What are the responsibilities and job description for the Transporter House position at Terre Haute Regional Hospital?
Description
Introduction
Do you have the career opportunities as a Transporter House you want with your current employer? We have an exciting opportunity for you to join Terre Haute Regional Hospital which is part of the nation's leading provider of healthcare services, HCA Healthcare.
Benefits
Terre Haute Regional Hospital, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:
Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.
Our teams are a committed, caring group of colleagues. Do you want to work as a Transporter House where your passion for creating positive patient interactions is valued? If you are dedicated to caring for the well-being of others, this could be your next opportunity. We want your knowledge and expertise!
Job Summary And Qualifications
Position summary: The Transporter is responsible for transporting patients and equipment.
Behavioral characteristics:
Essential educational/licensure, skills and experience:
At Terre Haute Regional Hospital, our care like family culture extends to our patients, people and our community. We are committed to each other. When we join together, our patients are cared for in the safest and most compassionate way.
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 House opening. We promptly review all applications. Highly qualified candidates will be contacted for interviews. Unlock the possibilities and apply today!
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.
Introduction
Do you have the career opportunities as a Transporter House you want with your current employer? We have an exciting opportunity for you to join Terre Haute Regional Hospital which is part of the nation's leading provider of healthcare services, HCA Healthcare.
Benefits
Terre Haute Regional Hospital, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:
- Comprehensive medical coverage that covers many common services at no cost or for a low copay. Plans include prescription drug and behavioral health coverage as well as free telemedicine services and free AirMed medical transportation.
- Additional options for dental and vision benefits, life and disability coverage, flexible spending accounts, supplemental health protection plans (accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity), auto and home insurance, identity theft protection, legal counseling, long-term care coverage, moving assistance, pet insurance and more.
- Free counseling services and resources for emotional, physical and financial wellbeing
- 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service)
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan with 10% off HCA Healthcare stock
- Family support through fertility and family building benefits with Progyny and adoption assistance.
- Referral services for child, elder and pet care, home and auto repair, event planning and more
- Consumer discounts through Abenity and Consumer Discounts
- Retirement readiness, rollover assistance services and preferred banking partnerships
- Education assistance (tuition, student loan, certification support, dependent scholarships)
- Colleague recognition program
- Time Away From Work Program (paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence)
- Employee Health Assistance Fund that offers free employee-only coverage to full-time and part-time colleagues based on income.
Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.
Our teams are a committed, caring group of colleagues. Do you want to work as a Transporter House where your passion for creating positive patient interactions is valued? If you are dedicated to caring for the well-being of others, this could be your next opportunity. We want your knowledge and expertise!
Job Summary And Qualifications
Position summary: The Transporter is responsible for transporting patients and equipment.
Behavioral characteristics:
- Good organizational abilities
- Ability to coordinate principle function with several interdisciplinary departments
- Ability to relate well to physicians, other nursing personnel, interdisciplinary staff, patients, families/significant other, as well as, personnel from outside facilities
- Displays professional communication skill with all contacts
- Ability to provide leadership in diverse work group
- Demonstrates behaviors that are relative to the HCA Mission and Values Statement: “We act with absolute honesty, integrity and fairness in the way we conduct our business and the way we live our lives.”
- Transports patients to and from Imaging departments by wheelchair or stretcher observing all safety guidelines
- Use the PATRA System to log transportation data.
- Displays knowledge in transporting patients of all ages: newborn, pediatrics, adolescence, adults and geriatric
- Observes patients conditions before transport. Obtains permission to transport and charts transport time. Will change mode of transportation if needed based on patients condition
- Observes patient’s privacy at all times providing blanket, etc. as needed
- Assist technologist in monitoring of patients while in Imaging department
- Understands, assists and satisfies the needs of patients as well as family members
- Maintains stretchers with clean linen. Assures that they are always ready for use
- Stocks changing areas daily with clean linen. Will notify laundry of shortages as needed. Disposes of soiled linen properly from exam and changing areas as needed
- Secures all oxygen tanks and maintains appropriate supply for all shifts daily
- Will assist with the maintaining and cleanliness of all wheelchairs and stretchers to assure patient safety
- Assists with the ordering and stocking of department supplies
- Assists with the processing of radiographs and duplicating of radiographs as needed
- Attend Code of Conduct training course annually
- Demonstrate an understanding of and adherence to HCA’s Code of Conduct
- Demonstrates conduct that is reflective of THRH’s commitment to HCA’s Code of Conduct
- Understands and satisfies the needs of the patient population appropriate to the age of the patient served (adults, geriatric, adolescent, pediatric, and parents of neonates)
- Must Adhere to the Standards of Behavior for Terre Haute Regional Hospital as per the Customer Relations Policy
Essential educational/licensure, skills and experience:
- High school diploma or GED required
- BLS
- Strong interpersonal and customer service skills required
- Able to work in a fast-paced environment
- Ability to perform work that requires frequent standing, bending, reaching, squatting, kneeling, moving, lifting of patients and/or equipment up to 50 lbs
At Terre Haute Regional Hospital, our care like family culture extends to our patients, people and our community. We are committed to each other. When we join together, our patients are cared for in the safest and most compassionate way.
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 House opening. We promptly review all applications. Highly qualified candidates will be contacted for interviews. Unlock the possibilities and apply today!
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.
