Transportation Aide [United States]

 

Under immediate supervision, transports patients, medical equipment, laboratory specimens & supplies within all areas of the medical center.

Essential Functions:

• Upholds KP's Policies and Procedures, Principles of Responsibilities and applicable state, federal and local laws.
• Transports patients (pre-operative, post-operative, Hemodialysis, etc) by wheel chair or gurney within the medical center.
• Picks up routine and STAT requests for laboratory specimens, blood, equipment, supplies, and other appropriate materials (medical or other) including data reports on regular routes or as required and delivers to appropriate location in hospital facility.
• With an escort by a security officer, transports expired patients to the morgue.
• Picks up soiled patient equipment and supplies from nursing units and transports to central processing.
• Transports equipment from NICU to central processing as requested.
• Performs CPR and responds to code blue pages as necessary.
• Performs other related duties as required.

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Basic Qualifications:

• Six (6) months of previous experience in general patient care/hospital transportation.

• HS Diploma/GED preferred.

• Valid CPR certification, if not currently certified, incumbent must receive within thirty (30) days of hire.

• Nursing Aide certification, preferred.

• Valid Class C California driver's license, preferred.

• Current California driver record information sheet, preferred.

• Must have a driving record free of accidents involving the applicant's negligence, preferred.

• Also free of citations w/ forfeit of bail for driving while intoxicated or driving while under the influence of drugs or reckless driving, preferred.

• Demonstrated ability to follow written & oral directions.

• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively.

Preferred Qualifications:

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  BLS required.

Notes:

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  Must work eight days in 4-week rotation.
  

• Must be available every other weekend.

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  This is an on-call position, days and hours may vary.

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  Must be available four days in between the week (Mon-Fri).

PrimaryLocation : California,Downey,Downey Medical Center
HoursPerWeek : 1
Shift : Night
Workdays : Sun, Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat
WorkingHoursStart : 11:00 PM
WorkingHoursEnd : 07:30 AM
Job Schedule : Call-in/On-Call
Job Type : Standard
Employee Status : Regular
Employee Group/Union Affiliation : B01|SEIU|Local 399
Job Level : Entry Level
Job Category : Clinical Support
Department : Downey Medical Center - Patient Transportation - 0801
Travel : No
Kaiser Permanente is an equal opportunity employer committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), age, sexual orientation, national origin, marital status, parental status, ancestry, disability, gender identity, veteran status, genetic information, other distinguishing characteristics of diversity and inclusion, or any other protected status.

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