Patient Escort / Full Time / Days / 9a-530p / 40 hrs

The Patient Escort is responsible for supporting the Mission and Vision of Henry Ford Health Rochester by under limited supervision, and in accordance with established policies and procedures, transports patients within the Hospital and other facilities.

Responsibilities: Essential Functions| Maintains a positive and professional atmosphere for patients. Demonstrates interpersonal skills necessary in order to interact effectively with patients who may be under physical or emotional stress.| Transports or escorts patients by wheelchair, stretcher, bed or ambulatory means at scheduled times, or as needed, to and from areas throughout the hospital for testing, treatment, and nursing unit transfers. Ensures patient safety and prevents injuries by using proper lifting techniques, and applying body mechanics principles. Logs patients in and out of departments.| Cleans and maintains transportation equipment on a daily basis to avoid injury to patients or hospital personnel.| Moves beds, carts, and other hospital equipment. Return equipment to designated areas.| Delivers specimens, blood and blood products, patient charts, and other patient materials to hospital departments or other areas.| Checks proper identification of patient before transport.| Promotes guest relations; anticipates and responds to needs of others; provides assistance in a courteous, quick manner;, treat others with care respect, while maintaining privacy, confidentiality and dignity. Maintains a professional appearance and a clean, safe work environment.| Cooperates with all department personnel in a positive and professional manner.| Observe safety precautions; side rails up during transport, call light within reach, bed in lower position.| Non-Essential Functions: Maintains a professional appearance by adhering to Dress Code Policy.| Performs special projects and duties as assigned.| This position requires the ability to identify age related differences within the persons served and the adjustment of treatment style and expectations as appropriate, including adjustments based on the person’s served cognitive function and learning ability. This will include taking into account their religious and cultural needs and preferences.

Licensure / Certification / Registration: - Successful completion of the Healthcare Provider Basic Life Support class at time of hire/transfer date required.

Education: - High School Diploma or GED required. No additional preferences.

Additional Information

• Organization: Henry Ford Rochester Hospital

• Department: HFRH Patient Transportation

• Shift: Day Job

• Union Code: MIROC Service Employees Intl

  Additional Details

This posting represents the major duties, responsibilities, and authorities of this job, and is not intended to be a complete list of all tasks and functions. It should be understood, therefore, that incumbents may be asked to perform job-related duties beyond those explicitly described above.

Overview

Henry Ford Health partners with millions of people on their health journey, across Michigan and around the world. We offer a full continuum of services – from primary and preventative care to complex and specialty care, health insurance, a full suite of home health offerings, virtual care, pharmacy, eye care and other health care retail. With former Ascension southeast Michigan and Flint region locations now part of our team, Henry Ford’s care is available in 13 hospitals and hundreds of ambulatory care locations. Based in Detroit, Henry Ford is one of the nation’s most respected academic medical centers and is leading the Future of Health: Detroit, a $3 billion investment anchored by a reimagined Henry Ford academic healthcare campus. Learn more at henryford.com/careers .

Benefits

The health and overall well-being of our team members is our priority. That’s why we offer support in the various components of our team’s well-being: physical, emotional, social, financial and spiritual. Our Total Rewards program includes competitive health plan options, with three consumer-driven health plans (CDHPs), a PPO plan and an HMO plan. Our team members enjoy a number of additional benefits, ranging from dental and eye care coverage to tuition assistance, family forming benefits, discounts to dozens of businesses and more. Employees classified as contingent status are not eligible for benefits.

Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer

Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer Henry Ford Health is committed to the hiring, advancement and fair treatment of all individuals without regard to race, color, creed, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, size, height, weight, marital status, family status, gender identity, sexual orientation, and genetic information, or any other protected status in accordance with applicable federal and state laws.