Hospital Patient Mobility Technician I

Kaiser Permanente; Riverside (CA); On-site; USD 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

Kaiser Permanente in Riverside, CA is seeking a Patient Mobility Tech-I to transport patients within the hospital and clinic areas, including to and from the operating room. The role supports nursing staff in repositioning and transferring patients, using lift equipment as needed to minimize injuries, and handling specimens and supplies throughout the medical center.

Ideal candidates will work with a trained partner, follow body mechanics protocols, and maintain safety for patients and staff.

Qualifications

• Must maintain a current BCLS (American Heart Association Certification).
• Knowledge of basic body mechanics.
• Knowledge of related patient lifting or transport.
• Must be able to lift, push, pull and transfer, reposition and transport patients on a daily basis.
• Job requires ability to lift as part of a team, utilizing appropriate equipment for assistance. Job also requires frequent bending, stooping, lifting, stretching and standing for extended periods of time.
• While performing essential duties and responsibilities, incumbent must have the ability to physically work extensively with high risk patients (e.g. morbidly obese, quadriplegic, paraplegic, orthopedic, surgical and elderly) and specialty equipment utilized to mobilize these patients including transporting expired patients to the morgue.
• Must successfully complete Functional Capacity Test (includes ability to lift 90lbs) prior to final awarding of position.
• Must demonstrate effective written and verbal communication skills. Must possess good interpersonal and organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Works with a trained second person to provide assistance in the safe lifting and transferring of high risk patients (as identified through the patient mobilized risk screening process) and patients that have been identified as appropriate for this service.
• Utilizes proper body mechanics, lifting techniques, and observes hospital and clinic protocols.
• Utilizes patient handling equipment, transfer devices, and protective equipment in compliance with hospital/clinic policies, vendor specifications, and patient handling and transporting protocols.
• Maintains patient and employee safety as a basic premise of all tasks performed.
• Must have the ability to recognize the needs and concerns of members, co-workers, and physicians while maintaining positive working relationships.
• Transports patients throughout the medical center complex.
• Assists physicians and/or other hospital personnel in positioning, restraining, and draping patients with sheets as directed.
• Picks up laboratory specimens, blood products, wheel chairs, equipment, reports, x-rays, and other supplies on regular routes or as required and delivers to appropriate location throughout the medical center complex to include; responding to special delivery requests from other departments, assisting with the lifting of medical patients, removal and delivery of beds and mattressess to nursing units.
• Assembles, disassembles, cleans and stores of Trapeze/Patient Helper bars (excludes traction).
• Utilizes computerized tracking system to receive work related calls for transport, lifting and/or related jobs.
• Promotes, ensures, and improves customer service to internal/external customers by demonstrating skills which are consistent with the organizations philosophy of providing extraordinary customer relations and quality service.
• Reporting non-compliance, and adhering to applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations, accreditations and licensure requirements (if applicable), and Kaiser Permanentes policies and procedures.
• Performs other related duties as required

Job description

Kaiser Permanente in Riverside, CA is seeking a Patient Mobility Tech-I to transport patients within the hospital and clinic areas, including to and from the operating room. The role supports nursing staff in repositioning and transferring patients, using lift equipment as needed to minimize injuries, and handling specimens and supplies throughout the medical center.

Ideal candidates will work with a trained partner, follow body mechanics protocols, and maintain safety for patients and staff.