What are the responsibilities and job description for the Aide-Transporter position at Holy Cross Health?
Employment Type:
Part timeShift:
Description:
Position Highlights
Competitive salary
Quality of Life : Flexible work schedules
Advancement: Career growth opportunities
Location: Holy Cross Health has two hospitals and four healthcare centers all a short driving distance from Washington DC and Baltimore, MD
Description:
Location - Silver Spring
PRN
Shift -Rotating
Responsibilities:
Responsible for the timely, courteous, and competent transportation of patients throughout Holy Cross Hospital via wheelchair, stretcher, or bed.
Receives assignments for specific trips and associated tasks from Manager and/or Dispatchers.
Delivers and retrieves transport equipment throughout the hospital, as directed.
Participates in cleaning and inspection of wheelchairs and stretchers. Accepts additional assignments related to support functions as is needed to provide service excellence to patients, visitors, and hospital staff.
Supports the Mission of Trinity Health and Holy Cross Hospital.
What you will need:
High SchooI Diploma or GED equivalent, preferred.
General knowledge of patient transport and age-specific interactions.
Ability to read and write information in English regarding trip assignments and to confirm patient’s identification.
Ability to use alpha-numeric pager and telephone.
Customer service core competencies for ability to deal directly with patients, their families, and hospital staff.
Ability to read and comprehend policies and procedures.
Able to work independently.
Minimum of one to three months experience in a healthcare setting, especially in a role, which interacts with patients, is preferred.
Verifiable patient transport experience is extremely desirable.
Training in use of the equipment used to transport patients is recommended.
American Health Association - BLS CPR certification required within (12) month.
About us:
Holy Cross Health is a Catholic, not-for-profit health system that serves more than 240,000 individuals each year from Maryland's two largest counties — Montgomery and Prince George's counties. Holy Cross Health earns numerous national awards, clinical designations and accreditations across a wide range of specialties for providing innovative, high-quality health care services.
Holy Cross Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer.
Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard toMinority/Females/disabled/Veteran(M/F/D/V) status.
Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
Trinity Health is a family of 115,000 colleagues and nearly 26,000 physicians and clinicians across 25 states. Because we serve diverse populations, our colleagues are trained to recognize the cultural beliefs, values, traditions, language preferences, and health practices of the communities that we serve and to apply that knowledge to produce positive health outcomes. We also recognize that each of us has a different way of thinking and perceiving our world and that these differences often lead to innovative solutions.
Our dedication to diversity includes a unified workforce (through training and education, recruitment, retention, and development), commitment and accountability, communication, community partnerships, and supplier diversity.
