Patient Transporter

Patient Transporter Opportunity

As a Patient Transporter with HCA Houston Healthcare West, you can be a part of an organization that is devoted to giving back. HCA Houston Healthcare West 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, additional options for dental and vision benefits, life and disability coverage, flexible spending accounts, supplemental health protection plans, 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 are also provided. There is a 401(k) plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), an Employee Stock Purchase Plan with 10% off HCA Healthcare stock, family support through fertility and family building benefits, referral services for child, elder, and pet care, consumer discounts, retirement readiness, rollover assistance services, preferred banking partnerships, education assistance, colleague recognition program, and time away from work program.

We are looking for an enthusiastic Patient Transporter to help us reach our goals. Unlock your potential with a leading healthcare provider dedicated to the growth and development of our colleagues. Performs general clerical duties such as filing, answering phone, charting reports, and processing requisitions. Provides a safe and efficient transfer or transportation of patients from one area within the hospital to another. Maintains work area and cost of supplies used. Maintains patients' modesty at all times. Has the ability to transport patients with a multitude of additional equipment; intravenous and oxygen. Employee will be responsible for knowledge and skill necessary to provide care based on physical, psychological, educational, safety, and related criteria for the neonate, infant, child, adolescent, adult, and geriatric population. Supports the philosophy of HCA West by facilitating cooperation of hospital staff in a multi-disciplinary approach to patient care. Consistently provides outstanding service to all patients, physicians, fellow employees, and guests. Displays initiative to see processes through to completion and helps without being asked. Maintains awareness of own limitations and seeks guidance from appropriate personnel as needed. Prioritizes activities of self-based on demands for service. Remains alert to the detection of errors in own work and the work of others with appropriate corrective actions initiated. Demonstrates an understanding of patient rights, including those pertaining to confidentiality, informed decision-making, and privacy. Is aware of resources available for ethical concerns and makes appropriate referrals. Practices cost-efficiency. Performs technical skills proficiently in accordance with established standards, as evidenced by annual validation processes. Utilizes specialized knowledge and skill to perform job requirements. Transports patients to and from imaging areas. Escorts patients and families to all hospital areas. Assists file clerk with clerical duties.

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

HCA Houston Healthcare West is a full-service, 300+ bed hospital that has been offering exceptional care to the West Houston communities for over 30 years. We proudly provide Houston residents with exceptional healthcare, including a vast array of medical services from board-certified doctors and nationally accredited departments. We are recognized as a Certified Primary Stroke Center by the Joint Commission and under an affiliation agreement with The Woman's Hospital of Texas, we are able to bring our community The Woman's Hospital of Texas at West Houston, a three-story cardiac and critical care tower. The Sugar Land Cancer Center and the Sugar Land Diagnostic Center, departments with HCA Houston Healthcare West, provide additional services to meet the needs of our community. 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.