Las Palmas Medical Center Hiring for Director of Patient Transport Full Time

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Introduction

Last year alone, HCA Healthcare colleagues invested over 156,000 hours impacting our communities. As a(an) Director of Patient Transport with Las Palmas Medical Center, you can be a manager in an organization that is devoted to giving!

Benefits

Las Palmas Medical Center, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

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  Comprehensive medical coverage that covers many common services at no cost or for a low copay. Plans include prescription drug and behavioral health coverage as well as telemedicine services and free AirMed medical transportation.
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  Additional options for dental and vision benefits, life and disability coverage, flexible spending accounts, supplemental health protection plans (accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity), auto and home insurance, identity theft protection, legal counseling, long-term care coverage, moving assistance, pet insurance and more.
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  Fertility and family building benefits through Progyny
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  Free counseling services and resources for emotional, physical and financial wellbeing
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  Family support, including adoption assistance, child and elder care resources and consumer discounts
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  401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service)
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  Employee Stock Purchase Plan
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  Retirement readiness and rollover services and preferred banking partnerships
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  Education assistance (tuition, student loan, certification support, dependent scholarships)
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  Colleague recognition program
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  Time Away From Work Program (paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence)

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Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

Come join our team as a(an) Director of Patient Transport. We care for our communities and employees! HCA Hope Fund in fourteen years reached a historic milestone: $50 million in help to our colleagues in need. Last year, HCA Healthcare and our colleagues donated $13.8 million dollars to charitable organizations. Apply Today!

Job Summary and Qualifications

To administer, analyze and appraise the care given to patients within the Department. To advise hospital management regarding the status of patient care, budgetary projections, quality improvement processes. To anticipate and estimate future needs of the Department to improve quality of patient care. To collaborate and coordinate the efforts of the staff of the Department to accomplish the mission of Las Palmas Medical Center.

• You will coordinate the care needs of assigned patients and develops comprehensive plans to manage care delivery across the patient care continuum.
  
• You will partner with patients and their primary physicians to develop customized care plans based on their individual needs and preferences.
  
• You will collaborate with physicians, nurses, allied health professionals, social work, and others to ensure appropriate tests and treatments are delivered in a timely fashion.
  
• You will advocate for the patient.
  
• You will balance care needs and financial considerations to ensure efficient and effective treatments are achieved.
  
• You will administer medical care while working within the confines of the ground ambulance and regional facilities.
  
• You will provide both supervision and direct patient care in accordance with established policies, procedures and protocols of the healthcare organization.
  
• You will have the knowledge of assessment, planning, and evaluating the care needs of the patient in the immediate transport period. Provides support for transport patients, families, and staff in the transport department.
  
• You will evaluate the responses to treatments, interventions and anticipating the case specific needs based on knowledge of procedure and pathophysiology of the patient.
  
• You will oversee all transport team projects to including the orienting and mentoring of new staff members.
  
• You will actively participate in administrative decisions affecting patient care.
  
• You will be responsible for the complete transport schedule.
  
• You will help cover transport call as needed.
  
• You will evaluate daily staffing and process payroll for the Transport Team.
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  You will review all transport charts and transport numbers weekly to administration.
  
• You will provide continuing education for the transport staff. You will perform quarterly advanced skills check-off with the transport team members.
  
• You will review transport processes, Quality Assurance Process Improvement QAPI and Action plans and quality results during month QAPI meetings/ Transport meetings.
  
• You will coordinate and extend outreach education to other facilities in our community (STABLE, NRP, fetal monitoring, etc.)
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  You will be a Member of the Neonatal/Pediatric Transport Network Association, attend meeting for this organization to stay up to date on changes in TX laws for Neonatal/Pediatric Transports
  
• You will write and maintain policies and protocols for Neonatal, Pediatric and Maternal transports.
  
• You will assist other Children’s Services department during times of high census with some aspects of patient care.
  
• You will promote a multidisciplinary coordination of services, such as, nursing medical, respiratory care, laboratory, pharmaceutical and public relations.
  
• You will develop, monitor, appraise and analyze budgetary goals and outcomes within the Transport Department.
  
• You will control processes related to Human Resources; inclusive of hiring, evaluating, terminating, counseling, coaching and development of the staff.
  
• You will be responsible for twenty four-hour coverage and problem resolution to the services provided (Neonatal, Pediatrics & Maternal services).
  

What qualifications you will need:

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  Minimum College: Associate Degree, Diploma in Nursing, or BSN required, MSN preferred.
  
• Current RN licensure in Texas or compact state
  
• BCLS
  
• ACLS
  
• PALS
  
• NRP Neonatal Resuscitate
  
• STABLE
  
• Minimum of five years clinical experience, three years of management experience preferred.
  
• Demonstrates supervisory or management experience
  
• C-NPT Neo Ped Transport; 24 months grace from date of hire/transfer
  
• TNCC Trauma Nursing Core Course; 1 year grace from date of hire/transfer
  
• ENPC Emergency Nurse Pediatric Course; 1 year grace from date of hire/transfer
  
• CCRN preferred
  
• PNCCT preferred
  
• TNATC preferred
  
• CTRN preferred
  
• CFRN preferred
  
• Critical Care Transport Experience preferred
  
• Three years’ experience as a Registered Nurse in Neonatal and/or Pediatrics
  

This role requires you to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 based on local, state and /or federal law or regulations (unless a medical or religious exemption is approved).

Las Palmas Medical Center is a300+ bedfull-service hospital in El Paso. It is home tothe region’s onlykidney transplant center. The facility offers arange of servicesincluding emergency care with aLevel III trauma center, cardiac care, women’s services, pediatric care and NICU, cancer care, and more. Las Palmas Medical Center is part of Las Palmas Del Sol Healthcare. We are a leading healthcare provider for El Paso and the surrounding region that is part of HCA Healthcare.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

“The great hospitals will always put the patient and the patient’s family first, and the really great institutions will provide care with warmth, compassion, and dignity for the individual.”- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.
HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

Become a manager with an organization that invests in your career while giving to the community. We are seeking distinguished applicants for our Director of Patient Transport opening. Help HCA Healthcare create healthier tomorrows for patients and communities.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

This position is incentive eligible.