PATIENT TRANSPORTER (FULL TIME AND PART TIME)

Compass Group•Abilene, TX

20h•$14 - $14•Onsite

About The Position

We are hiring immediately for full tiime and part time PATIENT TRANSPORTER positions. Location: Hendrick MC North - 1900 Pine Street, Abilene, TX 79601. Note: online applications accepted only. Schedule: Full time and part time schedules; days and hours may vary. More details upon interview. Requirement: Prior experience with patients is preferred, but not required. Fixed Pay Rate: $13.50 per hour. Make a difference in the lives of people, your community, and yourself. At Crothall Healthcare, a Compass Healthcare company, you’ll join a culture built on caring for people and creating a true sense of belonging. Our careers are filled with purpose and empower you to transform healthcare experiences while building lasting relationships. Crothall provides specialized, high-quality, innovative support services exclusively to the healthcare industry. As the market leader in Environmental Services (EVS), we support nearly 1,300 accounts, many of which are ranked among the nation’s top hospitals. With nearly 30,000 team members, we hold ourselves to high standards of detail, safety, and excellence. We empower and uplift each other by working together, take responsibility for doing the right thing, and believe there is no limit to our potential when we grow together across Environmental Services, Patient Transportation, Patient Observation, Facilities Management, Healthcare Technology Solutions, Ambulatory Services, and Sterile Processing.Job SummaryPatient Transporter Facilitating Internal Hospital Patient Moves Summary: Responsible for the safe, timely and accurate transport of patients, medical equipment and patient-related items to their destinations.

Requirements

Prior experience with patients is preferred, but not required.

Responsibilities

Properly and safely transports patients, secures IVs, drainage tubes, etc., and secures patient.
In accordance with the transportation of patients, uses wheelchairs and other approved rolling stock to carry out the essential duties of the position.
Demonstrates competency in transporting all specific age groups.
Ensures the safe, timely and accurate transport of patients to their destination using the proper requested equipment.
Communicates effectively with nursing personnel, clinicians, technicians or reception and dispatch.
Ensures the comfort of the patient by being attentive. Offers blankets, checks modesty and only engages in appropriate conversation involving patients. Never transports patients in severe pain.
Alerts nursing staff immediately to any signs of patient distress or equipment malfunction.
Maintains equipment and reports equipment needing repairs.
Complies with regulatory agency standards, including federal, state and JCAHO.
Adheres to facility confidentiality and patient’s rights policy as outlined in the facilities HIPPA policies and procedures.
Performs other duties as assigned.