Patient Porter - Royal Columbian Hospital

at  Fraser Health

Salary range: The salary range for this position is CAD $27.10 - $27.10 / hour Why Fraser Health?:
We are currently looking to fill a Casual opportunity for a Patient Porter at Royal Columbian Hospital located in New Westminster, B.C.

EXPERIENCE THE EXCEPTIONAL BENEFITS OF WORKING WITH US INCLUDING:

• Comprehensive, 100% Employer-Paid Benefits: Enjoy peace of mind with full coverage.
• Generous Vacation Time: eligible employees can earn up to four weeks of vacation to recharge and relax.
• Benefit Portability: Seamlessly transfer your benefits from another HEABC employer.
• Immediate Pension Enrollment: Secure your future with a defined municipal pension plan from day one.
• Maternity Top-Up: Receive an 87% top-up during maternity leave.
• TransLink Pass Subsidy: Save on commuting costs with a 50% subsidy on TransLink passes
• Additional employee discounts and perks available
• Eligibility based on employment status

Detailed Overview: Assists and transports patients, including deceased patients, their personal belongings, equipment, specimens and supplies to and from various locations within the hospital, in accordance with Fraser Health policies and procedures. Responsibilities:

• Transports patients (including personal belongings) using designated equipment such as wheelchairs, stretchers or specialty beds to ensure arrival at specified location within time requirements. Communicates with nursing units regarding patient transport, as required, and reports any patient observations and interactions to professional staff, as appropriate.
• Ensures patient comfort and readiness for transport to designated area; ensure patient safety needs are attended to while being transported and obtains assistance as required.
• Porters patients requiring assistance on discharge from nursing units or treatment area to hospital exit.
• Delivers specimens, requisitions/orders, equipment, furniture and patient care supplies to specified hospital areas as assigned including collecting and delivering stat samples to the Laboratory and stat drugs from Pharmacy.
• Transports deceased patients by transferring deceased to the appropriate stretcher as directed, moving deceased to the morgue, and logging and recording information according to established procedures.
• Transports medical apparatus and/or equipment such as intravenous solutions and poles, medications, catheters and oxygen cylinders.
• Cleans, stores, retrieves and returns supplies, instruments and equipment such as beds, wheelchairs, and stretchers as required. Reports any damage or necessary repairs and removes and labels as defective or in need of repair or replacement.
• Completes routine forms and keeps records related to work performed.
• Maintains the overall tidiness of the unit(s) such as storing clean linen supplies and moving bags of soiled linen.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications: Education and Experience
Grade 10, plus one year of recent, related experience or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience. Basic Life Support Level C Certificate.

SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
• Ability to deal effectively with others.
• Ability to organize work.
• Ability to operate related equipment.
• Physical ability to perform the duties of the position.

• Transports patients (including personal belongings) using designated equipment such as wheelchairs, stretchers or specialty beds to ensure arrival at specified location within time requirements. Communicates with nursing units regarding patient transport, as required, and reports any patient observations and interactions to professional staff, as appropriate.
• Ensures patient comfort and readiness for transport to designated area; ensure patient safety needs are attended to while being transported and obtains assistance as required.
• Porters patients requiring assistance on discharge from nursing units or treatment area to hospital exit.
• Delivers specimens, requisitions/orders, equipment, furniture and patient care supplies to specified hospital areas as assigned including collecting and delivering stat samples to the Laboratory and stat drugs from Pharmacy.
• Transports deceased patients by transferring deceased to the appropriate stretcher as directed, moving deceased to the morgue, and logging and recording information according to established procedures.
• Transports medical apparatus and/or equipment such as intravenous solutions and poles, medications, catheters and oxygen cylinders.
• Cleans, stores, retrieves and returns supplies, instruments and equipment such as beds, wheelchairs, and stretchers as required. Reports any damage or necessary repairs and removes and labels as defective or in need of repair or replacement.
• Completes routine forms and keeps records related to work performed.
• Maintains the overall tidiness of the unit(s) such as storing clean linen supplies and moving bags of soiled linen.
• Performs other related duties as assigned