Hospital Courier

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

EDUCATION, CERTIFICATION, AND/OR LICENSURE:

1. Valid Driver's License.

EXPERIENCE:

1. Two (2) years operating a motor vehicle.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

EDUCATION, CERTIFICATION, AND/OR LICENSURE:

1. High school diploma or equivalent (GED)

EXPERIENCE:

1. One (1) year customer relations experience

2. One (1) year materials distributions experience

CORE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: The statements described here are intended to describe the general nature of work being performed by people assigned to this position. They are not intended to be constructed as an all-inclusive list of all responsibilities and duties. Other duties may be assigned.

1. Drives from hospital to offsite locations for pick-up of patient specimens, supplies, mail, reports, x-rays and other materials and delivers to proper location within hospital. Route is to be followed as per schedule, but may be adjusted by coordinators.

2. Responsible to act as liaison and communicate the needs of our customers back to the user department to facilitate a good working relationship.

3. Records and maintains a daily log of all activities as per courier logs and schedules.

4. Monitors and reports all problems arising from, specimen preservation, collection and documentation according to established basic criteria to Director and/or dispatchers.

5. Prepares and keeps clean all specimen carriers to ensure proper temperature for preservation of specimens and transports materials from hospital to outside locations following established universal precautions for handling of bio-hazard materials.

6. Fills courier vehicle with gasoline and routinely checks oil, windshield washer fluid, tires and other general maintenance. Responsible to report all actual and potential problems with vehicle to Director/supervisor.

7. Maintains cleanliness of hospital vehicles both interior and exterior

8. Maintains a working relationship with the Laboratory, Radiology and other hospital departments.

9. Performs other duties as assigned by Director, supervisor, and dispatcher to include delivering supplies to departments.

10. Keeps equipment in good maintenance by following the vehicle maintenance program.

11. Provides hands on training to backup couriers including route locations, logging, specimen handling, vehicle daily maintenance and schedule retention.

12. Ensures that laboratory specimens are submitted in the correct manner, delivered safely back to the main laboratory and distributed to specific laboratory areas.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

1. Frequent walking, standing, bending, squatting, reaching, and twisting

2. Ability to lift and/or carry up to 10 pounds and push up to 50 pounds.

WORKING ENVIRONMENT: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

1. Exposure to dust, gas, and fumes.

SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

1. Ability to attend to more than one aspect of a situation simultaneously.

2. Efficiency in processing of verbal information, either in written or spoken form is a major requirement and prerequisite of the job.

3. Some independent thought, planning or origination of options and solutions is necessary.

4. Ability to apply principles of reasoning and problem solving to resolve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.

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Equal Opportunity Employer

West Virginia University Health System and its subsidiaries (collectively "WVUHS") is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practices laws. WVUHS strictly prohibits and does not tolerate discrimination against employees, applicants, or any other covered persons because of race, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, ethnicity, sex (including gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity), age, physical or mental disability, citizenship, past, current, or prospective service in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law. All WVUHS employees, other workers, and representatives are prohibited from engaging in unlawful discrimination. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, training, promotion, discipline, compensation, benefits, and termination of employment.