Patient Transport Technician 2

Company: UCLA Health
Location: Los Angeles
Posted on: April 23, 2025

Job Description:

General Information

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Work Location: Los Angeles, USA

Onsite or Remote

Fully On-Site

Work Schedule

11:00am- 7:30pm Sunday-Tuesday and Thursday/Friday

Posted Date

03/31/2025

Salary Range: $21.12 - 27.85 Hourly

Employment Type

2 - Staff: Career

Duration

Indefinite

Job #

23283

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

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As a Patient Transporter, you will be responsible of positioning, transferring and transporting patients to and from various departments or locations by wheelchair, bed, or gurney. You may also perform teaching and training duties, dispatching, 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

Salary Range: $21.12-27.85 Hourly

Job Qualifications

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Required:

* Must have a current and valid BLS certification directly from the American Heart Association or Red Cross.
* Ability to perform all physical requirements pertaining to the transport of patients in beds, gurneys, and wheelchairs as well as some heavy equipment.
* Able to lift, push, pull a minimum of 150 pounds.
* Skill in reading and writing in Standard English text such as call slips and miscellaneous clerical duties.
* Skill in speaking clearly and distinctly using appropriate vocabulary and grammar to obtain and convey information needed in the transport process of all patients and other items.
* Ability to understand medical terminology.
* Ability to operate medical equipment to perform certain job duties.
* Ability to transport patients in a safe, efficient, and professional manner appropriate to good public and patient relations.
* Ability to accept new responsibilities and work harmoniously with all hospital staff.

Preferred:

* Previous experience on a transport or lift team.
* Acute care hospital experience and patient care needs.

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.

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