Porter - Patient Transport - Regular Part-Time - 2026-19085
- Toronto, ON, Canada
Part-time
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Job details
- Job type
- Part-time
- Experience
- Minimum of 1 year experience interacting with patients in a health care setting required
- Posting language
- English
- Posted
Original job description
Summary of Duties
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Transports patients to various hospital locations
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Timely transportation of patients for their appointments
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Responds to Emergency Codes as assigned or required
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Assists, lifts and positions patients to and from transport equipment
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Responsible for the safety and well-being of the patient while in transit
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If required, remains with the patient during examination/treatment procedures
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Records and/or reports data associated with patient transport details
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Performs specimens handling service
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Performs patient related materials pickup/delivery duties such BRADMA, charts, pharmaceutical supplies, etc. as assigned
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Inspects all transport equipment to ensure proper functioning and a high level of cleanliness, safety and adherence to Infection Prevention and Control requirements
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Other duties as assigned such as mailroom functions and other non-patient related duties
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Will be re-assigned to other campuses as required
Qualifications/Skills
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Successful completion of secondary school required
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Proficiency with computer applications
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Minimum of 1 year experience interacting with patients in a health care setting required
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A minimum of 6 months recent Patient Transport Porter experience preferred
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Recent Multi-Campus Patient Transport Porter experience preferred
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Ability to work with minimal supervision, sense of urgency, customer/client focused
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Ability to work under pressure and multi-task
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Demonstrated good communication and interpersonal skills
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Demonstrated ability to lift patients and to meet the physical demands of the position (standing and walking for extended periods of time)
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Understands the requirements of Infection Control & Prevention; the Health & Safety Act
More about this job
Responsibilities
The patient transport porter at Sunnybrook will take patients safely and on time to their hospital appointments, helping them on and off transport equipment. They also handle specimens, deliver supplies and charts, check equipment is clean and working, and help with some non-patient tasks like mail.
Requirements
Candidates need secondary school, at least one year of experience working with patients in a healthcare setting, and computer skills. Recent patient transport porter experience is preferred, along with the ability to lift patients and stand and walk for long periods.
Skills
- Patient transport
- Patient lifting and positioning
- Specimen handling
- Infection prevention and control
- Emergency code response
- Patient safety monitoring
- Delivery of charts and pharmaceutical supplies
- Computer applications
- Data recording and reporting
- Communication
- Interpersonal skills
- Time management
- Multitasking
- Working under pressure
- Working with minimal supervision
- Mailroom functions
- Health and safety compliance
Categories
- Healthcare
- Logistics
- Customer Service & Support
Keywords
- patient transport
- porter
- hospital porter
- patient transfer
- patient lifting
- specimen handling
- medical equipment
- infection prevention and control
- healthcare support
- hospital logistics
- emergency codes
- patient safety
- Health and Safety Act
- shift work
- regular part-time
- multi-campus
- mailroom
- customer service
Seniority
Entry level
Tools
- Transport equipment
- Computer applications