Transporter, Full-Time (Days)

Houston Methodist Transporter Position

At Houston Methodist, the Transporter position is responsible for transporting acute, intensive, and critical care patients in a timely manner by wheelchair, transcart, stretcher, or bed. This position supports the interprofessional team in delivering high quality patient care during transit. The Transporter position moves inpatients and outpatients to diagnostic testing and therapeutic areas, clinics, physician's offices, admissions, and discharges throughout the complex. This position will assist with preventing patient falls by retrieving the Hover Mat / Jack, lifting and moving the patient to a stretcher, and transporting the patient back to his / her room. The Transporter position must be able to communicate appropriately and work closely with nursing staff and co-workers. This position delivers patient room furnishings such as bed extensions, sleep chairs, and transports empty beds, as requested, as a backup duty when others are not available.

People Essential Functions

• Communicates to both Nursing, Imaging, and other departments as to any delays. Participates as a team player with nursing, ancillary staff, and coworkers for moving the patient to tests, treatments, and procedures. Documents assignments completely per department protocol.
• Interacts positively and effectively with patients and guests, as well as internal customers. Promotes a positive image of the department and hospital through verbal and non-verbal communication with all persons and complies with personal appearance guidelines.
• Trains and orients new transporters. Makes appropriate customer service decisions with problem-solving, setting / communicating trip delays, canceling and recalling assignments. Provides contributions towards improvement of department scores for turnover / retention / employee engagement on unit-based scorecard.

Service Essential Functions

Quality / Safety Essential Functions

Finance Essential Functions

Growth / Innovation Essential Functions

This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive; the employee will also perform other reasonably related business / job duties as assigned. Houston Methodist reserves the right to revise job duties and responsibilities as the need arises.

Education

Work Experience

Licenses and Certifications - Required

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Supplemental Requirements

Work Attire

On-Call

Travel

Company Profile : Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital is a Magnet-recognized, not-for-profit, faith-based hospital that serves the growing Northwest Houston community. With 358 licensed beds, Houston Methodist Willowbrook is committed to providing quality, cost-effective health care in a compassionate environment for a full range of services, including emergency care, cardiology, orthopedics and sports medicine, comprehensive women's services, neurology and neurosurgery, oncology, and primary and general medicine. Houston Methodist is an Equal Opportunity Employer.