Job Description
Manages, plans, organizes, and evaluates the staff and activities of the facility’s 24×7 patient logistics operation including, but not limited to the escorting and transporting patients; implementing and maintaining the Transport TeleTracking Information system; picking-up and delivering material and equipment; performing related clerical/recording duties.
Job Responsibility
- Provides leadership to Patient Transportation team members and supervisors by communicating and guiding toward achieving department objectives.
- Develops, communicates, and builds consensus for goals in alignment with the health system.
- Manages the facility’s staff and 24×7 patient logistics operation; implements and operationalizes transport TeleTracking information the health system; designs work flow.
- Educates staff; develops processes in the health system to monitor productivity and convey information to requestors (nursing units, ancillary service departments, etc.); establishes baseline transport criteria and define zones.
- Acts as the health system administrator and provide ongoing support; recommends, implements, and adheres to approved operational and service goals and objectives.
- Prepares and communicates special reports pertaining to operations, productivity, volumes, operational performance, justification and/or corrective action; implements and maintains service agreements between department and customers.
- Ensures implementation, and evaluation of approved operational policies, procedures and processes; ensures related operational training for staff and orientation for service clients through the use of rounding, productivity reports and service agreements; selects, mentors, leads, and evaluates direct reports; oversees the selection, mentoring, leadership, and evaluation of indirect reports.
- Builds and maintains productive intra-departmental work relationships to optimize operations through the use of rounding, productivity reports and service agreements; ensures operating compliance with government and agency regulations.
- Manages resources including operating budget, supplies, equipment, space, staff and information; develops, implements and evaluates approved operating budget; maintains records, reports on performance, and recommends corrective action or justifies variances.
- Plans and ensures adequate supplies on-hand; monitors evaluation of equipment and recommendations for maintenance, repair, upgrade or replacement.
- Participates in the planning and utilization of space; oversees the maintenance and integrity of conventional and computer-aided records and information.
- Performs related duties as required. All responsibilities noted here are considered essential functions of the job under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Duties not mentioned here, but considered related are not essential functions.
Job Qualification
- Bachelor’s Degree required, or equivalent combination of education and related experience.
- 6-8 years of relevant experience and 2-5 years of leadership / management experience, required.
*Additional Salary Detail
The salary range and/or hourly rate listed is a good faith determination of potential base compensation that may be offered to a successful applicant for this position at the time of this job advertisement and may be modified in the future.When determining a team member’s base salary and/or rate, several factors may be considered as applicable (e.g., location, specialty, service line, years of relevant experience, education, credentials, negotiated contracts, budget and internal equity).
The salary range for this position is $66300.00-$86060.00/year.
Salary ranges shown on third-party job sites may not accurately reflect ranges provided by Northwell Health. Candidates should check Northwell Health Careers for accurate information and discuss salary/hourly details and our comprehensive benefits with a recruiter, if selected for an interview.