Lead Transportation Aide - Downey - Part Time Days
Primary Location Downey, California
Worker Location Onsite
Facility Downey Medical Center
Job Number 1274520 Date posted 11/15/2024
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Description:
Under indirect supervision, provides functional direction to staff of Transportation Aides and maintains effective and efficient transportation functions. Such functional direction includes but is not limited to conducting orientation, training and providing in-service education. Additionally the incumbent in this job will provide input for performance evaluations, compile and maintain departmental transportation records as required. Transport patients, medical equipment, specimens and supplies within all areas of the medical center.
This description is for recruitment posting purposes only. It has not received full HR review and approval.
- Upholds Kaiser Permanentes Policies and Procedures, Principles of Responsibilities and applicable state, federal and local laws.
- Provides functional direction to assigned Transportation Aides by receiving incoming special requests from various departments to transport patients, supplies, and equipment and assigning such requests to appropriate Transportation Aides.
- Provides orientation, training and in-service programs.
- Schedules and prioritizes work and task assignments through the Automated Dispatch System (ADS) or manual system if ADS is unavailable.
- Reviews and recommends revisions to transportation policies to insure efficient use of Transportation Aides.
- Transports patients (pre-operative, post-operative, Hemodialysis etc.) by wheel chair or gurney within the medical center.
- Picks up routine and STAT laboratory specimens, blood, equipment, supplies and other appropriate materials (medical or other), including data reports on regular routes or as required and delivers to appropriate location in hospital facility.
- Transports expired patients to the morgue.
- Picks up soiled patient equipment and supplies from Nursing units and transports to Central Processing.
- Transports equipment from NICU to central processing as requested.
- Performs CPR and responds to code blue pages as necessary.
- Using prescribed practices of infection control standards, maintains cleanliness of assigned work areas and equipment, which includes decontaminating wheel chairs and gurneys and preparing gurneys for transport.
- Assists physician and/or other hospital personnel in positioning, restraining, and draping patients as directed.
- Establishes and maintains courteous, professional, cooperative relations with the public, patients, and other personnel.
- KP Service Standards: Follows LMPs ABCs:
- Takes Initiative: Positive first impression, ask how you can help and give information.
- Take Responsibility: Solve problems, resolve conflict, and assume ownership.
- Take Care: Protect confidentiality, show respect, value differences, and show empathy.
- Take Pride: Neat work area, low noise, be professional, support your team and KP.
- Performs other related duties as required.
- Assume other activities and responsibilities from time to time as directed.
Job Summary:
Under indirect supervision, provides functional direction to staff of Transportation Aides and maintains effective and efficient transportation functions. Such functional direction includes but is not limited to conducting orientation, training and providing in-service education. Additionally the incumbent in this job will provide input for performance evaluations, compile and maintain departmental transportation records as required. Transport patients, medical equipment, specimens and supplies within all areas of the medical center.
Essential Responsibilities:
This description is for recruitment posting purposes only. It has not received full HR review and approval.
- Upholds Kaiser Permanentes Policies and Procedures, Principles of Responsibilities and applicable state, federal and local laws.
- Provides functional direction to assigned Transportation Aides by receiving incoming special requests from various departments to transport patients, supplies, and equipment and assigning such requests to appropriate Transportation Aides.
- Provides orientation, training and in-service programs.
- Schedules and prioritizes work and task assignments through the Automated Dispatch System (ADS) or manual system if ADS is unavailable.
- Reviews and recommends revisions to transportation policies to insure efficient use of Transportation Aides.
- Transports patients (pre-operative, post-operative, Hemodialysis etc.) by wheel chair or gurney within the medical center.
- Picks up routine and STAT laboratory specimens, blood, equipment, supplies and other appropriate materials (medical or other), including data reports on regular routes or as required and delivers to appropriate location in hospital facility.
- Transports expired patients to the morgue.
- Picks up soiled patient equipment and supplies from Nursing units and transports to Central Processing.
- Transports equipment from NICU to central processing as requested.
- Performs CPR and responds to code blue pages as necessary.
- Using prescribed practices of infection control standards, maintains cleanliness of assigned work areas and equipment, which includes decontaminating wheel chairs and gurneys and preparing gurneys for transport.
- Assists physician and/or other hospital personnel in positioning, restraining, and draping patients as directed.
- Establishes and maintains courteous, professional, cooperative relations with the public, patients, and other personnel.
- KP Service Standards: Follows LMPs ABCs:
- Takes Initiative: Positive first impression, ask how you can help and give information.
- Take Responsibility: Solve problems, resolve conflict, and assume ownership.
- Take Care: Protect confidentiality, show respect, value differences, and show empathy.
- Take Pride: Neat work area, low noise, be professional, support your team and KP.
- Performs other related duties as required.
- Assume other activities and responsibilities from time to time as directed.
Pay Grade: 21
Basic Qualifications:
Experience
- Two (2) years of previous experience as a Transportation Aide.
- Driving record free of citations with forfeit of bail for driving while intoxicated or driving while under the influence of drugs or reckless driving.
- Working knowledge of Title 22 and Joint Commission standards for transportation services.
- Ability to demonstrate knowledge of medical supplies and equipment.
- Demonstrated ability to follow written and oral directions.
- Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively.
Education
- N/A
License, Certification, Registration
- Basic Life Support within one (1) months of hire
Preferred Qualifications:
- High School Diploma/GED, preferred.
- Nursing Aide certification, preferred.
- Valid Class C California driver's license.
- Current California driver record information sheet, preferred.
- Must have a driving record free of accidents involving the applicant's negligence, preferred.
Primary Location: California,Downey,Downey Medical Center
Scheduled Weekly Hours: 20
Shift: Day
Workdays: Sun, Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat
Working Hours Start: 07:00 AM
Working Hours End: 03:30 PM
Job Schedule: Part-time
Job Type: Standard
Worker Location: Onsite
Employee Status: Regular
Employee Group/Union Affiliation: B01|SEIU|Local 399
Job Level: Entry Level
Department: Downey Medical Center - Patient Transportation - 0801
Pay Range: $21.98 - $23.83 / hour
The ranges posted above reflect the location in the job posting. The salary range may vary if you reside in a different location or state than the location posted.
Travel: No
On-site: Work location is on-site (KP designated office, medical office building or hospital).
Worker location must align with Kaiser Permanente's Authorized States policy.
At Kaiser Permanente, equity, inclusion and diversity are inextricably linked to our mission, and we aim to make it a part of everything we do. We know that having a diverse and inclusive workforce makes Kaiser Permanente a better place to receive health care, a more supportive partner in our communities we serve, and a more fulfilling place to work. Working at Kaiser Permanente means that you agree to and abide by our commitment to equity and our expectation that we all work together to create an inclusive work environment focused on a sense of belonging and wellbeing.
Kaiser Permanente is an equal opportunity employer committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), age, sexual orientation, national origin, marital status, parental status, ancestry, disability, gender identity, veteran status, genetic information, other distinguishing characteristics of diversity and inclusion, or any other protected status.
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Models and reinforces ethical behavior in self and others in accordance with the Principles of Responsibility, adheres to organizational policies and guidelines; supports compliance initiatives; maintains confidences; admits mistakes; conducts business with honesty, shows consistency in words and actions; follows through on commitments.
Job duties with at least occasional or possible access to: (1) patients, the general public, or other employees; (2) confidential protected health information and other confidential KP information (including employee, proprietary, financial or trade secret information); (3) KP property and assets, for example, electronic assets, medical instruments, or devices; (4) controlled substances regulated by federal law or potentially subject to diversion.
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Kaiser Permanente is an equal opportunity employer committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), age, sexual orientation, national origin, marital status, parental status, ancestry, disability, gender identity, veteran status, genetic information, other distinguishing characteristics of diversity and inclusion, or any other protected status.
For jobs where work will be performed in unincorporated LA County, the employer provides the following statement in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment:
