Under the supervision of the Security Supervisor, the Transport Officer performs transportation for HaysMed patients that are being involuntarily committed to another facility. The Transport Officers will provide a safe and secure transport for our patients to another facility after being screened by mental health agencies and when requested by nursing staff or case management. HMC @ PV:  Independently performs sorting, picking up and delivery of supplies and lab specimens for Pawnee Valley Community Hospital and offsite facilities; and responsible for transporting money deposits.

• Transport Officers will be placed on an on call rotation.
• Will be required to report for transport within 30 minutes.
• Will be required to follow the HaysMed Transport Procedures.
• Report and log if service/repairs are needed.
• Picks up supplies or lab specimens daily, delivers supplies and transports supplies for off site facilities and delivers specimens and supplies daily.
• Picks up and delivers lab specimens to outside facilities daily.
• Ensures proper transport procedures including: coolers, ice packs, hot packs, and or room temperature specimens for delivery.
• Ensures safe driving techniques of the vehicle under adverse weather conditions.
• Loading and unloading the vehicle, maneuvers around obstacles with large carts.
• Ability to maneuver vehicle through heavy traffic and difficult loading dock entries.
• Completes maintenance of the vehicles by checking gas, oil, transmission, windshield wiper and brake fluid levels, air pressure of tires and safety reversing audio signal is working, cleans vehicle, completes minor maintenance problems (ex: jump starts vehicle) or notifies supervisor, and cleans snow and ice from vehicle. 
• HMC @ PV Picks up supplies or lab specimens from PVCH daily, delivers supplies to PVCH and transports supplies for off site facilities; and delivers specimens and supplies daily.
• Picks up and delivers lab specimens from PVCH to outside facilities dailiy; and ensures proper transport procedures including: coolers, ice packs, hot packs, and or room temperature specimens for delivery.
• Ensures safe driving techniques of the vehicle under adverse weather conditions; loading and unloading the vehicle, maneuvers around obstacles with large carts; ability to maneuver vehicle through heavy traffic and difficult loading dock entries; completes maintenance of the vehicles by checking gas, oil, transmission, windshield wiper and brake fluid levels, air pressure of tires and safety reversing audio signal is working; cleans vehicle; completes minor maintenance problems (ex: jump starts vehicle) or notifies supervisor; and cleans snow and ice from vehicle.

Infection Control: Initial and Ongoing training in dealing with infection control. Trainings could include but are not limited to, blood borne pathogens, bodily fluids and bio hazardous materials as it applies to your daily work environment.

Patient Interaction: Frequent

HIPAA: This position will have access to the following Protected Health Information in order to carry out the duties related to their position at HaysMed based on the following criteria: Primary - required (routine) to do the jobSecondary - required for the job, but mostly be exceptionNone - no approved accessDescription of Information LevelNone: Patient Demographic Information (information used to identify a person): Name, Date of Birth, Address, Race, Marital Status, Religion Financial Information/Insurance (information related to insurance, billing and payment): Billing Information, Payer Name, Payer ID, Account Balances, Plan Elements Covered, Payment Information, Payment Rates Clinical Information (information that describes a patient's health status): Diagnosis, Reports/Medical Notes, Test Results, Problem List, Procedures, History and Physical Coding Information (clinical information that is in (alpha) numeric format): ICD-9 Codes, Rev Codes, CPT Codes.

Required:

• A valid Kansas drivers license with an acceptable driving record and must be insurable through the medical center's insurance carrier.
• Additional certification may be required for certain patient care settings or populations. Specific information and the timeframe in which such certification must be attained will be provided by the department director/manager/supervisor at time of hire/transfer into department.

Preferred:

• High school graduate or equivalence