Transporter

Your experience matters

Highpoint Health – Sumner with Ascension Saint Thomas is part of Lifepoint Health, a diversified healthcare delivery network with facilities coast to coast. We are driven by a profound commitment to prioritize your well-being so you can provide exceptional care to others. As a Transporter joining our team, you’re embracing a vital mission dedicated to making communities healthier ®. Join us on this meaningful journey where your skills, compassion and dedication will make a remarkable difference in the lives of those we serve.

More about our team

Join the Surgical Services team, where teamwork, dependability, and compassionate patient care are at the heart of everything we do. You'll work alongside a supportive team of experienced transporters and surgical professionals who take pride in helping one another and keeping daily operations running smoothly. We're looking for someone who is hardworking, reliable, and eager to contribute to a team that makes a difference for patients every day.

How you’ll contribute

A Transporter who excels in this role:

• Safely transport patients throughout the Surgical Services department using wheelchairs, stretchers, or hospital beds.

• Assist with preparing, cleaning, and turning over rooms to ensure they are ready for the next patient or procedure.

• Support the daily operations of Surgical Services by maintaining clean, organized, and safe patient care areas.

• Transport patients with oxygen tanks, IV pumps, or other medical equipment as needed.

• Occasionally transport specimens, equipment, and supplies to designated locations within the facility.

• Assist patients with transfers and movement while maintaining safety, comfort, and dignity.

• Work collaboratively with nurses, surgical staff, and other team members to ensure efficient patient flow.

• Respond promptly to transportation requests and changing departmental priorities.

• Follow established hospital procedures, infection prevention protocols, and patient safety standards.

• Provide courteous, professional assistance to patients, visitors, and hospital staff.

• Perform other duties as assigned to support Surgical Services operations.

What we’re looking for
Applicants should have a high school diploma or equivalent, preferred. Additional requirements include:

• No previous hospital or patient transportation experience required; training will be provided.

• Basic Life Support (BLS/BCLS) certification required within 30 days of hire; hospital assistance with certification is available.

• Ability to perform physically demanding work, including frequent walking, standing, pushing, pulling, and moving patients or equipment.

• Strong work ethic, dependability, and punctuality.

• Ability to follow directions, accept feedback, and work effectively with multiple team members.

• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate and collaborate with individuals of varying personalities and working styles.

• Ability to prioritize responsibilities, adapt to changing needs, and remain composed in a fast-paced healthcare environment.

• Good judgment, attention to safety, and the ability to work with minimal supervision.

• Commitment to providing compassionate, respectful service to patients and their families.

Schedule: Full time. Monday - Friday, 8:30am – 5:00pm

Why join us

We believe that investing in our employees is the first step to providing excellent patient care. In addition to your base compensation, this position also offers:

• Comprehensive Benefits: Multiple levels of medical, dental and vision coverage for full-time and part-time employees.
• Financial Protection & PTO: Life, accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity insurance, short- and long-term disability, paid family leave and paid time off.
• Financial & Career Growth: Higher education and certification tuition assistance, loan assistance and 401(k) retirement package and company match.
• Employee Well-being: Mental, physical, and financial wellness programs (free gym memberships, virtual care appointments, mental health services and discount programs).
• Professional Development: Ongoing learning and career advancement opportunities.

More about Highpoint Health – Sumner with Ascension Saint Thomas

Highpoint Health – Sumner with Ascension Saint Thomas is a 167-bed acute care hospital serving Gallatin and the surrounding Sumner County community. For more than 60 years, the hospital has provided a broad range of inpatient and outpatient services, including emergency care, surgical services, cardiovascular care, orthopedics, women’s services, and other specialty care. The hospital is accredited by The Joint Commission and is part of Highpoint Health, a regional health system serving communities across Middle Tennessee.

EEOC Statement

“Highpoint Health – Sumner with Ascension Saint Thomas is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Highpoint Health – Sumner with Ascension Saint Thomas is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity for all applicants and employees and complies with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination and harassment in employment.”

Lifepoint Health is a leader in community-based care and driven by a mission of Making Communities Healthier. Our diversified healthcare delivery network spans 29 states and includes 63 community hospital campuses, 32 rehabilitation and behavioral health hospitals, and more than 170 additional sites of care across the healthcare continuum, such as acute rehabilitation units, outpatient centers and post-acute care facilities. We believe that success is achieved through talented people. We want to create places where employees want to work, with opportunities to pursue meaningful and satisfying careers that truly make a difference in communities across the country.