Patient Transport Technician - Santa Monica Hospital

General Information

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Work Location: Santa Monica, CA, USA

Onsite or Remote


Fully On-Site


Work Schedule


variable PM shifts including weekdays, weekends, and holidays


Posted Date


04/28/2026


Salary Range : $22.18 - 29.24 Hourly


Employment Type


2 - Staff: Career


Duration


indefinite


Job #


29754


Primary Duties and Responsibilities

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As a Patient Transporter, you will be responsible for positioning, transferring and transporting patients to and from various departments or locations by wheelchair, bed, or gurney. You may also perform teaching and training functions, dispatching function, 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: $22.18- $29.24 Hourly

Work schedule will be determined by management.

Effective 06/22/2025, employees represented by the AFSCME Union will receive a minimum wage of $25. In accordance with this agreement, as the offer amount outlined in this letter falls below the minimum salary required, we will provide a supplementary amount to ensure compliance. The total compensation package, including this supplement, will meet the minimum salary standard.

Job Qualifications

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Required:

• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification from the American Heart Association or Red Cross.
• Interpersonal skills to interact diplomatically and sensitively with acutely ill patients.
• Knowledge of basic computer skills to perform data entry and to obtain information from Hospital Systems utilizing a personal computer.
• Ability to push, pull, lift a minimum of 150 pounds.
• Knowledge of proper lifting techniques sustaining a safe work environment for self and co-workers.
• Skilled in English language in both written and verbal format.
• Good comprehension of written and verbal instruction.
• Ability to strictly obey healthcare regulations for Infection Control, and follow UCLA Policies and Procedures.
• Demonstrates a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail.

Preferred:

• Acute care hospital experience.
• Knowledge of patient care in a hospital setting.
• Transport and/or lift team experience.

As a condition of employment, the final candidate who accepts an 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; or have filed an appeal of a finding of substantiated misconduct with a previous employer.

Current/former UC employees are subject to a personnel file review.