Morgue Assistant Jobs in Elgin, IL (NOW HIRING)

Location: Chicago, Illinois

Business Unit: Rush Medical Center

Hospital: Rush University Medical Center

Department: Patient Transport Services

Work Type: Part Time (Total FTE between 0. 5 and 0. 89)

Shift: Shift 3

Work Schedule: 8 Hr (10:00:00 PM - 6:30:00 AM)

Rush offers exceptional rewards and benefits. Learn more at our Rush benefits page (https://www.rush.edu/rush-careers/employee-benefits).

Pay Range: $19.65 per hour
Rush salaries are determined by many factors including, but not limited to, education, job-related experience and skills, as well as internal equity and industry-specific market data. The pay range for each role reflects Rush’s anticipated wage or salary reasonably expected to be offered for the position. Offers may vary depending on the circumstances of each case.

Summary:
Transporting patients and patient-related items throughout the hospital complex. Exemplifies the Rush mission, vision and values and acts in accordance with Rush policies and procedures.

Other information:
Required Job Qualifications:
• Ability to follow verbal and written instructions.
• Respond to a Dr. Code Blue/Delivering Blood Gases (Main House, Professional Building, Academic Facility, and Johnston R. Bowman, which is about two (2) blocks).
Physical Demands:
• Ability to lift 50 pounds and have excellent patient contact/customer skills.
• Physically able to constantly push stretcher and/or wheelchair patients; on foot for the majority of the work day.
• Must be able to walk at a fast pace and sometimes run in a life-or-death situation, which includes the following:
• Transporting Emergency Room patients via stretchers.
• Transporting patients via stretcher to and from JRB
• Transporting patients via wheelchair/stretcher up and down inclines.
• Using the stairs depending on the emergency request.
• Pushing a large emergency crash cart (approximately 200 lbs.) from the Pharmacy Department to the emergency site.

Responsibilities:
•To maintain self in appearance and attitude in a professional manner.
•To function under pressure when interacting with patients, co-workers, etc. in difficult situations without being offended.
•To follow all hospital and departmental policies and procedures.
•Train new Transport Specialists on all aspects of the jobs; e.g. how to use and accept job assignments from Patient Tracking via telephone (refer to Patient Tracking Guidelines), how to record their job assignments, body mechanics, how to properly use various pieces of equipment (i.e. beds, stretchers/wheel- chairs, I-meds, oxygen, etc.), how to transport patients up and down inclines as well as getting on and off the elevators, procedures on the units/departments, monitoring work assignments, etc.
•Assist in evaluating new wheelchairs and stretchers to be purchased to transport patients.
•Transport patients, hospital records, and other materials throughout the institution.
•Physically move patients on and off transport equipment. Assist the patient care units/departments staff with transferring patients to and from beds to HTS wheelchairs/stretchers.
•Check the gauge of the Oxygen Tank (02) to make sure it is full when transporting patients on oxygen to their exams. Provides back-up assistance for the Doorman to transport outpatients to and from the Professional Building.
•Escort discharged patients with their belongings to the Credit Office when requested by the units to pick up their personal items from the vault.
•Transport deceased patients on the cadaver cart to the morgue.
•Accompany the undertaker and/or police personnel upon request to the morgue to release deceased patients.
•Per Medical Records, transport deceased patients to the receiving dock (deceased patients are never to be left unattended) to be picked up by the Police personnel.
•Transport the deceased patients to the Viewing Room.
•Respond to Dr. Code pages with crash carts and remain until completed.
•Make up stretchers with clean linen as needed. Strip stretchers of soiled linen and place soiled linen in proper laundry pickup stations.
•Deliver wheelchairs and stretchers to the units/departments when requested.
•Transport blood product requisitions to various areas when the tube station is out of service.
•Transport blood bank pickup slips (when tube station is out of service) from the units to Blood Center and return blood to patient care nursing unit's staff.
•Transport patients' belongings as directed.
•Deliver wheelchairs/stretchers that are in need of repair and/or cleaning to the storage areas (005 Pavilion (wheelchairs only), room 415 Jones and 909 Jelke).
•HTS wheelchairs/stretchers are not to be left unattended in hallways, on the units, by Elevators, etc.; unattended wheelchairs/stretchers are placed in the designated storage areas when not used to transport patients (005 Pavilion wheelchairs only), 415 Jones and 909 Jelke).
•Alert the Security Department when unusual occurrences are observed.
•Attend meetings when requested.
•Perform related duties assigned.

Rush is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics.