Transporter - FT Evenings

Transporter

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, physicians 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.

Houston Methodist Experience Expectations

• Provide personalized care and service by consistently demonstrating our I CARE values :
• Integrity : We are honest and ethical in all we say and do.
• Compassion : We embrace the whole person including emotional, ethical, physical, and spiritual needs.
• Accountability : We hold ourselves accountable for all our actions.
• Respect : We treat every individual as a person of worth, dignity, and value.
• Excellence : We strive to be the best at what we do and a model for others to emulate.
• Practices the Caring and Serving Model
• Delivers personalized service using HM Service Standards
• Provides for exceptional patient / customer experiences by following our Standards of Practice of always using Positive Language (AIDET, Managing Up, Key Words)
• Intentionally collaborates with other healthcare professionals involved in patients / customers or employees experiential journeys to ensure strong communication, ease of access to information, and a seamless experience
• Involves patients (customers) in shift / handoff reports by enabling their participation in their plan of care as applicable to the given job
• Actively supports the organizations vision, fulfills the mission and abides by the I CARE values

Responsibilities

People Essential Functions

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.

Qualifications

Education

Work Experience

License / Certification

Licenses and Certifications - Required

Ksa / Supplemental Data

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Supplemental Requirements

Work Attire

On-Call

Travel

Company Profile

Since 1998, Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital has been serving Fort Bend and the surrounding counties. Residents have come to rely on a level of compassionate care and leading-edge technology that was once available only in the Texas Medical Center. Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital tied for No. 4 in Houston and No. 6 (three-way tie) in Texas in U.S. News & World Report's best hospital rankings in 2020. With 316 operating beds