Patient Transporter PD

Job Title

Patient Transporter

Job Description

Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital seeks a Patient Transporter for their Central Transportation department responsible for providing transport for patients, equipment, supplies, and other miscellaneous materials. Performs duties aimed to enhance, the comfort and safety of our patients. Major accountabilities include transporting patients to assigned rooms or to areas of the hospital as required for treatment and procedures. Using electronic Tele-Tracking program; responds immediately to requests in the time frame allowed by the situation.

Responsibilities

• Cleans, washes, maintains wheelchairs, gurneys, and patient lifting equipment. Checks transporting equipment for proper mechanical working condition; if a problem is found, removes it from service and submits appropriate work order for repair.
• Transports a variety of items, blood, specimens, medical equipment, non-controlled medications, linen, walkers and commodes, dietary food trays, and other miscellaneous items to and from specified areas.

Qualifications

All job qualifications listed indicate the minimum level necessary to perform this job proficiently.

Certifications, Licenses, Registrations:

• Minimum: American Heart Association (AHA) Basic Life Support (BLS).

Technical Requirements:

• Minimum: Ability to utilize e-mail, cell phones, and pagers.

Years of Related Work Experience:

• Preferred: 1 year or longer transporting patients by gurney, wheelchair or equivalent hands on experience obtained in hospital's set up patient care.

About Us

Cottage Health is a leading acute care hospital system, located on the central coast of California, widely known for our superior patient care, innovation, medical research and education. Our health system operates primarily in Santa Barbara, CA, since 1888, and consists of three acute care hospitals, a Rehabilitation Hospital, multiple clinics and a multi-site Urgent Care system. Our mission is to serve the central coast communities with excellence, integrity, and compassion. Every day we touch thousands of lives in many different ways, resolute in our mission to put patients first. We take pride in helping our patients get back to living their lives - in the places they love. Cottage Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Cottage Health applicants are considered solely based on their qualifications, without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, age, gender, transgender, gender expression and identity, national origin, ancestry, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, military status or any other classification protected by law. This policy applies to all aspects of the relationship between Cottage Health and an applicant or employee. Cottage Health is committed to upholding discrimination-free hiring practices. We strive to cultivate an environment where exceptional people bring diverse perspectives and find belonging, support and connection to their work. Any Cottage Health applicants who require assistance or reasonable accommodations during the application process may request the need for accommodation with the Recruiter. *Pay for non-physician positions is determined based on related years of experience and internal equity. Eligible employees may also receive additional forms of compensation, including shift differentials, on-call pay, incentive pay, and bonus opportunities, where applicable. Manager and above positions may participate in Cottage Health's annual management incentive program. Physician compensation is determined based upon specialty and may include bonus potential. For more information on our comprehensive Total Rewards offerings, please visit