Porter - Burnaby, Canada - Fraser Health

Fraser Health

Verified Company

Burnaby, Canada

1 week ago

Posted by:

Sophia Lee

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Description

Why Fraser Health?:

Come join our dynamic Health Care Team As a casual porter at Burnaby Hospital you will transport patients; assist with patient transfers; prepare related equipment and complete forms according to established policies and procedures.

The health service area of Burnaby serves a community of over 193,000 residents. Burnaby Hospital is known for its
- human touch
- approach to health care. It has a total of 263 hospital beds and is designated as a Community Hospital

Level Two, providing services such as: 24/7 Emergency, cardiology, critical care, medicine, geriatrics, pediatrics, psychiatry, laboratory and diagnostic imaging, oncology to name only a few. Burnaby Hospital also offers many Outpatient programs and in April 2003, opened a new tertiarylevel palliative care unit. The City of Burnaby is a major urban center and the location of Simon Fraser University. Bordering to the east and just minutes away is Vancouver, one of Canada's most sophisticated cosmopolitan cities. At Fraser Health, we are committed to meeting the needs of our patients and residents by providing the care they need at the right time in the right place. As a single, integrated organization, our services cover tertiary hospital care, mental health, home health and public health. Our 20,000 employees take great pride in their dedication and service to improving the health care of more than 1.3 million residents, onethird of British Columbia's population. If you are looking for a region that offers

- something for everyone
- along with the opportunity for a rewarding career, Fraser Health is the right move For these reasons and many more, we invite you to consider joining our dynamic team

Detailed Overview:
Under the general supervision of the Manager Health Services, transports patients, bodies, and materials such as supplies, equipment and pharmaceuticals between hospital areas

Responsibilities:

Transports patients and accompanying documents and/or equipment such as IV poles, utilizing mechanical aids such as beds, stretchers, and wheelchairs.
Assists in lifting and transferring of patients to and from beds, stretchers, and wheelchairs.
Responds to patients' requests during transport.
Accompanies patients to the discharge area and assists/helps them into the vehicle as required.
Completes Porter Service request forms and responds to telephone and paging systems for requests for transportation of patients, stat specimens, and related equipment.
Provides messenger services to nursing units such as charts, zray films, specimens, pharmacy, as required.
Transfers bodies to Morgue and registers/records necessary paper work.
Transports clean supplies and materials to all areas of the facility and collects soiled supplies and equipment as required.
Performs other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

Education and Experience
Grade 10 plus one year recent related experience or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.

Skills and Abilities