Required Qualifications H.S. Diploma or Equivalent
AHA Basic Life Support for Healthcare Professional (AHA BLS Healthcare) - American Heart Association -REQUIRED
Preferred Qualifications 1 Year Hospital experience or similar experience.
Essential Functions
Communication and teamwork
Practice effective communication in a demanding environment.
Demonstrates positive interpersonal skills and attitude towards patients, visitors, physicians, coworkers, supervisor, and all hospital staff.
Communicates relevant patient information to appropriate staff.
Recognizes barriers to transporting and communicating with patients and their plan of care and seeks resources or options.
Communicates incomplete transports to appropriate units and staff.
Communicates with all team members in regards to day-to-day operations; barriers and/or obstacles for transporting.
Safety
Effectively provides safe and effective transports of patients utilizing correct mode of travel.
Complies with all mobility requirements and ensures that equipment is available, stored properly, and cleaned regularly.
Demonstrates the ability to transfer and transport patients, with assistance, with complex clinical support equipment safely, maintains the integrity of intravenous lines, suction devices, feeding tubes, etc.
Takes action in life threatening situations and immediately notifies the licensed nurse.
Patient mobilization
Role models and utilizes appropriate use of lift and mobilization equipment and/or aids.
Under the direction of the Registered Nurse, ambulates patient utilizing the appropriate equipment or assist device.
Assist with lateral and supine patient transfers from bed to chair, chair to bed, bed to gurney, gurney to bed, bed to bed, etc.
Transport
Patients and Items:
Correctly utilizes the transport tracking system for transporting patients and items:
Tracking and progressing jobs
Accepting jobs - limited job rejections
Delay and cancellation of jobs
Uses mini tasks and task assistance when available
Correctly identifies patients by using two patient identifiers.
Transports patient with required patient hand-off protocol.
Maintains the log book for signing patients in and out of the morgue.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Knowledge of proper body mechanics for safe transfer of patient and self.
Working knowledge of medical terminology.
Benefits
Health insurance
Additional Information
Hours :
Shift Start Time:
Variable Shift End Time:
Variable
AWS Hours Requirement:
8/40 - 8 Hour Shift
Additional Shift Information:
Weekend Requirements:
Every Other
On-Call Required:
No
Hourly Pay Range (Minimum - Midpoint - Maximum):
$25.000 - $27.640 - $30.490
This position is covered by a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) with SEIU-UHW. As part of the terms of employment, employees in this role are required to join the union within 31 days of hire and remain a member (e.g. dues paying, fee paying, religious exception contributor) for the duration of the collective bargaining agreement.
Sharp · Chula Vista, CA