Medical Attendant - Patient Transfer

Work setting

• Urban area

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Transport patients between care facilities
• Transport patients in wheelchair or stretcher
• Answer call signals

Credentials

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

• First Aid Certificate
• CPR Certificate

Additional information

Security and safety

• Basic security clearance
• Driver's validity licence check
• Driving record check (abstract)
• Vulnerable sector check

Transportation/travel information

• Valid driver's licence

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Fast-paced environment
• Work under pressure
• Repetitive tasks
• Physically demanding
• Manual dexterity
• Attention to detail
• Standing for extended periods
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking
• Bending, crouching, kneeling

Weight handling

• More than 45 kg (100 lbs)

Personal suitability

• Client focus
• Dependability
• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Flexibility
• Initiative
• Interpersonal awareness
• Judgement
• Organized
• Reliability
• Team player
• Patience

Benefits

Health benefits

• Health care plan