patients safely.
• Patient Safety: Utilizes all safety equipment including but not limited to: gait belt, brakes on the stretchers and beds, and lifting devices.
• Timely Response to Pages and / or Timely Dispatching of Patient Escort Team Members: Maintains availability and communication with the department via walkie-talkie and phone and capacity management/careaware. MUST respond to all requests within 10 minutes. Receives and prioritizes patient escort trips and requested items for departments. Keeps an accurate log of safe lift technician duties and submits the log at the end of each shift to the designated area. Accurately reports any problems or concerns to the charge nurse, nurse supervisor, or nurse manager.
• Cleans and maintains stretchers and wheelchairs after each patient use. Utilized the Green is clean tape on equipment that is cleaned and maintains supplies at cleaning stations.
• Care and treatment: assists with positioning, turning, lifting, and ambulating patients. Assist with patient movement during complex dressing changes, patient care, etc. Gives accurate handoff report to the on-coming shift. Work with the healthcare team to perform purposeful hourly rounding.
• Other duties: independently seeks out additional duties or assignments, as directed by Nursing supervisor or Nurse Manager.