We hire great people for excellent jobs and need your help to expand our ability to deliver prompt and professional services. We are currently looking for a Casual Patient Porter to join our Central Patient Portering Team at Royal Columbian Hospital located in New Westminster, B.C.

Fraser Health is responsible for the delivery of hospital and community-based health services to over 1.9 million people in 20 diverse communities from Burnaby to Fraser Canyon on the traditional territories of the Coast Salish and Nlaka’pamux Nations. Our team of 43,000 staff, medical staff and volunteers is dedicated to serving our patients, families and communities to deliver on our vision: Better health, best in health care.

Effective October 26th 2021, all new hires to Fraser Health will need to have full COVID 19 vaccination (have received a full series of a World Health Organization “WHO” approved vaccine against infection by SARS-COV-2, or a combination of approved WHO vaccines). Please note this applies to all postings, and individual medical exemptions must be approved by the Provincial Health Officer.

Detailed Overview: Assists and transports patients, including deceased patients, their personal belongings, equipment, specimens and supplies to and from various locations within the hospital, in accordance with Fraser Health policies and procedures. Responsibilities:

• Transports patients (including personal belongings) using designated equipment such as wheelchairs, stretchers or specialty beds to ensure arrival at specified location within time requirements. Communicates with nursing units regarding patient transport, as required, and reports any patient observations and interactions to professional staff, as appropriate.

• Ensures patient comfort and readiness for transport to designated area; ensure patient safety needs are attended to while being transported and obtains assistance as required.

• Porters patients requiring assistance on discharge from nursing units or treatment area to hospital exit.

• Delivers specimens, requisitions/orders, equipment, furniture and patient care supplies to specified hospital areas as assigned including collecting and delivering stat samples to the Laboratory and stat drugs from Pharmacy.

• Transports deceased patients by transferring deceased to the appropriate stretcher as directed, moving deceased to the morgue, and logging and recording information according to established procedures.

• Transports medical apparatus and/or equipment such as intravenous solutions and poles, medications, catheters and oxygen cylinders.

• Cleans, stores, retrieves and returns supplies, instruments and equipment such as beds, wheelchairs, and stretchers as required. Reports any damage or necessary repairs and removes and labels as defective or in need of repair or replacement.

• Completes routine forms and keeps records related to work performed.

• Maintains the overall tidiness of the unit(s) such as storing clean linen supplies and moving bags of soiled linen.

• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications: Education and Experience

Grade 10, plus one year of recent, related experience or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience. Basic Life Support Level C Certificate.

Skills and Abilities

• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
• Ability to deal effectively with others.
• Ability to organize work.
• Ability to operate related equipment.
• Physical ability to perform the duties of the position.