Porter

Why Fraser Health?:
Fraser Health continues to be recognized as one of BC's Top Employers, are you someone who is passionate about making a difference in the lives of others?

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.

We have an exciting
Casual opportunity for
Porters *to join our team at
*Peace Arch Hospital located in
White Rock, BC.

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.

Come work with dedicated health care providers who are enthusiastic and committed to provide quality healthcare to our clients/patients/residents. We invite you to find out why more than 95% of new employees recommend Fraser Health as an excellent place to work. Work hard and have fun while you do it.

Curious to learn what it’s like to work here? Like us on
LinkedIn (fraserhealthcareers) for first-hand employee insights.

Detailed Overview: The Porter transports patients, bodies, and materiel such as supplies, equipment, pharmaceuticals and any other materiel between Hospital areas; completes related record keeping duties. Responsibilities:

• Transports patients utilizing mechanical aids such as wheelchairs, and/or stretchers; transports bodies from wards to the Morgue; provides after-hours services as required; accepts bodies from external transport services, checks them into the morgue, and releases bodies following established procedures.
• Assists in transferring patients to and from beds, stretchers and wheelchairs.
• Ensures patients' needs are attended to while being transported; observes, responds and deals effectively with patients in distress and reports unusual patient conditions to the appropriate authority according to established procedures.
• Transports blood gases and laboratory samples as required; provides messenger service within the Hospital as required (i.e. charts, x-rays, lab specimens).
• Transports beds, equipment and material as required.
• Completes documentation regarding length of time to complete patient transport assignment, delays encountered, etc.; completes routine forms such as dispatch logs according to established procedures.
• Cleans equipment used in transport such as I.V. poles, suctions, stretchers and wheelchairs; changes linen and reports maintenance requirements for patient transport equipment.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications:
Education and Experience

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

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 operate related equipment.