Patient Transport Aide

Kaweah Delta Health Care District•Visalia, CA

2d•Onsite

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 deliver high-quality service while making optimal use of personnel and lift equipment. The role is based in Patient Transport Services and is listed as a 12-hour night shift. The pay range is $20.00–$30.00.

Requirements

High school diploma.
Heartsaver AED certification.
Must pass the Physical Capacity Exam, which includes a 50-pound lifting requirement.
Knowledge and skills necessary to provide care and services appropriate to the population served on the assigned unit or work area.
Knowledge of growth and development and patient/family cultural, linguistic, spiritual, gender, and age-specific needs.
Ability to effectively communicate with and care for patients and families.

Nice To Haves

Patient care experience.

Responsibilities

Transport patients throughout the hospital as assigned.
Deliver laboratory specimens to the Laboratory as needed and pick up blood products from the Laboratory for delivery to patient floors.
Respond to Code Blue, Rapid Response, and Code Grey calls.
Safely deliver medication.
Assist with turning and repositioning patients.
Perform bed exchanges by transferring patients onto specialty beds and set 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 patient population served, accounting for patient and family cultural, linguistic, spiritual, gender, and age-specific needs, and communicate and provide care in accordance with the Plan for Provision of Care.
Perform other duties as assigned.