Job Description

How to Apply

A resume must be attached to your application in order to be considered for this job posting.  Applications received without an attached resume will not be considered.

Job Summary

Heavy, physical, and busy work that requires:

Frequent, clear communication with co-workers.  Good attendance record.  On your feet most of shift.  Need to lift, pull, and push without restrictions.  Transporting patients on stretchers, beds, or by wheelchair with some patients weighing over 300 lbs.  Ability to effectively and positively work with patients that may be ill.  Transferring patients to/from beds, stretchers, wheelchairs.
Transporting equipment.  Transporting paperwork.  Transporting lab specimens.  Trips to/from other hospital departments.  Cleaning wheelchairs and stretcher as needed for patient care use.
Making stretchers with clean linen.  Keeping log of transports, and signing in and out on log, Notifying clinical staff as needed for patient care needs, including when Lift Team assistance is required.  Immediately responding as part of MPU team to unexpected and emergent situations.

Mission Statement

Michigan Medicine improves the health of patients, populations and communities through excellence in education, patient care, community service, research and technology development, and through leadership activities in Michigan, nationally and internationally.  Our mission is guided by our Strategic Principles and has three critical components; patient care, education and research that together enhance our contribution to society.

Why Join Michigan Medicine?

Michigan Medicine is one of the largest health care complexes in the world and has been the site of many groundbreaking medical and technological advancements since the opening of the U-M Medical School in 1850. Michigan Medicine is comprised of over 30,000 employees and our vision is to attract, inspire, and develop outstanding people in medicine, sciences, and healthcare to become one of the world?s most distinguished academic health systems.  In some way, great or small, every person here helps to advance this world-class institution. Work at Michigan Medicine and become a victor for the greater good.

What Benefits can you Look Forward to?

Required Qualifications*

Work Schedule

Hours/Days/Shift:  40 hours per week, variable hours, Monday through Friday.

Modes of Work

Positions that are eligible for hybrid or mobile/remote work mode are at the discretion of the hiring department. Work agreements are reviewed annually at a minimum and are subject to change at any time, and for any reason, throughout the course of employment. Learn more about the work modes.

Union Affiliation

This position is covered under the collective bargaining agreement between the U-M and the AFSCME union, which contains and settles all matters with respect to wages, benefits, hours and other terms and conditions of employment.

Background Screening

Michigan Medicine conducts background screening and pre-employment drug testing on job candidates upon acceptance of a contingent job offer and may use a third party administrator to conduct background screenings.  Background screenings are performed in compliance with the Fair Credit Report Act. Pre-employment drug testing applies to all selected candidates, including new or additional faculty and staff appointments, as well as transfers from other U-M campuses.

Application Deadline

Job openings are posted for a minimum of five calendar days. The review and selection process may begin as early as the sixth day after posting. This opening may be removed from posting boards and filled anytime after the minimum posting period has ended.

U-M EEO/AA Statement

The University of Michigan is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.

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