Patient Transporter

HCA Healthcare; Thornton (CO); On-site; USD 26,000 - 33,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Wellbeing support

Time away from work

Education support

Retirement resources

Job summary

HCA HealthONE Mountain Ridge is hiring a Patient Transporter to move patients safely between departments and support clinical teams. The role requires adherence to infection control procedures, patient identification protocols, and timely communication of status updates.

Ideal candidates will have healthcare or customer service experience, basic medical terminology knowledge, and proficiency with typing/computers.

Qualifications

• Positive, helpful attitude toward customers/patients and visitors.
• Ability to remain calm in a variety of circumstances.
• Must be flexible, reliable, and a team player.
• Previous healthcare or customer service experience preferred.
• Knowledge of simple medical terminology.
• Typing and computer skills are preferred.

Responsibilities

• Transport patients safely and efficiently between departments following transfer techniques and infection control procedures.
• Validate patients' identity based on department protocol.
• Assist with patient handling using safety equipment and procedures.
• Respond to all job calls in a timely manner and communicate status updates.
• Collect, clean, and disinfect patient care equipment and other reusable items.
• Restock supplies in the assigned area as necessary.

Skills

Customer service

Teamwork

Communication

Typing

Job description

Hourly Wage Estimate: $19.29 - $23.88 / hour
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The estimate displayed represents the typical wage range of candidates hired. Factors that may be used to determine your actual salary may include your specific skills, how many years of experience you have and comparison to other employees already in this role. The typical candidate is hired below midpoint of the range.

Do you want to join an organization that invests in you as a(an) Patient Transporter? At HCA HealthONE Mountain Ridge, you come first. HCA Healthcare has committed up to $300 million in programs to support our incredible team members over the course of three years.

As a team member, in addition to the specific responsibilities outlined below, The Patient Transporter demonstrates the mission, vision, and values of HCA HealthONE. Maintains established departmental policies, procedures, objectives, quality assurance program, safety standards, and environmental and infection control standards at all times. Transports patients safely and efficiently between various departments following appropriate transfer techniques and proper isolation/infection control procedures. Validates patients identity based on established department protocol. Remains alert to patient condition and promptly communicates changes to clinical staff. Assists with patient handling and lifting using appropriate patient safety equipment and appropriate safety procedures. Responds to all job calls in a timely manner. Communicates status updates and location information as required in accordance with department protocols to help facilitate work flow. Collects, cleans and disinfects patient care equipment and all other reusable items according to organizational standards. Performs supply restocking of assigned area as necessary.

Position Requirements:

• Positive, helpful attitude toward customers/patients and visitors.
• Ability to remain calm in a variety of circumstances.
• Must be flexible, reliable, and a team player.

Experience:

• Previous healthcare or customer service experience preferred.
• Knowledge of simple medical terminology.
• Typing and computer skills are preferred.

Licensure/Certification/Registration: AHA or ARC BLS certification required.Benefits

HCA HealthONE Mountain Ridge, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive benefitsfor medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
• Wellbeing support,including free counseling and referral services
• Time away from workprograms 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 supportthrough tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
• Additional benefitsfor 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.

HCA HealthONE, one of the largest and most comprehensive healthcare systems in the Rocky Mountain region, offers more than 170 care sites in the Denver-metro area. Offering services across the continuum of care to meet patients’ total healthcare needs, HCA HealthONE includes seven acute care hospitals, a dedicated flagship pediatric hospital, a rehabilitation hospital, CareNow® urgent care clinics, mental health campuses, imaging and surgery centers, physician practices, home and hospice care, and AirLife Denver, which provides regional critical care air and ground transportation. Among HCA HealthONE’s acute care hospitals is Mountain Ridge (formerly North Suburban Medical Center), a 157-bed, Level II state-designated trauma facility. Mountain Ridge strives to meet and exceed the needs of the north metro Denver communities by also providing two freestanding, full-service emergency rooms and an outpatient surgery center. Consistently among the Denver Business Journals’ list of top corporate philanthropists in the Denver-metro area, HCA HealthONE was named as one of the most community-minded organizations by The Civic 50 and contributed more than $1 million through cash and in-kind donations last year alone, along with more than $400M in federal, state and local taxes.

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

Good people beget good people.- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr. HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

We are a family 270,000 dedicated professionals! Our Talent Acquisition team is reviewing applications for our Patient Transporter opening. 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.