Transportation Aide

Talentify; Moreno Valley (CA); On-site; USD 52,349,000 - 71,635,000; Full time

Job summary

Kaiser Permanente is seeking a patient transport role responsible for moving patients within the medical center, including to and from the operating room, and delivering laboratory specimens and equipment.

Responsibilities include supporting staff by assisting with patient positioning, preparing procedures, and handling requests across departments while upholding hospital policies and maintaining courteous service to patients and colleagues.

Qualifications

• Experience in patient transport or medical support preferred.
• Ability to follow policies, safety and infection-control procedures.
• Strong customer service and teamwork skills.

Responsibilities

• Transports patients within the medical center, including transporting pre-operative and post-operative patients.
• Picks up laboratory specimens, equipment, supplies, reports and x-rays on regular routes or as required and delivers to appropriate location in hospital facility.
• Assists physician and/or other hospital personnel in positioning, restraining, and draping patients with sheets as directed.
• Performs routine patient care including shaving and applying antiseptic solutions to designated skin areas, administering male catheterizations as directed, and taking and recording patients' vital signs.
• Establishes and maintains courteous, cooperative relations with the public, patients and other personnel.
• Performs other duties as required to include responding to special delivery requests from other departments, assisting with the lifting of medical patients; picks up blood; drugs and xeroxes.

Job description

Job Summary:

Transports patients within the hospital, including to and from the operating room and picks up or delivers laboratory specimens and equipment.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Essential Functions:
• Upholds Kaiser Permanentes Policies and Procedures, Principles of Responsibilities and applicable state, federal and local laws. Transports patients within the medical center complex including transporting pre-operative and post-operative patients. Picks up laboratory specimens, equipment, supplies, reports and x-rays on regular routes or as required and delivers to appropriate location in hospital facility. Assists physician and/or other hospital personnel in positioning, restraining, and draping patients with sheets as directed. Performs routine patient care including shaving and applying antiseptic solutions to designated skin areas, administering male catheterizations as directed, and taking and recording patients vital signs. Establishes and maintains courteous, cooperative relations with the public, patients and other personnel. Performs other duties as required to include responding to special delivery requests from other departments, assisting with the lifting of medical patients; picks up blood; drugs and xeroxes. 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. Assume other activities and responsibilities from time to time as directed.