Patient Transport Coordinator
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Job overview
Catholic Health Services is hiring a Patient Transport Coordinator. Catholic Health is seeking a Patient Transport Coordinator to schedule and manage patient transport, ensuring proper medical support and working with various services for authorization. This role involves prioritizing requests, monitoring hospital bed capacity, and ensuring timely, safe transfers. The coordinator will also document transport details, ensure compliance with policies, and collaborate with hospital departments to resolve transport-related issues.
Key focus areas include Coordinate Transfers: Schedule and manage patient transport, ensuring proper medical support and working with EMS, ambulette services, and payors for authorization., Prioritize & Monitor: Triage requests by urgency and monitor hospital bed capacity to ensure timely, safe transfers., and Ensure Safety & Comfort: Maintain clear communication, verify medical needs are met, and support transport staff during operations..
Successful candidates bring High School Diploma. Important skills include Organizational Skills, Multitasking, Computer Skills, Communication, and Interpersonal Abilities.
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Full job description
Overview
At Catholic Health, our primary focus is the way we treat and serve our communities. We work collaboratively to provide compassionate care and utilize evidence-based practice to improve outcomes – to every patient, every time.
We are committed to caring for Long Island. Be a part of our team of healthcare heroes and discover why Catholic Health was named Long Island’s Top Workpla ce
Job Details
Responsibilities:
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Coordinate Transfers: Schedule and manage patient transport, ensuring proper medical support and working with EMS, ambulette services, and payors for authorization.
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Prioritize & Monitor: Triage requests by urgency and monitor hospital bed capacity to ensure timely, safe transfers.
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Ensure Safety & Comfort: Maintain clear communication, verify medical needs are met, and support transport staff during operations.
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Documentation & Reporting: Record all transport details, update patient charts, and escalate delays or issues as needed.
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Compliance & Quality: Adhere to hospital policies, safety standards, and confidentiality; participate in audits and training.
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Collaboration: Coordinate with departments across the hospital and communicate special patient needs to transport teams.
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Problem Solving: Resolve transport-related issues quickly to minimize care disruptions and maintain smooth operations.
Requirements:
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High school diploma required (Associate’s degree in healthcare preferred)
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Experience in EMS, dispatch, healthcare logistics, or patient care in fast-paced settings preferred
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Strong organizational, multitasking, and computer skills
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Excellent communication and interpersonal abilities
Salary Range
USD $20.00 - USD $29.77 /Hr.
This range serves as a good faith estimate and actual pay will encompass a number of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies, and experience and position location. The salary range or rate listed does not include any bonuses/incentive, differential pay or other forms of compensation that may be applicable to this job and it does not include the value of benefits.
At Catholic Health, we believe in a people-first approach. In addition to the estimated base pay provided, Catholic Health offers generous benefits packages, generous tuition assistance, a defined benefit pension plan, and a culture that supports professional and educational growth.
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