Transporter PRN

HCA Houston Healthcare; Cypress (TX); On-site; USD 22,000 - 33,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive Benefits

401(k) Match

Education Support

Paid Time Off

Job summary

HCA Houston Healthcare North Cypress is seeking a Transporter PRN to support the hospital's patient transport needs. The role requires safe, efficient movement of patients by bed, stretcher, or wheelchair, with emphasis on patient safety and professionalism.

The transporter works with minimal supervision within the Transport Pool and collaborates with multiple departments to ensure timely patient flow and service to requestors. Prior experience is not required, and BCLS is preferred.

Qualifications

• Basic Cardiac Life Support
• No Travel Required
• No experience Required

Responsibilities

• Transfer patients using bed, stretcher, or wheelchair.
• Escort patients to and from departments ensuring safety.
• Maintain patient safety and documentation.
• Collaborate with departments to support transport needs.
• Maintain transport equipment and safe environment.

Skills

Customer Service

Initiative

Patient Safety

Documentation

Teamwork

Safety

Education & Training

Age Groups

Equipment Handling

Job description

Last year our HCA Healthcare colleagues invested over 156,000 hours volunteering in our communities. As a(an) Transporter PRN with HCA Houston Healthcare North Cypress you can be a part of an organization that is devoted to giving back!

Job Summary and Qualifications

Integral member of the facility Transport Pool. Works with minimal supervision and high initiative as a member of the facility Transportation pool. Transporters are responsible for the safe and efficient transport of patients to and from various locations via bed, stretchers, and wheelchairs. Responsible for patient all elements of patient safety during transport. Represents facility with professionalism and attention to details of responsibilities. Expected to continuously provide service to requestors. Requested tasks include patient transfers, assisting at multiple department and POB locations relative to transport of patients, products, or any other materials requiring delivery when requested. Cooperates with all departments in this integral part of patient care. Requires a sense of ownership, and high initiative.

All job duties are performed in a manner appropriate for the typical age range of patients cared for in the Medical Imaging Department, which is from 0-100+ years of age.

• Customer Service Skills
• Demonstrates proficiency in all aspects of the role of Transporter · Identifies Patients According to policy during Daily Operational functions: Uses two forms of patient ID, checks armbands, and documents, introduces self and position to patients
• Initiative and decision making
• Patient Safety and Documentation
• Cooperates with team to achieve departmental objectives.
• Maintains a safe environment for patients and other customers.
• Participates in educational programs and inservice meetings.
• Demonstrates age specific competency and differences for all age groups as applicable to Imaging Services.
• Maintains a safe environment for patients and other customers.
• Maintenance: Transport equipment. Demonstrates working knowledge of equipment necessary to transport patients.

What qualifications you will need:

• Basic Cardiac Life Support
• No Travel Required
• No experience Required Years of Experience

Benefits

HCA Houston Healthcare North Cypress, 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 Houston Healthcare North Cypress, a campus of HCA Houston Healthcare Kingwood, is a 165+ bed, general acute care hospital, founded in 2006 by local physicians who wanted to create a sophisticated, patient-friendly healthcare environment for their community. We strive to provide world-class healthcare to patients throughout Cypress, TX and Northwest Houston. HCA Houston North Cypress provides comprehensive services utilizing the latest in medical technology and equipment. We employ well-respected area physicians and aim to provide an upscale five-star hotel-like ambiance with the comfort of those we care for in mind. Our services include a 20+ bed unit ICU, robotic-assisted surgery, orthopedic care, joint replacement surgery, cancer care, advanced wound care services using hyperbaric medicine, advanced breast cancer screening and imaging, and much more. 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.

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.