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Central Maine Medical Center Support Services Patient Escort, Full Time, Days in Lewiston, Maine
At Central Maine Healthcare our team members are committed to providing exceptional care and experiences for our community and for each other every day.
Central Maine Healthcare is seeking a Patient Escort to join our team! This is a full time, benefits eligible position. Starting pay is $18.25.
The Patient Transport escorts or transports patients or deceased individuals within a hospital, senior living, or other medical facility. The general responsibilities of the position include those listed below, but CMH may identify other responsibilities of the position. These responsibilities may differ among accounts, depending on business necessities and patient requirements.
Education and Experience:
- High School diploma, GED or equivalent experience preferred.
What It’s Like Working At CMH:
We are all about our team members growth and health. That why we prioritize work/life balance, community-based wellness initiatives and tuition reimbursement or student loan repayment for ALL of our team members.
CMH offers a robust benefits package that includes:
Robust Paid Time Off (PTO) program
Medical plan with enhanced Tier 1 benefits provided within the CMH system.
Dental plan
Vision plan
Health Savings Account (HSA)
Basic Life insurance at no cost
Supplemental Life insurance
Long-term disability insurance
401(k) or 403(b) retirement savings plans
Tuition IO partnership for student loan repayment assistance and tuition assistance
Family leave program for Parental Leaves
Comprehensive Wellness Program
Essential Duties:
Understands and follows all policies and procedures.
Determines patient name, destination, mode of travel, time, and other data.
Directs or escorts incoming patients from the admitting office or reception desk to a designated area.
Assists patients, whether ambulatory or non-ambulatory.
Transports patients or deceased individuals alone or with assistance, in a bed, wheeled cart, stretcher, gurney or wheelchair to designated areas within the facility.
Assists in ensuring a safe working environment throughout the facility for all patients, visitors and fellow employees.
Reports any unsafe conditions immediately to Supervisor.
Reports all accidents and injuries in a timely manner and identifies and can be asked to correct unsafe work conditions with management oversight.
Ability to adhere to and follow/exercise guidelines pertaining to HIPAA laws and the proper handling and maintaining of an environment where protected health information (PHI) is safeguarded.
Complies with all company safety and risk management policies and procedures.
Reports all accidents and injuries in a timely manner.
Participates in regular safety meetings, safety training and hazard assessments.
Applies all applicable OSHA and related local safety requirements to all assigned work.
Performs all work in accordance with established safety procedures.
Attend training programs (classroom and virtual) as designated.
Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned.
If you are passionate about making a difference and are looking for your next great career opportunity, we look forward to reviewing your application!
AT CENTRAL MAINE HEALTHCARE YOU ARE AT THE CENTER OF EVERYTHING WE DO
Our why, our purpose, drives every decision and action we take as a healthcare system. We strive everyday to deliver exceptional care, and to improve our community. We are a non-profit organization that is breaking the traditional healthcare mold by bringing our patients and their family’s high value, low cost, and award-winning care while focusing on creating an exceptional experience for them; all within their communities. To accomplish this, we only hire individuals who are committed to excellence, who embody the principles of our CMH Experience Service Standards, and who are ready to step in and help their fellow team members achieve those exceptional results for our patients, their families, and the community.
Central Maine Healthcare System
The organization is broad in its footprint, with three (3) hospitals in Bridgton, Lewiston, and Rumford, and over 75 individual practices within our Medical Group. Lewiston’s Central Maine Medical Center is a certified and award-winning level two trauma center, along with our Central Maine Heart and Vascular Institute and the upcoming highly anticipated launch of our comprehensive state of the art cancer treatment center. Both Bridgton and Rumford Hospitals are four (4) star accredited acute care hospitals, and our Medical Group and Maine Urgent Care Centers have won multiple awards within their specialties. As a system we are a six-time winner of the Leapfrog Safety A Rating since 2019, representing some of the highest quality care and outcomes nationwide. Our awards and accolades are only possible as a result of our commitment to culture, and a focus on safety and inclusion, in each of our patient’s experiences and in the experiences we create within our teams.
If you are a person who is looking for a way to give back to your community, to help improve the lives of patients or those who care for our patients, want to be part of a growing organization that is setting the bar for Maine healthcare, apply to join Central Maine Healthcare today!
Diversity and Equal Employment Opportunity
CMH actively promotes diversity in its workforce at all levels of the organization. We strive to create and maintain a setting where we celebrate cultural and other differences and consider them strengths of the organization. CMH is an equal opportunity workforce and no one shall discriminate against any individual with regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or veteran status with respect to any offer, or term or condition, of employment. We make reasonable accommodations to the known physical and mental limitations of qualified individuals with disabilities.