Transport Aide, Central Transport, Full-Time, Variable Evening Shifts

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Are you looking for a place where you are empowered to bring innovation to reality? Join MarinHealth, an integrated, independent healthcare system with deep roots throughout the North Bay. With a world-class physician and clinical team, an affiliation with UCSF Health, an ever-expanding network of clinics, and a new state-of-the-art hospital, MarinHealth is growing quickly. MarinHealth comprises MarinHealth Medical Center, a 327-bed hospital in Greenbrae, and 55 primary care and specialty clinics in Marin, Sonoma, and Napa Counties. We attract healthcare’s most talented trailblazers who appreciate having the best of both worlds: the pioneering medicine of an academic medical center combined with an independent hospital's personalized, caring touch. 

MarinHealth is already realizing the benefits of impressive growth and has consistently earned high praise and accolades, including being Named One of the Top 250 Hospitals Nationwide by Healthgrades, receiving a 5-star Ranking for Overall Hospital Quality from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and being named the Best Hospital in San Francisco/Marin by Bay Area Parent, among others. 

Company:

Marin General Hospital dba MarinHealth Medical Center

Compensation Range:

$31.92 - $39.46

Work Shift:

Variable Shift (United States of America)

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Job Description Summary:

The Transport Aide performs activities related to transportation of patients and lifting assistance of patients as directed. May run errands, transport supplies, equipment, loose traction, reprocessed items, and assist with cleaning related duties. The Transport Aide assesses all transfer orders for safety considerations, including techniques and level of assistance needed, acting as a resource and support to the nursing care team.

Job Requirements, Prerequisites and Essential Functions:

Job Specifications:

Education:

• High School diploma, GED or equivalent preferred

• Completion of a Nursing Assistant program, Emergency Medical Technician,

• Home Health Aide program or transport related program preferred

Experience:

• 1 year (1040 hours) or more of documented previous experience as a Nursing Assistant,

• Hospital Technician, Emergency Room Technician, patient care transport position

• in an acute care setting, or one year of experience in Environmental Services Department at Marin General Hospital.

License and Certifications:

• Basic Life Support (BLS) required at hire.

• Integrative Agitation Management (IAMTAC) required within 30 days of hire.

Prerequisite Skills:

• Knowledge of proper usages of body mechanics or lifting techniques and equipment related to safe movement and transfer of patients

• Ability to read, speak, write, understand and follow English verbal and written instructions

• Ability to establish priorities and maintain a calm demeanor while working in an atmosphere of conflicting demands

• Ability to communicate clearly, work tactfully and effectively with patients, visitors, physicians, team members and other hospital staff

• Ability to effectively utilize current in-house computer system

• Ability to write clearly and legibly

• Ability to work effectively as a team member and contribute positively towards the goals of the team and the organization

Primary Customer Served (Age Specific Criteria):

• ( ) Infants: Birth up to 1 year

• ( ) Toddlers: 1 up to 3 years

• ( ) Preschool Children: 3 up to 6 years

• ( ) School Age Children: 6 up to 12 years

• (X) Adolescents: 12 up to 18 years

• (X) Early Adults: 18 up to 45 years

• (X) Middle Adults: 45 up to 61 years

• (X) Late Adults: 61 up to 80 years

• (X) Late, Late Adults: 80 years and up

Employees in this position must be able to demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care and/or service based on the physical, psycho/social, educational, safety, and related criteria appropriate to the age of the patients served in his/her assigned service area.

Patient Privacy (HIPAA Compliance):
Employees in this position do not have access to protected health information.

Duties And Responsibilities:

Essential (Not Modifiable)

• Responds to calls/pages in a timely manner, i.e., immediately if “Stat” and all others within ten (10) minutes, letting caller know the priority status of the call and estimated time of arrival

• Assesses the type of transport required, timing, equipment to be utilized, level of assistance needed for any additional staff, prior to safely initiating a transport

• Assists care team with patients into or out of bed or to/from transport devices to/from bed/chair, utilizing a team approach and good body mechanics

• Pushes and pulls wheelchairs, gurneys or beds occupied by patients in a safe, timely and efficient manner

• Assures that all lifting devices are maintained in an orderly and sanitary condition; maintains transport equipment, and promptly pulls any unserviceable equipment out of services and delivers it to engineering for repair, reporting all unsafe conditions to supervisor in a timely manner

• Legibly and accurately tracks the number of transports per shift by recording, completing and tallying the daily tracking form and submitting it to the coordinator at the end of the shift

• Cycle cleans gurneys and wheelchairs using a detergent disinfectant

• Routinely inspect utility rooms for removal of used sequential sleeves to Sterile Processing

• Adheres to downtime activities list between Guest Transport Calls

• Provides postmortem support for transport to morgue

• Maintains morgue per policy and adheres to cycle cleaning schedule for refrigerator cleaning

• Strategically positions wheelchairs and gurneys throughout shift

• Monitors and removes loose and excess traction equipment from service elevator areas and equipment rooms

• Performs errands (i.e. Medical Records, Blood Bank, Dumbwaiter) for clinical and ancillary units

• Assumes lead role in determining most effective approach in use of specialized lift equipment

• Monitors oxygen cylinders for proper level of oxygen. Replaces as necessary

Secondary (Modifiable)

• Assist with routine cleaning and discharge cleaning of the patient environments

• May assist patient care providers with basic patient care i.e. setting up food trays, assisting with making beds/gurney’s, assist with ambulation of patients

• Other duties as assigned

Accommodation:

Qualified applicants with disabilities may request reasonable accommodation during the application process by contacting Human Resources at 415-925-7040 or [email protected].

 

C.A.R.E.S. Standards:

MarinHealth seeks candidates ready to model our C.A.R.E.S. standards—Communication, Accountability, Respect, Excellence, Safety—which foster a healing, trust-based environment for patients and colleagues.

 

Health & Immunizations:

To protect employees, patients, and our community, MarinHealth requires measles, mumps, varicella, and annual influenza immunizations as a condition of employment (and annually thereafter). COVID-19 vaccination/booster remains strongly recommended. Medical or religious exemptions will be considered consistent with applicable law.

 

Compensation:

The posted pay range complies with applicable law and reflects what we reasonably expect to pay for this role. Individual pay is set by skills, experience, qualifications, and internal/market equity, consistent with MarinHealth’s compensation philosophy. Positions covered by collective bargaining agreements are governed by those agreements.

 

Equal Employment:

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status or disability status, and any other classifications protected by federal, state, and local laws.