Patient Transporter

Cottage Health; Santa Barbara (CA); On-site; USD 25,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Cottage Health is seeking a Patient Transporter for the SBCH Central Transportation department in Santa Barbara, CA. The transporter will move patients, equipment and supplies to the appropriate areas to support treatment and care, ensuring comfort and safety.

Experience with gurneys and wheelchairs is preferred, with BLS certification required. The role emphasizes timely response to transport requests via Tele-Tracking and collaboration with hospital teams to maintain smooth patient flow.

Qualifications

• Minimum: American Heart Association (AHA) Basic Life Support (BLS).
• Technical: Ability to utilize e-mail, cell phones, and pagers.
• Preferred: 1 year or longer transporting patients by gurney, wheelchair or equivalent hands on experience obtained in hospital's set up patient care.

Responsibilities

• Transport patients to assigned rooms or treatment areas.
• Assist with transport of equipment, supplies, and other materials as needed.
• Respond to transport requests via Tele-Tracking in a timely manner.

Job description

Job Description

Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital seeks a Patient Transporter for their SBCH Central Transportation department responsible for providing transport for patients, equipment, supplies, and other miscellaneous materials. Performs duties aimed to enhance, the comfort and safety of our patients. Major accountabilities include:

• Perform patient transporter duties transporting patients to assigned rooms or to areas of the hospital as required for treatment and procedures. Through the use of electronic Tele-Tracking program; responds immediately to requests in the time frame allowed by the situation.

Qualifications

QUALIFICATIONS: All job qualifications listed indicate the minimum level necessary to perform this job proficiently.

Certifications, Licenses, Registrations

• Minimum: American Heart Association (AHA) Basic Life Support (BLS).

Technical Requirements

• Minimum: Ability to utilize e-mail, cell phones, and pagers.

Years of Related Work Experience

• Preferred: 1 year or longer transporting patients by gurney, wheelchair or equivalent hands on experience obtained in hospital's set up patient care.

About Us

Cottage Health is a leading acute care hospital system, located on the central coast of California, widely known for our superior patient care, innovation, medical research and education. Our health system operates primarily in Santa Barbara, CA, since 1888, and consists of three acute care hospitals, a Rehabilitation Hospital, multiple clinics and a multi-site Urgent Care system. Our mission is to serve the central coast communities with excellence, integrity, and compassion. Every day we touch thousands of lives in many different ways, resolute in our mission to put patients first. We take pride in helping our patients get back to living their lives - in the places they love.

• Pay for non-physician positions is determined based on related years of experience and internal equity. Eligible employees may also receive additional forms of compensation, including shift differentials, on-call pay, incentive pay, and bonus opportunities, where applicable. Manager and above positions may participate in Cottage Health’s annual management incentive program. Physician compensation is determined based upon specialty and may include bonus potential. For more information on our comprehensive Total Rewards offerings, please visit https://cottagehealth.org/careers/total-rewards .