Fraser Health Looking for Porter at Burnaby, BC Full Time

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 Porter to join our Central Patient Portering team at Burnaby Hospital located in Burnaby, 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.

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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, z-ray 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

Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.

Ability to deal with others effectively.

Physical ability to carry out the duties of the position.

Ability to organize work.

Ability to operate related equipment.