Radiology Porter Aide

Salary

The salary range for this position is CAD $29.24 - $29.24 / hour

Job Summary

Come work with us!

We invite you to apply today and find out why employees recommend Fraser Health to their friends as an exceptional place to work. We are committed to planetary health, we value diversity in the work force and seek to maintain an environment of Respect, Caring and Trust. Fraser Health’s hiring practices aspire to ensure all individuals are treated in an inclusive, equitable, and culturally safe manner.

Joining our team offers you opportunities to work in a rapidly growing organization with health professionals who are excellent in their respective fields, career growth and advancement, a competitive compensation package (including earning four weeks of vacation in your first year, comprehensive health benefits, and pension plan), and the rewarding opportunity to make a difference every single day in health care.

Detailed Overview

Reporting to the Supervisor, the Radiology Porter Aide practices in accordance with the standards of professional practice as well as utilizing a client and family centered care model and the vision and values of the department within Fraser Health (FH).

The Radiology Porter Aide acts as a member of an integrated team within a high volume medical imaging environment by performing duties such as transporting clients to and from required areas using stretchers and wheelchairs, assisting technical and nursing staff with the lifting and transferring of clients, maintaining supplies for various carts, cupboards, trays, rooms and storage areas and cleaning equipment and supply areas as required. Maintains a clean and safe work environment.

Responsibilities

• Transports clients to and from required areas utilizing prescribed safety techniques as well as mechanical aides such as specialty beds, mobilizers, wheelchairs and stretchers by checking daily schedule for portering information, organizing workload and picking up/moving clients from various locations to ensure prompt arrival at specified location.
• Assists with mobilization of clients, as directed by technical and/or nursing staff by positioning, lifting and/or transferring clients on and off beds, treatment tables, stretchers and wheelchairs, following prescribed safe techniques and lifting practices such as utilizing mechanical lifts and/or slide boards as required.
• Monitors inventories in procedure rooms, utility areas, supply cupboards, carts and outpatient areas by methods such as daily reviewing core supplies to identify depleting stock, initiating purchase requisition by notifying Supervisor of depleting stock, receiving supplies from Stores, and checking ordered supplies match those received. Replenishes items such as linen, contrast, needles, swabs, syringes and drapes by unpacking supplies upon receipt and storing in appropriate areas; tidies supply cupboards, shelves or patient areas as required.
• Cleans and maintains wheelchairs and stretchers by methods such as replacing linen on stretchers, spot-cleaning wheeled equipment using disinfectant solution, performing equipment counts and reporting repair requirements to Supervisor.
• Maintains oxygen and suction supplies on stretchers and in procedure rooms by methods such as checking to ensure tanks are full, changing tanks when required and applying new regulators, checking suctions are clean and available on all stretchers and procedure rooms.
• Assists room turn-over at procedure completion by performing duties related to laundry and garbage removal and general cleaning.
• Assists technologist and nursing staff with handling of the patients by obtaining necessary blankets, toys, bottles, food and drinks for specific procedures.
• Transports items such as exam results or specimens to and from Radiology, various wards, Pharmacy or Laboratory Medicine.
• Performs clerical duties such as answering telephones, arranging additional portering support, and transporting client films and/or requisitions as directed by Supervisor.
• Carries out responsibilities in accordance with health and safety requirements. Immediately reports unsafe situations by notifying supervisor or other appropriate personnel.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Education, Training and Experience

Grade 12 and two (2) years’ recent, related experience or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.

Skills And Abilities

• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
• Ability to deal with others effectively.
• Ability to organize work.
• Ability to operate related equipment.
• Physical ability to carry out the duties of the position.

About Fraser Health

Fraser Health is the heart of health care for over two million people in Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley in British Columbia, Canada, on the traditional, ancestral and unceded lands of the Coast Salish and Nlaka’pamux Nations and is home to 32 First Nations within the Fraser Salish region.

People - those we care for and those who care for them - are at the heart of everything we do. Our hospital and community-based services are delivered by a team of 50,000+ staff, medical staff and volunteers.

We are committed to planetary health and value diversity in the work force. We strive to maintain an environment of respect, caring and trust. Fraser Health’s hiring practices aspire to ensure all individuals are treated in an inclusive, equitable and culturally safe manner.

Together, we are the heart of health care.

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