Job Location : Portsmouth,NH, USA
Are you passionate about the patient experience? At HCA Healthcare, we are committed to caring for patients with purpose and integrity. We care like family! Jump-start your career as a Patient Transporter today with Portsmouth Regional Hospital.
Portsmouth Regional Hospital, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career, and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include comprehensive medical coverage, additional options for dental and vision benefits, life and disability coverage, flexible spending accounts, and more. Free counseling services and resources for emotional, physical, and financial wellbeing are also available, along with a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay, and family support through fertility and family building benefits.
Come join our team as a Transporter. We care for our community! Just last year, HCA Healthcare and our colleagues donated $13.8 million dollars to charitable organizations. Apply Today!
Job Summary and QualificationsResponsible for the safe and timely transport of patients, equipment, and all other related functions to meet facility needs. Responsibilities include: excellent customer service, effective communication skills, follows applicable policies/procedures, attitude of ownership, ability to effectively coordinate with other hospital staff, physicians, and departments.
What you will do in this role: Cleans, maintains, and operates transport equipment and operates elevators to move or escort patients/visitors to and from various hospital areas, as directed, following established operating policies and procedures. Signs into iMobile immediately upon arriving on shift; utilizes and responds to staff in timely manner. Receives formal instruction/direction upon pick-up and provides formal hand-off report at the destination, when not required to stay with the patient. Communicates effectively and collaboratively with patients and staff. Alerts nursing staff of patient arrival to room for all transfers or new admissions. Always utilizes two patient identifiers prior to transport. Follows guidelines concerning communicable disease and use of Universal Precautions. Reports any changes in patient status/condition during transport. Removes and reports defective equipment to supervisor. Repositions room to safe and tidy condition by removing clutter from patient care areas.
What qualifications you will need: Ability to read, write, and understand written and oral instructions. Basic Cardiac Life Support must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date. High School Graduate / GED.
Situated in Portsmouth, NH, Portsmouth Regional Hospital is a premier 234-bed acute care facility that offers exceptional healthcare services to the Seacoast region of Massachusetts, Maine, and New Hampshire. This hospital is the sole ACS Verified Level II Trauma Center on the Seacoast of New Hampshire, making it an essential resource for the community. It boasts the region's only comprehensive heart and vascular program, along with 24/7 comprehensive neurosurgical and stroke clot retrieval programs for both hemorrhagic and ischemic strokes.
If you are looking for an opportunity that provides satisfaction and personal growth, we encourage you to apply for our Transporter opening. We promptly review all applications. Highly qualified candidates will be contacted for interviews. We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.