Supports patient care by maintaining the patient environment, supplying necessary care items, transporting patients and patient-related materials and assisting in direct care given by clinical personnel. Responsible for performing and problem solving through complex patient-positioning transfers, under the direct and indirect supervision of the surgical team, by using appropriate patient-positioning equipment. Assists the surgical staff with physically demanding tasks to prevent injury. Consults with nursing staff and physicians in the development and implementation of positioning plans for surgical patients. Assists in building a "culture of safety" to support clinicians in providing a safe working environment. Ensures positive patient customer satisfaction; proper utilization of body mechanics; and adherence to policies, procedures and standards established by UF Health and the departmental management.
Transport:
Responsible for the safe, timely and accurate transport of patients, medical equipment and patient-related items to their destinations, enabling physicians, nurses, technicians and therapists to perform their duties in an effective manner. Ensures positive patient customer satisfaction; proper utilization of body mechanics; and adherence to policies, procedures and standards established by UF Health and the departmental management.
Minimum Education and Experience Requirements:
Minimum Pay Rate - Hourly: $15.50
Midpoint Pay Rate - Hourly: $17.33
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UF Health Shands Hospital is committed to diversity as a competitive advantage in attracting top talent from across the nation and around the world. We believe in sharing knowledge, learning from one another, valuing different opinions, and celebrating the things that make each one of us unique in our own right. UF Health Shands Hospital is an equal opportunity employer and drug-free workplace. Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D/V
RN 3-12 I Operating Room North
Gainesville, FL
Shift/Days: Variable
Posted FTE: 0.90 = 36 Hours
Surgical Technologist 3-12 I Operating Room North
Gainesville, FL
Shift/Days: Variable
Posted FTE: 0.90 = 36 Hours
RN 3-12 I Operating Room North
Gainesville, FL
Shift/Days: Variable
Posted FTE: 0.90 = 36 Hours
Patient Support Technician I Operating Room North
Gainesville, FL
Shift/Days: Variable
Posted FTE: 1.00 = 40 Hours
RN 3-12 I Operating Room North
Gainesville, FL
Shift/Days: Variable
Posted FTE: 0.90 = 36 Hours
As you would expect from an organization this size, our core benefits include medical insurance and prescription drug plans, short-term and long-term disability, life insurance, generous paid time off, 10 paid holidays per year and an employee assistance plan. Voluntary benefits include tuition reimbursement, dependent care and health care reimbursement accounts, dental insurance, vision plan and more. Retirement benefits include a 403(b) plan.
UF Health Shands is recognized as Florida’s premier hospital system, thanks to our commitment to quality clinical care that yields outstanding outcomes and continually earns us national recognition. It is our privilege to offer distinguished, patient-centered care and build upon our role as the state’s premier provider of medical expertise and specialties.
UF Health ranks 53rd on the 2021 Forbes list of Florida’s 100 best workplaces and ranks 31st on their list of best workplaces in the nation for women. UF Health Shands Hospital was included in Indeed’s list of the “2019 Top-Rated Workplaces” for hospitals, which recognizes the 25 “Best Hospitals” in the U.S. We are number 20.
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For a full list of UF Health career opportunities statewide, go to our main career site.
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