Transporter

HCA Healthcare, Inc.; Pasadena (TX); On-site; USD 18,000 - 23,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) match

Tuition assistance

Life insurance

Employee stock purchase plan

Paid time off

Job summary

HCA Houston Healthcare Southeast in Pasadena, TX is seeking a Transporter to safely move patients and assist the Medical Imaging staff throughout the hospital. You may also support the front desk in the main department, OP Mall, or Radiation Therapy as needed.

The role emphasizes compassionate patient assistance, adherence to HIPAA, daily AIDET practice, and teamwork with technologists to expedite patient care. Basic Cardiac Life Support is required within 30 days of employment start date.

Qualifications

• Basic Cardiac Life Support must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date

Responsibilities

• Enter patient orders accurately when needed
• Demonstrate proper use of PATRA transport system
• Answer the telephone in a pleasant and helpful manner and relay messages appropriately
• Assist in keeping turnaround time (TAT) down
• Assist patients with completing information and history
• Assist Technologists as needed
• Assist patients in/out of wheelchairs
• Handle and store oxygen tanks properly
• Clean transport equipment after each patient
• Adhere to ethics and compliance, act with honesty and integrity
• Follow HIPAA guidelines
• Notify RN or dept staff when patient has arrived
• Practice AIDET daily
• Perform hand hygiene in/out of rooms

Skills

Basic Cardiac Life Support

Job description

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

Job Summary and Qualifications

To maintain a safe, efficient and pleasant work environment. To assist the Medical Imaging Staff and Physicians in performing their duties and to provide support for ancillary areas, when requested. To assist patients while transporting them throughout the hospital. Work with technologists performing exams to help expedite care to the patient. Work at front desk as needed in main dept, OP Mall or Radiation Therapy.

What you will do in this role:

• Accurately enters patient orders(if needed).
• Demonstrates proper use of PATRA transport system
• Answers the telephone in a pleasant and helpful manner and relay messages and phone calls appropriately.
• Assists in keeping TAT down.
• Assists patients with completing patient information and history.
• Assists Technologists as needed.
• Properly assist patients in/out of wheelchair
• Handles and stores full/empty onygen tanks in proper place.
• Cleans transport equipment after each patient
• Expectations Ethics and Compliance: All employees will be held accountable for behaviors displayed relative to the values articulated in the Mission and Values Statement. “Will act with absolute honest, integrity and fairness in the way we conduct our business and the way we live our lives.” All employees will be held accountable for attending training regarding the Code of Conduct program at least annually.
• Adheres to code of conduct at all times
• Follows HIPAA guidelines.
• Notifies RN or dept staff when patient has arrived.
• Must practice AIDET daily.
• Practices Hand Hygiene in/out of rooms

What qualifications you will need:

• Basic Cardiac Life Support must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date

No Travel Required

No experience Required Years of Experience

• Basic Cardiac Life Support must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date

No Travel Required

No experience Required Years of Experience

• Basic Cardiac Life Support must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date

No Travel Required

No experience Required Years of Experience

Benefits

HCA Houston Healthcare Southeast, 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

Learn more about Employee Benefits (https://careers.hcahealthcare.com/pages/employee-benefits-and-rewards)

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

HCA Houston Healthcare Southeast (https://careers.hcahealthcare.com/pages/hca-houston-healthcare-southeast) is a full-service 340+ bed acute care hospital in Pasadena, Texas . We have been a leader of medical care in Pasadena for more than 50 years. With board-certified physicians, registered nurses and expert technicians, the community has come to rely on us for top-quality, comprehensive and compassionate healthcare. HCA Houston Southeast is the only hospital in Pasadena with both Chest Pain Center Accreditation with Primary PCI and Resuscitation by the American College of Cardiology and full accreditation by The Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. We are members of HCA Houston Healthcare, the most comprehensive family of hospitals in the region and part of the leading provider of healthcare in the country, HCA Healthcare. Together we are stronger, smarter and more accessible in providing the patient-centered care you need close to home.

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

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.