Escort - Express Service Per Diem Days / VOLOL Camden at Virtua in Camden, New Jersey

Job Description:

HELPING YOU BE WELL, GET WELL AND STAY WELL

As one of New Jersey's largest non-profit health systems, Virtua provides comprehensive health care services to achieve its mission to help people be well, get well and stay well. 

Virtua provides services through Virtua Medical Group with 302 physicians and other clinicians, and at its urgent care centers, hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, health and wellness centers, fitness centers, home health services, long-term care, rehabilitation centers and paramedic program.

A leader in maternal and child health services, Virtua delivers nearly 8,000 babies a year. It provides health services to 1,500 businesses, and participates in Virtua Physician Partners, a clinically integrated network of 1,400 physicians and other clinicians.
Virtua is affiliated with Penn Medicine for cancer and neuroscience and the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) for pediatrics. 

Virtua employs more than 9,000 and has been honored as the #1 Best Place to Work in the Delaware Valley every year since 2007. It is the recipient of a 4-star rating from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for quality of care, and its hospitals earned straight A's in patient safety by The Leapfrog Group and the 2016 Patient Safety Award from Healthgrades. 

U.S. News and World Report ranked Virtua's Mount Holly and Voorhees hospitals as High Performing Hospitals and Voorhees as a Best Regional Hospital. Virtua is also the recipient of the Consumer Choice Award from the National Research Corporation.

Employment Type:

Employee

Employment Classification:

Per Diem

Time Type:

Part time

Work Shift:

Day Shift - 12 Hr (United States of America)

Total Weekly Hours:

0

Location:

Lourdes Health System - 1600 Haddon Ave

Additional Locations:

Job Summary:

Summary:
This position is responsible for assisting and supporting all departments by transporting patients to and from units/departments; uses wheelchairs, stretchers, or bed.

Position Responsibilities:
* Transport patients to and from departments/units. Includes appropriate patient identification, patient comfort and safety (assisting in lifting, moving and positioning in bed/wheelchair, etc), and providing patient information.
* Care for and clean wheelchairs/stretchers and initiate appropriate action when repair is required (check supply of oxygen, replenish and change regulators as necessary).
* Coordinates with other transporters based on patient schedules to ensure smooth flow of transport operations; communicates patient information to nurses and testing (diagnostic) departments as necessary.

Position Qualifications Required / Experience Required:
Must demonstrate a positive demeanor and have strong verbal communication skills.
Must be able to handle potentially stressful situations and multi-task.
Customer service experience preferred.

Required Education:
High School diploma or equivalent.

Training/Certifications/Licensure:
(CPR Preferred).

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