Patient Transport Aide

Kaweah Health • Visalia, CA

1d • $20 - $30

About The Position

The Patient Transport Aide enhances patient care by providing courteous and timely patient transports and assisting nursing staff with safe patient handling. The Patient Transport Services team aims to provide high-quality service while making optimal use of personnel and lift equipment. The role serves patients and families across the assigned unit or work area, taking into account cultural, linguistic, spiritual, gender, developmental, and age-specific needs.

Requirements

• High school diploma.
• Heartsaver AED certification.
• Must pass the Physical Capacity Exam (PCE), which includes a 50-pound lifting requirement.

Nice To Haves

• Patient care experience.

Responsibilities

• Transport patients throughout the hospital as assigned.
• Deliver lab specimens to the Laboratory as needed, and pick up blood products from the Laboratory for delivery to the floor.
• Respond to Code Blue, Rapid Response, and Code Grey.
• Safely deliver medication.
• Assist with turning and repositioning patients.
• Exchange beds by transferring patients onto specialty beds and setting up bed extenders.
• Serve as a Super User for lift equipment and conduct lift equipment training during Kaweah Health Orientation.
• Serve as a Super User for Safe Patient Handling and Lift Fair.
• Set up and remove Over Head Trapeze and Traction.
• Use the Tele-Tracking system.
• Coordinate appropriate equipment redistribution.
• Clean equipment after use and provide general equipment cleaning.
• Accompany patients who do not require an assistive device for ambulation.
• Provide care and services appropriate to the population served, considering patient and family cultural, linguistic, spiritual, gender, developmental, and age-specific needs.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Full-time benefit eligible.

What This Job Offers

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