About the role
The Patient Transfer Service workload includes planned and urgent transfers for hospitals and transport for residential care, palliative care, bariatric and air ambulance patients. Hato Hone St John provides services to Te Whatu Ora Health NZ and is the largest provider of patient transfer services in New Zealand.
Duties
- Transport patients between hospital facilities
- Work alongside health professionals
- Demonstrate interpersonal skills with a strong patient focus
This is a Monday to Friday, 40 hours per week, permanent position.
Skills & experience
- A full class '1' NZ drivers license, held for a minimum of 12 months with an excellent driving record
- First Responder qualification - we will train you up if you are new to Hato Hone St John
- Confident operating large vehicles and operating under lights and sirens when required
- Good level of physical fitness
- Resilient and able to work with autonomy
- Excellent interpersonal skills with a strong customer focus
- A genuine commitment to the well-being and care of others
- The ability to work under pressure
- Current First Aid Level 2 Certificate desirable but not essential
Benefits
- Base salary that increases in the first year of employment plus annual increases.
- Supporting Aotearoa communities
- Member discount on Goods & Services - Samsung, Torpedo 7, Harvey Norman, JB HI-FI, and much more!
- Full comprehensive training including driving under lights and sirens, at the end of the course you will have a First Responder certificate equivalent to level 3 qualification.
About Hato Hone St John
Those who work for Hato Hone St John are driven by the desire to help their local communities by providing essential health-related services. Our five Values - we do the Right Thing; we stand Side by Side; we Make It Better; we have Open Minds; we are Straight Up - help us to achieve our vision of 'enhanced health and well-being for all New Zealanders'
Applications close on Sunday 7th April 2024
Please ensure you submit a cover letter outlining why you believe this is the role for you!
If you have any questions please email Nik Canoville at nikki.canoville@stjohn.org.nz
Please note: all appointments are subject to satisfactory completion of pre-employment checks including, but not limited to physical assessment and health check. This does apply to current members as well. For clinical operations roles where you are required to drive, you will be required to meet Hato Hone St John medical standards. To learn more about these, please follow this link https://join.stjohn.org.nz/sitefiles/files/HSW5.20-Medical-Standards.pdf.
We welcome and encourage diversity in our workforce and adhere to best practice equal employment opportunity principles as well as commitment to delivering equitable outcomes in all aspects of our recruitment and our ways of working.
Haramai ngā tai o te āniwaniwa, he kāhui rangatira tēnei, he kāhui whakamana tāngata whaimahi, e te iti, e te rahi e
