Lead EVS/Transportation

Sutter Health

9h • $26 - $32

About The Position

Provides functional guidance to staff and new hires. Monitors status of assigned areas. Maintains a clean, attractive and safe environment by performing appropriate cleaning duties. Performs patient transportation and or lift services. May transport monitored telemetry patients if the BCM class is taken and passed, and the required training provided by Nursing education is completed. Assists nursing with dressing changes and transports deceased patients to the morgue.

Requirements

• HS Diploma or equivalent education/experience
• BLS-Basic Life Support Healthcare Provider
• Prior experience as an EVS technician and/or patient escort in a healthcare setting is required.
• Leadership experience is preferred.
• Must have knowledge of proper body mechanics, safe transfer techniques, and safe operation of a variety of lifting, moving, and transporting equipment.
• Knowledge of healthcare equipment and cleaning chemicals is required.
• Physical and emotional maturity required for the high degree of judgment and diplomacy necessary to work efficiently in a healthcare environment.
• Requires critical thinking skills, decisive judgment and the ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Must be able to handle multiple requests and prioritize.
• Monitor tech transporters must be able to recognize and interpret EKG strips and respond appropriately if there is a problem.
• Lift team must be able to assist with bariatric patient dressing changes that can require them to hold a patient in the same position for over one hour.

Nice To Haves

• BCM certification to transport monitored patients preferred.
• Prior experience in a patient care setting.
• BCM certification is preferred.
• Leadership experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provides functional guidance to staff and new hires.
• Monitors status of assigned areas.
• Maintains a clean, attractive and safe environment by performing appropriate cleaning duties.
• Performs patient transportation and or lift services.
• May transport monitored telemetry patients if the BCM class is taken and passed, and the required training provided by Nursing education is completed.
• Assists nursing with dressing changes and transports deceased patients to the morgue.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED