Job Details

Why work for Nebraska Methodist Health System?
At Nebraska Methodist Health System, we focus on providing exceptional care to the communities we serve and people we employ. We call it The Meaning of Care - a culture that has and will continue to set us apart. It's helping families grow by making each delivery special, conveying a difficult diagnosis with a compassionate touch, going above and beyond for a patient's needs, or giving a high five when a patient beats a disease or conquers a personal health challenge. We offer competitive pay, excellent benefits and a great work environment where all employees are valued! Most importantly, our employees are part of a team that makes a real difference in the communities we live and work in.

Job Summary:
Location: Methodist Hospital
Address: 8303 Dodge St. - Omaha, NE

Work Schedule: This is a casual position. Casual employees work on an 'as needed' basis to meet the needs of the business. Work days/hours will often vary from week to week.

The Patient Escort is responsible for transporting patients and equipment throughout Methodist Hospital.

Responsibilities:

Essential Job Functions

Transports patients to and from clinical, ancillary, and support areas by following established departmental policies and procedures, following Standard Safety Precautions procedures, and using exceptional customer service to ensure delivery of services within an established time frame.

Communicates with appropriate personnel regarding transportation of patients when the patient is leaving or returning to the unit to ensure the safe transition of care for the patient according to hospital policy.

Transfers patients to and from beds, wheelchairs, or stretchers by following departmental policies and procedures and Standard Safety Precautions to ensure the safe transition of care for the patient according to hospital policy.

Transports patients to their vehicles upon hospital discharge by assisting the patients into their vehicles and loading their belongings into the vehicle to ensure the safe transition of care for the patient according to hospital policy.

Provides accurate and detailed documentation of all transport activity by using the patient tracking system or dispatch to ensure patient information is current and correct.

Picks up and delivers specimens and films by following departmental policies and procedures to ensure timely and accurate delivery to assigned locations.

Schedule:

This is a casual position

Job Description:

Job Requirements

Education

• High School diploma or General Educational Development (G.E.D.) preferred.

Experience

• Previous patient care contact preferred.

License/Certifications

• N/A

Skills/Knowledge/Abilities

• Excellent customer service skills required.
• Skilled in critical thinking, problem solving, and sound judgment.
• Strong verbal communication skills for positive interaction with staff and customers required.
• Able to read, write, and comprehend various written reports and documents required.

Physical Requirements

Weight Demands

• Not necessary for the position (0%):
  • Sedentary Work: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force. Sitting most of the time. Walking and standing are required only occasionally.
• Occasionally Performed (1%-33%):
  • Very Heavy Work: Exerting in excess of 100 pounds of force
• Constantly Performed (67%-100%):
  • Light Work: Exerting up to 20 pounds of force.
  • Medium Work: Exerting up to 50 pounds of force.
  • Heavy Work: Exerting up to 100 pounds of force.

Physical Activity

• Not necessary for the position (0%):
  • Climbing
  • Crawling
  • Keyboarding/typing
  • Repetitive Motions
  • Sitting
• Frequently Performed (34%-66%):
  • Carrying
  • Crouching
  • Grasping
  • Kneeling
  • Speaking/talking
  • Standing
  • Stooping/bending
  • Twisting
  • Fingering/Touching
• Constantly Performed (67%-100%):
  • Balancing
  • Hearing
  • Lifting
  • Pulling/Pushing
  • Reaching
  • Seeing/Visual
  • Speaking/talking
  • Walking

Job Hazards

• Not Related:
  • Electrical Shock/Static
  • Radiation Non-Ionizing (Ultraviolet, visible light, infrared and microwaves that causes injuries to tissue or thermal or photochemical means)
• Rare (1-33%):
  • Radiation Alpha, Beta and Gamma (particles such as X-Ray, Cat Scan, Gamma Knife, etc)
• Occasionally (34%-66%):
  • Physical hazards (noise, temperature, lighting, wet floors, outdoors, sharps) (more than ordinary office environment)
  • Equipment/Machinery/Tools
  • Explosives (pressurized gas)
• Frequent (67-100%)
  • Chemical agents (Toxic, Corrosive, Flammable, Latex)
  • Biological agents (primary air born & blood born viruses) (Jobs with Patient contact) Blood or Body Fluid (BBF)

About Methodist:

Nebraska Methodist Health System is made up of four hospitals in Nebraska and southwest Iowa, more than 30 clinic locations, a nursing and allied health college, and a medical supply distributorship and central laundry facility. From the day Methodist Hospital was chartered in 1891, service to our communities has been a top priority. Financial assistance, health education, outreach to our diverse communities and populations, and other community benefit activities have always been central to our mission.

Nebraska Methodist Health System is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other classification protected by Federal, state or local law.