Queens Hospital Center is making good on its promise to the people of southeastern and central Queens to maximize both patient convenience and positive clinical outcomes. Residents of Queens can count on the delivery of quality medical care right in their own borough. In 2002 the hospital opened a state-of-the-art, 261-bed facility that includes the Queens Cancer Center, the first comprehensive cancer treatment center in the borough.

At NYC Health + Hospitals, our mission is to deliver high quality care health services, without exception. Every employee takes a person-centered approach that exemplifies the ICARE values (Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence) through empathic communication and partnerships between all persons.

Work Shifts

4:00 pm - 12:00 am

Job Description
1. Obtains patient escort assignments and schedules from a designated Dispatcher/Supervisor, Service
Department and reports to Nurse-in-Charge.
2. Introduce yourself to the patient, explain the nature of the trip, and escort the patient to and from the Nursing
Service to a designated area until someone else assumes responsibility for the patient or given another
assignment by the Nursing Supervisor and reports back to the Dispatcher/Supervisor, Service Department.
3. Transports patients by wheelchair, stretcher, bed, or stretcher-bed, and escorts ambulatory patients, including
those with intravenous apparatus to and from various nursing units, x-rays, scheduled therapies, various clinics,
other diagnostic and therapeutic units, transfers, discharges, religious and recreation centers within the
healthcare setting, accompany children to school within.
4. Maintains control of patients' charts and releases the same only to authorized personnel.
5. Maintains records of patient transport activities including the time a patient is picked up, time of the patient's
arrival at a specified area and time of the patient's return to the Nursing Service.
6. Places patients in and out of wheelchairs, stretchers, beds, and morgue trays and obtains assistance, if necessary.
Positions patients on tables in such areas as x-ray, P.T., etc., and uses Hoyer lifters and other patient lifting
devices.
7. Escorts newly admitted patients to designated areas in the health care setting complex and assists them in
storing their luggage, packages, clothing, and other items.
8. Transports bodies and/or assists Mortuary Caretaker in transporting same to the mortuary and places in
refrigerator and, when necessary, searches D.O.A.'s, completes the required D.O.A.'s reports, transports
fetus, amputated parts, or another specimen to the morgue; delivers specimens, charts, x-rays, etc. to and from
specified area (such as O.R., wards, laboratories, etc.).
9. Responsible for the ready availability, upkeep, and cleanliness of wheelchairs, stretchers, stretcher beds and
morgue trays, sterilization of incoming patients' clothing and other items, when required.
10. Performs such other duties as are necessary, when assigned (e.g., collect and deliver regular and
emergency requisitions for x-rays, electrocardiographs, basal metabolism, physiotherapy, and other diagnostic
tests and treatments assist with transporting various equipment and supplies, and another messenger
assignment).

Minimum Qualifications
1. Elementary school graduation or equivalent ability to effectively communicate with patients; Ability to keep
simple clinical records.

If you wish to apply for this position, please apply online at employment.nychhc.org.

NYC Health and Hospitals offers a competitive benefits package that includes:

Comprehensive Health Benefits for employees hired to work 20+ hrs. per week
Retirement Savings and Pension Plans
Loan Forgiveness Programs for eligible employees
Paid Holidays and Vacation in accordance with employees' Collectively bargained contracts
College tuition discounts and professional development opportunities
Multiple employee discounts programs