Patient Transporter

Overland Park Regional Medical Center; Overland Park (KS); On-site; USD 21,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Overland Park Regional Medical Center is seeking a Patient Transporter to help move patients, equipment, and supplies within the hospital, contributing to a safe and compassionate patient experience. You will interact with patients, visitors, and clinical staff, upholding service and safety standards.

The role involves lifting patients, transporting them on beds or wheelchairs, delivering items to care areas, and handling specimen transport, with BLS required within 90 days of hire.

Qualifications

• The role moves patients, equipment and supplies within the hospital.
• Requires commitment to service, safety and professionalism.
• BLS is required within 90 days of hire.

Responsibilities

• Safely lift patients on and off beds and transport them using wheelchairs or moveable beds.
• Comfort patients and their families by offering support and encouragement.
• Deliver equipment and supplies to treatment areas and patient care areas.
• Pickup and deliver laboratory specimens.

Skills

Patient transport

Patient safety

Customer service

Education

HS Diploma or equivalent

BLS certification (AHA)

Job description

Do you have the career opportunities as a(an) Patient Transporter you want with your current employer? We have an exciting opportunity for you to join Overland Park Regional Medical Center which is part of the nation's leading provider of healthcare services, HCA Healthcare.

Job Summary And Qualifications

Our Transporters assist with the movement of patients, equipment, supplies in and around the hospital. In this patient-care support role, colleagues have important contact with patients, visitor and clinical staff every day. Join our team where your commitment to service, safety and professionalism will contribute to a positive patient experience.

What You Will Do In This Role:

• You will safely lift patients on and off beds and transport them safely to and from special service and treatment areas using wheelchairs or moveable beds.
• You will comfort patients and their families by offering support and encouragement.
• You will deliver equipment and supplies to assigned treatment areas and patient care areas.
• You will pick up and deliver laboratory specimens.

What Qualifications You Will Need:

• HS Diploma or equivalent preferred.
• American Heart Association Basic Life Saving (BLS) Required with 90 days of hire.

Benefits

Overland Park Regional Medical Center, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services
• Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
• Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
• Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
• Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts

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Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

Overland Park Regional Medical Center is a 340+ bed facility offering acute medical services to our patients. We are Johnson County’s only Pediatric Intensive Care Unit and Level II Trauma Center. We have an Accredited Stroke and Chest Pain Center. Our hospital is a premier area destination for Women's & Children’s healthcare services. We offer the region’s only Maternal Fetal Health Center to care for critically ill mothers and their babies. Our hospital has an antepartum unit, a labor and delivery unit, and a Level III NICU. We have four emergency rooms, including a dedicated Pediatric emergency room and two freestanding ERs located in Olathe and Shawnee. Each year our colleagues treat over 45,000 patients. Caring for patients is more than a job for us, it's our mission and our calling. OPRMC is part of HCA Midwest Health, Kansas City’s leading healthcare provider in the region.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World's Most Ethical Companies by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

"Bricks and mortar do not make a hospital. People do."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.

HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

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.