senior scheduler

registered nurse

health screener

screener

temperature screener

Houston Methodist

1. Introduces self to patient upon arrival to nursing unit and explains where they are being transported. Communicates positively and effectively with patients and guests, as well as internal customers. Promotes a positive image of the department and Hospital through verbal and non-verbal communication with all persons and compliance with personal appearance guidelines. Uses 10 codes appropriately to limit radio conversations and wears earpiece with radio to ensure HIPPA compliance. Contributes to exceeding patient satisfaction rating goals.

2. Documents assignments neatly and completely on the Patient Transportation Trip Log and turns them in at the end of each shift.

3. Reports to nursing unit/department to notify staff of patient transport.

a. Request patient chart.

b. Reviews patient passport for completeness and asks questions as needed to clarify handoff information.

c. Checks patient ID bands with a 2 step procedure, checking patient`s first and last name and medical record number prior to transport.

d. Provides wheelchair, stretcher, bed, transcart, and luggage cart assistance as requested and assists nursing personnel in transferring patients between bed and transport equipment when needed.

e. Properly connects and disconnects portable oxygen and sets regulators.

f. Performs tasks as required to prepare the patient for transport such as moving IV bags, placing Foley catheters, IMED pumps, Drug Infusion pumps, etc.

g. Reports observations, conditions and problems of patients to the licensed nurse

h. Reports any potential harm or conflicting information to the Manager for input in Patient Safety Net.

4. Maintains current certification to perform CPR.

5. Transports adult and fetal demised patients to morgue.

6. Transporter provides direct care to all hospital patients when a nurse is not present during transport and indirect care when a nurse is present during transit.

7. Must be able to make appropriate customer service decisions with problem solving, setting trip delays, canceling and recalling assignments.

8. Must practice universal precautions at all times when assisting patients.

9. Disinfects equipment before and after each use, allowing sufficient time for the disinfectant to dry thoroughly before placement of linen.

10. Transports inpatients and outpatients within department productivity standards to and from patient rooms, diagnostic and therapeutic areas, lobbies, clinics and physician offices. Must complete at least minimum percentage of transports per shift and within departmental standards. Transporter contributes to high patient and internal customer satisfaction ratings by providing timely transports.

11. Transporter delivers patient room furnishings such as bed extensions, sleep chairs and transport of empty beds as requested, as a backup duty when Expeditor is not available.

12. Maintains adequate supply of transport equipment in lobbies and equipment rooms. Clears equipment left on floors and in hallways and unauthorized areas by moving them to designated equipment storage areas or reporting the equipment to the dispatcher.

13. Tags equipment needing extensive repairs, takes damaged equipment out of service and delivers to bed shop for repair.

14. Properly disposes of soiled linen on nursing unit and removes other items left on equipment such as urinals, bedpans, emesis basins, etc. Removes pumps and monitors no longer needed for the patient care from the transport equipment and places it in the soiled utility room.

15. Operates all transport equipment in a safe manner. Transports and stores oxygen tanks in approved holders. Ensures that oxygen cylinders are appropriately tagged to reflect the current airflow status.

16. Properly handles patient charts, keeping them covered or out of sight from visitors and employees, and other protected health information to assure compliance with HIPPA requirements.

17. Properly enters patient information in automated systems as required, such as entries in the Cardiology Patient Tracking system, MedHost in the Emergency Department, and HRS for paging the Housekeeping staff and to complete patient discharges. Properly signs in patient at testing areas where applicable.

18. Reports incidents involving patients or visitors immediately to management for reporting through the Patient Safety Net.

19. Participates as a team player with Nursing Staff and coworkers when necessary for moving the patient to test and procedures.

20. Responsible for contacting Call Center dispatch or the code blue team for respiratory and cardiac emergencies during patient transport.

21. Demonstrates the components of the I CARE values statement.

22. Demonstrates Service PRIDE Standards.

23. Follows all safety rules while on the job. Performs duties in a safe manner, using appropriate equipment, methods, and assistance to reduce injuries, including use of transfer boards, Hover Mat, Hover Jack, etc. Reports accidents according to policies and procedures, and corrects minor safety hazards. Remains in compliance with hand hygiene policies regarding prohibition of artificial nails, length of nails, and hand washing guidelines. Responds to Code Blue, Dr. Pink, and other emergency situations as assigned. Ensures compliance with Hospital and System policies related to patient safety

General Hospital orientation is welcoming in comparison to other facilities in San Antonio, but once you are working in your designated department watch your back.  The Methodist Healthcare System may preach the pillars of excellence and standards, but that is quite frankly a joke in my experience.  Just like their mission is to "Serve Humanity to Honor God" lol.  I am proud and blessed to be a Christian, but I have never been tormented or treated so poorly in my entire career.  I was disillusioned by thinking this was a company based upon christian values.  As an organization they may have a vision of greatness, however it is focused on promoting themselves and not their employees.  Management never smiles and is consistently negative in their behavior visible for all to witness. Too bad they really don't follow their so-called mission to work as a team in a culture dedicated to improving their deliver of healthcare.  Customers are not always treated the same, especially the ones with insurance.  I found it very offensive that chairity patients are given free medicine, transporation, and equipment, while paying customers weren't offered similar assistance.  For some reason they seem to go above and beyond for some, but others are left to their own vices.  I personally observed physician's ordering and perforiming costly testing and procedures that could and should have been performed in an outpatient setting.  There are identifiable situations where patients are kept in the hospital when they are otherwise stable and safe to be discharged simply because the physician wants to bill for an additional consultation fee.  Innocent hard working staff member's are held accountable for inadequacies that originate in other departments or other coworkers.  Medical staff often dictate what vendors are consulted instead of customer's ultimately having the right to choose who provides the services for them.  Employees are not welcomed to offer better more efficient ways to perform their job.  Staff are allowed to disrespect and harrass other employees with no management intervention.  Professionals are not treated with fairness or recognized for providing exceptional care.  Employees within the same department are not held accountable to the same standards related to their job description.  Some employees arrive late and leave early on a daily basis while others performing the identicle job are scrutinzed in every aspect.  When the facility doesn't make their budget then beware, as they will be on a witch hunt and you may be their target.  Lastly, if you accept employment with this organization make sure that your Director has accepted using email by means of communication like the rest of the business world.  Unfortunately my managent team responded to all my emails before I started employment at Methodist, but after I started to work she responded to very few  when requesting support and guidance.  I feel this is calculated on managements part, as then you have no documentated record of the discussion.  Managements lack of integrity is your loss, as it is their word against yours.  So if you still want to be a part of the Methodist TEAM, remember that it isn't a Culture it is a CULT!

Pros: It great company to work for, with lots of great bonuses and incentives, and shift differentials are nice too. READ THE CONS LIST TOO PLEASE.

Cons: HORRIBLE management, Does not truly care about employees. You are basically the lowest-level employee at this hospital. You are micromanaged to the last minute of your shift. You must wear a big and bulky walkie-talkie with an earpiece that hurts your ear so much, all to just say exactly where you are at the end and beginning of each "run" you do in this job. You have to fill out lots of logs for no reason. This job is very physically demanding. Not allowed to sit, must stand for all hours of this shift, and walk from tower to tower. Will definitely average about 5-10 miles of just walking every day. Not allowed to have phones, not allowed to listen to music, not allowed to wear scrubs, and have to wear uncomfortable jeans and uncomfortable shirts which are part of the uniform. For the amount of work we do, we are only allowed one 15 and one 30-minute breaks which we have to call on our walkie-talkies as well (Again micro-managing!) We have to deal with patients' luggage and deliver those as well (also a log we have to fill out for this) which makes no sense because our job is mainly for specimens and medication from pharmacy transport. Managers put unrealistic expectations on employees such as making runs from TOWER to TOWER in 30 minutes which is impossible. Most people join Methodist with this job just to transfer out within 6 months of being hired because that is the minimum time you must work in one position. There is no moving up in this position, no team lead, no assistant manager, you are a courier for however long you wish to work here. I never take lunch to work because we never will get a proper break, also the break room is shared with three other departments and is disgusting located in the basement. In conclusion, you are basically a slave working here, do not do this to yourself, save yourself before applying for this job.

In all honesty, I did not spend a lot of time at Methodist, but the time that I did spend there was horrible. If you are a person that has anxiety you may want to think twice about working here. They are not very understanding of people who have anxiety. I don't know about other mental illnesses. The only thing was the pay and the benefits. So from what I noticed about the culture at Methodist is that there is a hierarchy system. The doctors are treated like gold while the food service workers are treated like grass. Food service managers do not do their job well. They also do not train you well. They didn't know how to control the level of bullying and mistreatment of new employees, so at the end of the day, you end of feeling like nothing. There was a lot of negative energy in that kitchen. Also, the employees that have been there longer will talk about you in all kinds of ways and even in front of your face because they know that the managers are not going to fire them. You also have to do a lot of sucking up or otherwise you would become the black sheep. Also, managers showed a lot of favoritism. Nobody in that is kitchen really your friend. Some people are nice though. Just do not tell anybody your business. If you too quiet than people still treat you like nothing. So you can't win or lose working as a food service worker at Methodist.  I all honesty the food service part of Methodist is filled with of bunch of miserable people who in all honesty hate their jobs and are only there for the money. Even though the money was good, save your self the headache and just work somewhere else. But if you can handle it go ahead and try your hand at being the best food service assistant at Methodist Hospital of Houston.

This is coming from working on a medical-surgical floor. It is hard to want to stay working in this field. There are some days where you are so busy that you cannot take a proper lunch and you are staying overtime to chart (this is day shift), there are few days where it is more balanced and you are leaving on time. The call light system is noisy and is connected to your work phone, so any "high priority alarms" will go to all of the staff's phones if it is not answered immediately. You cannot possibly be in 2 places at once, neither can your PCA. Sometimes it is difficult to coordinate care when the different specialties of doctors involved in your patient's case do not speak to one another, and the attending doctor asks you, the RN, to call them. RNs are always the middle-man to connect all the pieces. Some patients are so complex that they have urology, cardiology, gynecology, neurology, oncology, and palliative care ALL on board at once. I am not exaggerating. And imagine having to coordinate care across all of those specialties while you are caring for 5, at times 6 patients. Also, orders sometimes get missed (because the previous unit/shift was also busy) and you are responsible for getting those done, STAT... so your phone never stops ringing. Communication between the doctors really needs work. Burn-out happens easily due to the patient loads and staffing ratios. Teamwork can be difficult on larger units. Leadership is very involved, however. There is undoubtedly much to learn and to take away when you are working in medical-surgical field, and that is priceless.

I came in as a contract to permanent IT Help Desk Analyst, and appreciated the detailed training, and working environment.Seem to be a place where growth and advancement was possible if you knew the right people.I loved the job and was a proud contractor for Methodist, worked hard everyday and was acknowledged for my progress, and was a top 3 performer every week.I was told to my face by management that when my 90 day contract was up that I had earned and proved myself and would be transitioned to a permanent Methodist employee.Well as promised at the end of my 3 month contract they informed me to apply online on a job posting that was specifically posted for my transition process.It was the greatest feeling knowing that I've found a permanent home for life, well 3 weeks went by so I decided to followup to see where the process was at, and got a reply from my IT supervisor that they dont have time, then few days later they hired more contractors and called me into their office and said my progression was to slow and that Help Desk wasnt for me, and If I continued to work there that a patient would probably die.I remember sitting there in my manager office while she and another IT supervisor were saying the complete opposite prior from 3 weeks before when the same people were saying all the positive praises were now terminating my contract and escorted me out of the building as a unemployed contractor.I learned a lesson that working hard gets you terminated and performing subpar and knowing the right people will continue to put food on the table.Loved Methodist but management icare values were life changing for me.

. Coordinates appropriate, timely patient care, under physician supervision, for patients on the Palliative Medicine service, focusing on identified expected optimal outcomes individualized to the patient. 2. Coordinates patient care between healthcare providers. ¿Rounds¿ with Palliative Medicine physicians and attends/coordinates interdisciplinary rounds, care  conferences, family meetings, and other patient care venues. 3. Conducts comprehensive health assessments: identifies normal/abnormal health characteristics, develops/contributes to the plan of care, initiates appropriate interventions, and evaluates care outcomes for patients on the palliative care service. 4. Performs delegated functions under physician supervision, such as differential  diagnosis, use of prescriptive authority, and treatment according to practice   guidelines, protocols, and/or standing orders. Accepts accountability for outcomes in  health care. 5. Performs invasive diagnostic or therapeutic procedures necessary for defined patient  population(s). 6. Uses critical thinking skills and clinical judgement to work autonomously as defined  by the Nurse Practice Act. Collaborates with healthcare team members to  manage/coordinate patient care. 7. Demonstrates leadership as clinical resource, interdisciplinary consult, and patient   advocate. Participates in precepting nursing and medical students, nurses, fellows,   and residents who are learners on the Palliative Medicine service.  8. Promotes quality health care through integration of current research into practice and  participation in research activities. 9. Maintains current licensure and credentials. R

Houston Methodist of caurse has no competition. It is simply the best hospital to work for. A Magnet Hospital. You have everything you need to for proffesional growth. You have all the resources to help you to provide excellent quality care to your patients and they have a group of multi disciplinary team of healthcare providers from all departments that work collaboratively to discuss individual plan of care for each patient. Their model is Family oriented, both the patients and their families are involved in their plan of care. They have a big educational department for professional excellence. They educate their nurses based on evidence based practice and evaluate their skills on a yearly basis for proficiency. They have nursing educators ( Cinical experts) in every unit for resources and inservices etc. The technology is excellent. FORTUNE Margazine ranked Houston Methodist among first 100 best companies to work for.
I am actually finding it difficult to leave because the working environment and the culture makes it feel like a second home to me. I have been in Houston Methodist for 16 years plus. They take care of their staff and everyone is treated with respect. People come from all over the world to get treated at Houston Methodist because of their dedicated team of experts in various diseases. I love excellence and Houston Methodist depicts nothing but excellence.

arrival 1:30pm for 2:00pm shift for shift review. check daily surgical log and situational issues during those surgeries in order to prepare for cases not going well. Admixture of specialized drugs for cardiac procedures. Preperation of medications for scheduled surgeries for the next day. Batch prep of syringes of medications used daily. Stock fluids for next day. As a case would go "south", be required to post in the OR suite, for the ability to run to and from the pharmacy as quickly as possible. This was an intense situation on a dailey basis, and I learned so much concerning cardiac surgery, the preparation for, the clean-up and preparing the patient to be moved to Cardian Intensive Care Unit. Very supportive management, Cardinal Health took over in mid-employment changing most of the procedural balances creating many issues. Co-worker from mornings had been in the facility for two years and was a great help to me as I was new to the OR procedures. A part of the job that was tough to deal with was when a patient would not survive the surgery, or not able to be revieved post-op. As this was new to me, I was like a child at christmas, eyes wide, taking in everything that was spoken, following procedures, watching and observing all that happened.

patient transport shift Leader/Sterile Processing Apprenticeship at
The Methodist Hospital, is a wonderful renowned hospital. Patient satisfaction is the number one priority and the hospital takes its values very seriously.When i first joined the Hospital,all the co-workers were very friendly and helpful.Good team work.I would recommend anyone to work for Methodist hospital its a good working environment. I have learned how to deal with coworkers, pharmacists and nurses. The management is excellent. I enjoy good teamwork with my coworkers I could not find anything hard about this job since I enjoy working here Working with my coworkers.Great company with high level of employee pride in the workplace. I have learned a great deal about interpersonal importance in internal decision making process. Highly relationship oriented in most decisions.
The most difficult part of the job has been seeing a great financial decision not implemented because it was too difficult to change. but the most enjoyable part of the job is seeing that smile off satisfaction on a patients face because he/she has been well taken care off during there stay at the methodist hospital,an its Always exciting, everyday a new challenge,loved the job. I rotated throughout the whole hospital as the day goes bye . Co workers and manageral staff a very helpful.

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