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General Information

Work Location: Santa Monica, USA
Onsite or Remote
Fully On-Site
Work Schedule
variable schedule including days, nights, weekends, and holidays
Posted Date
12/23/2024
Salary Range: $26.44 - 26.44 Hourly
Employment Type
6 - Staff: Per Diem
Duration
Indefinite
Job #
18359

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

As a Patient Transporter, you will be responsible for positioning, transferring and transporting patients to and from various departments or locations by wheelchair, bed, or gurney. You may also perform teaching and training functions, dispatching function, and limited clerical duties for the transport function. Other role requirements include:

 

  • Equipment maintenance and cleaning or disinfection
  • Deliver and pick-up specimens, blood, medical equipment, medical records, medications, and various other items
  • Transport deceased patients to the morgue 

 

This is a part-time "as needed" per diem position; schedule and working hours will vary. May convert to Career.

 

 

Salary Range: $26.44- $26.44 Hourly



Job Qualifications

Required:

  • Basic Life Support (BLS) certification from the American Heart Association or Red Cross.
  • Interpersonal skills to interact diplomatically and sensitively with acutely ill patients.
  • Knowledge of basic computer skills to perform data entry and to obtain information from Hospital Systems utilizing a personal computer.
  • Ability to push, pull, lift a minimum of 150 pounds.
  • Knowledge of proper lifting techniques sustaining a safe work environment for self and co-workers.
  • Skilled in English language in both written and verbal format.
  • Good comprehension of written and verbal instruction.
  • Ability to strictly obey healthcare regulations for Infection Control, and follow UCLA Policies and Procedures.
  • Demonstrates a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail.

 

Preferred:

 

  • Acute care hospital experience.
  • Knowledge of patient care in a hospital setting.
  • Transport and/or lift team experience.

As a condition of employment, the final candidate who accepts a conditional offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; received notice of any allegations or are currently the subject of any administrative or disciplinary proceedings involving misconduct; have left a position after receiving notice of allegations or while under investigation in an administrative or disciplinary proceeding involving misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of misconduct with a previous employer.