Transportation Aide

Kaiser Permanente; Moreno Valley (CA); On-site; USD 32,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

Kaiser Permanente in Moreno Valley is seeking a Hospital Transporter to move patients within the hospital, including to and from the operating room, and to transfer lab specimens and equipment.

The role involves assisting with patient positioning and basic care tasks under supervision, upholding policies and providing safe, courteous service to staff and patients.

Applicants with Basic Life Support certification and healthcare setting exposure are preferred.

Qualifications

• Transports patients within the hospital to operating areas and between departments.
• Picks up laboratory specimens, equipment, supplies, reports and x-rays on routine routes and delivers to the appropriate location.
• Assists with positioning and basic care tasks under supervision.
• Upholds Kaiser Permanente policies and ensures patient safety and courteous service.

Responsibilities

• Transports patients within the medical center complex including to and from the operating room.
• Picks up laboratory specimens, equipment, supplies, reports and x-rays on regular routes and delivers to appropriate location.
• Assists physician and other personnel in positioning and basic patient care tasks.
• Promotes safe, courteous service and cooperative relations with staff and patients.

Skills

Healthcare environment experience

Basic Life Support

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.

Basic Qualifications

Experience

• Note: Education/License/Certification and Qualifications required for Moreno Valley Community Hospital employees acquired through Kaiser Permanentes purchase of Valley Health Systems Moreno Valley Community Hospital: Employees shall meet the minimum position qualifications as listed on their previous Valley Health System job description.

Education

• N/A

License, Certification, Registration

• Basic Life Support

Preferred Qualifications

• Preferred one (1) year experience in a health care environment or a recent graduate of a health career program.