Job Description
NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi is a 457-bed teaching hospital affiliated with the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. The facility has earned numerous Center of Excellence designations, accreditation, and recognition for its renowned Level 1 Trauma Center, Burn Center, Surgical Intensive Care Unit, regional Stroke Center, Snakebite Treatment Center, Breast Health Center, Bariatric Surgery Center, and Cancer Service. The facility also offers the region's only multi-person hyperbaric chamber, allowing up to nine patients to dive together at one time. Jacobi's Ambulatory Care Pavilion is a stunning complement to its inpatient acute care, allowing staff to provide patients with high-quality service in a modern, state-of-the-art environment.
At NYC Health + Hospitals, our mission is to deliver high quality care health services, without exception. Every employee takes a person-centered approach that exemplifies the ICARE values (Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence) through empathic communication and partnerships between all persons.
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Job Description Under oversight, manages the daily patient transport/escort operations throughout the health care setting. Identifies activities that the System has implemented to promote patient safety and takes the necessary steps to ensure a safe environment for patients, visitors, and staff. Acts in compliance with NYC Health + Hospitals, health care setting, and other appropriate regulatory requirements and patient safety standards. Participates in continuous quality improvement initiatives relating to patient transport.
1. Supervises the department's operational flow and manages staff, routes, and schedules; interprets data to identify trends and other factors that impact operational activity.
2. Supervises patient escort/transport staff and responds to patient concerns to promote quality patient care.
3. Assists social workers, physicians, nursing and other appropriate staff with patient transportation issues, and provides assistance with vendor, patient and/or staff concerns.
4. Schedules transportation services for ambulatory care and discharged patients, ensures timely, safe, and efficient transportation services, and reviews daily patient schedule and dispatches transportation calls to vendor, when appropriate.
Minimum Qualifications 1. High School diploma or its educational equivalent; and two (2) years of experience working as a patient escort or patient transporter or relevant work experience; and one (1) year of supervisory experience in a health care environment; or
2. Associate's degree; and two (2) years of experience, as described in #1 above; or
3. High School diploma or its educational equivalent; and five (5) years of experience, as described in #1 above.
All candidates must complete the NYC Health + Hospitals Supervisory Training within three (3) months of appointment.
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NYC Health and Hospitals offers a competitive benefits package that includes:
- Comprehensive Health Benefits for employees hired to work 20+ hrs. per week
- Retirement Savings and Pension Plans
- Loan Forgiveness Programs for eligible employees
- Paid Holidays and Vacation in accordance with employees' Collectively bargained contracts
- College tuition discounts and professional development opportunities
- Multiple employee discounts programs
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