Manager - Patient Transport

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Professional and Technical

Imaging Services and Patient Transport

Main Campus Jackson

Manager
- Patient Transport

Manages the daily operations of Patient Transport Services, including staff supervision, scheduling, equipment management, productivity, and customer service. Ensures timely patient transportation and compliance with quality, safety, operational, and financial standards. Develops and implements best practices to optimize service delivery based on patient volume and organizational needs.

Education and Experience

Required:

Bachelor's degree and five (5) years of healthcare or management experience.

N/A

N/A

Strong leadership, organizational, communication, problem-solving, and time management skills. Knowledge of healthcare operations, scheduling, productivity management, customer service, and financial practices.

• Oversees daily operations of Patient Transport Services, ensuring efficient and timely transportation of patients throughout the facility.
• Supervises transportation supervisors and staff, including staffing, scheduling, performance management, and workflow coordination.
• Manages staffing, productivity, and operational performance based on patient volume, established metrics, benchmarks, and best practices.
• Oversees the maintenance, availability, and appropriate use of transportation equipment.
• Monitors operational reports and financial performance and participates in budget planning and management.
• Develops and implements processes to improve operational efficiency, service quality, patient safety, and customer satisfaction.
• Collaborates with departments throughout the facility to coordinate patient transport needs and support an efficient continuum of care.
• Ensures compliance with organizational policies, procedures, and safety standards.
• The duties listed are general in nature and are examples of the duties and responsibilities performed and are not meant to be construed as exclusive or all-inclusive. Management retains the right to add or change duties at any time.

Requires occasional exposure to unpleasant or disagreeable physical environment such as high noise level and exposure to heat and cold, occasional handling or working with potentially dangerous equipment, frequent exposure to bio-hazardous conditions such as risk of radiation exposure, blood borne pathogens, fumes or airborne particles, and/or toxic or caustic chemicals which mandate attention to safety considerations, occasional working hours significantly beyond regularly scheduled hours, occasional travelling to offsite locations, occasional activities subject to significant volume changes of a seasonal/clinical nature, occasional bending, occasional lifting and carrying up to 50 pounds, occasional climbing, occasional crawling, occasional crouching/stooping, occasional driving, occasional kneeling, occasional pushing/pulling, occasional reaching, constant sitting, frequent standing, occasional twisting, and frequent walking.

(occasional-up to 20%, frequent-from 21% to 50%, constant-51% or more)

Full time

Yes

Salary

100

Day

Grant Funded:
No

10/1/2026

open until filled if no date specified: 10/4/2026

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