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Patient Escort - Patient Escort Department, Part-time, Evenings

Company: 
Northwestern Medicine
City: 
Chicago
State: 
Illinois
Employment type: 
Part Time
Remote Position: 
No
Required degree level: 
Other
Company: Northwestern Medicine, Posted: April 4, 2024

Benefits

  • $10,000 Tuition Reimbursement per year ($5,700 part-time)
  • $10,000 Student Loan Repayment ($5,000 part-time)
  • $1,000 Professional Development per year ($500 part-time)
  • $250 Wellbeing Fund per year($125 for part-time)
  • Matching 401(k)
  • Excellent medical, dental and vision coverage
  • Life insurance
  • Annual Employee Salary Increase and Incentive Bonus
  • Paid time off and Holiday pay



Northwestern Medicine is powered by a community of colleagues who are purpose-driven and committed to our mission to deliver world-class care. Here, you'll work alongside some of the best clinical talent in the nation leading the way in medical innovation and breakthrough research with Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.

We recognize where you've been, and we support where you're headed. We celebrate diverse perspectives and experiences, which fuel our commitment to equity and culture of service.

Grow your career with comprehensive training and development opportunities, mentorship programs, educational support and student loan repayment.

  • Create the life you envision for yourself with flexible work options, a Reimbursable Well-Being Fund and a Total Rewards package that support your physical, mental, emotional and financial well-being.
  • Make a difference through volunteer opportunities we offer in local communities and drive inclusive change through our workforce-led resource groups.


From discovery to delivery, come help us shape the future of medicine.

Description

  • Hours:20 hours per week
  • Shift:3:00 PM- 7:00 PM (20 HoursWeekly -Works 5 Days Per Week. Works4 Hour Shifts PerDay. Works Rotating Weekends and Works Holidays)
  • Location:Feinberg/Galter; FL MZ
  • Union Hourly Compensation:$19.45 per hour (nonnegotiable) (+ $0.97 Shift Pay Differential). The role is graded as a non-exempt position, meaning you are eligible for overtime.


The Patient Escort reflects the mission, vision, and values of NM, adheres to the organization's Code of Ethics and Corporate Compliance Program, and complies with all relevant policies, procedures, guidelines, and all other regulatory and accreditation standards.

The Patient Escort is responsible for the safe and efficient escort of patients, blood products, specimens and other patient related articles.

Responsibilities:

  • Responsible for escorting patients as assigned.
  • Responsible for checking each patient's name band prior to escorting to ensure proper patient identification.
  • Provide and adjust escort equipment for safety and comfort of the patient i.e. appropriate linen, side rails.
  • Required to disinfect / wipe down equipment with approved cleaning product between patient transports.
  • Assist patients onto escort equipment. If patients need additional help, patient care should be asked to assist.
  • Shows ownership over escort equipment, including routine cleaning, linen dressing and minor maintenance.
  • Responsible for notifying nursing or ancillary personnel upon arrival or departure of patients.
  • Attends to the care of documents relating to the patient e. g. medical charts.
  • Makes routine specimen rounds when assigned to assure that lab specimens are picked up and delivered in a timely manner.
  • Makes certain that all requisitions are attached and those specimens are properly bagged by department staff prior to delivery to the lab.
  • Deliver blood products when assigned. Check name and number on each blood product for accuracy.
  • Responsible for delivering deceased patients to the morgue when assigned.
  • Report immediately any unusual symptoms of patients i. e. fainting or shortness of breath during time of escort.
  • Provides, moves and cares for escort equipment for the movement of patients.
  • Must be able to speak, spell, read, write and understand English. Excellent communication skills and ability to interact well with patients of all ages.
  • Must have good patient relations and courteous manners.
  • Must be able to work under stress in a fast-paced environment.
  • Must demonstrate reliability, punctuality and good attendance. This role may support additional projects, perform administrative tasks, and other duties as assigned.



Qualifications

Required :

  • Enrollment in BLS training course within 2 months of hire and successful completion within 3 months.


Preferred :

  • High School diploma or acceptable equivalent.
  • At least 1 year experience with patient escort handling.

While each of our 11 hospitals and more than 200 locations has a unique story, Northwestern Medicine is unified under one vision: to put patients first in everything that we do. Anchored by Northwestern Memorial Hospital in downtown Chicago, Northwestern Medicine brings academic medicine into the heart of local communities across the suburbs and beyond, close to where our patients live and work.

Northwestern Medicine is dedicated to providing the most advanced health care to the communities and patients we serve. The Northwestern Medicine clinical and administrative staff, medical and science faculty, and medical students come together every day with a shared commitment to superior quality, academic excellence, scientific discovery and patient safety.

Northwestern Medicine has:

  • More than 33,000 employees dedicated to exceptional service and care
  • More than 4,400 aligned physicians, including faculty, residents and scientists, offering treatment informed by the latest research from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
  • 6 hospitals honored by the Magnet® Recognition Program for meeting the highest standards for patient care and nursing excellence
  • Hundreds of locations throughout the Chicagoland area

CULTURE

Our Mission, Vision and Core Values

Whether directly providing patient care or supporting those who do, every Northwestern Medicine employee has an impact on the quality of the patient experience and the level of excellence we collectively achieve. This knowledge, expressed in our shared commitment to a single, patient-focused mission, unites us.

Mission

Northwestern Medicine is a premier integrated academic health system where the patient comes first.

  • We are all caregivers or someone who supports a caregiver.
  • We are here to improve the health of our community.
  • We have an essential relationship with Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.
  • We integrate education and research to continually improve excellence in clinical practice.
  • We serve a broad community and strive to bring the best in medicine closer to where patients live and work.

Vision

To be a premier integrated academic health system that will serve a broad community and bring the best in medicine—including breakthrough treatments and clinical trials enhanced through our affiliation with Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine—to a growing number of patients close to where they live and work.

Values

Patients first: Putting our patients first in all that we do

Integrity: Adhering to an uncompromising code of ethics that emphasizes complete honesty and sincerity

Teamwork: Team success over personal success

Excellence: Continuously striving to be better

  • “Best Place to Work for Disability Inclusion” (2022): Top score and designated as “Best Place to Work for Disability Inclusion” by the Disability Equality Index
  • “Best Place to Work for Disability Inclusion” (2021): Top score and designated as “Best Place to Work for Disability Inclusion” by the Disability Equality Index

 

 

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