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

About Marinhealth

The company is an integrated, independent healthcare system in the North Bay region. It includes MarinHealth Medical Center, a 327-bed hospital, and 55 primary care and specialty clinics in Marin, Sonoma, and Napa Counties. MarinHealth is known for its strong reputation, earning high rankings and accolades.

Job Description Summary

The Transport Aide performs various tasks related to patient transportation, lifting, and general support duties. They also assess transfer orders and assist the nursing care team.

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.
• Licenses and Certifications: Basic Life Support (BLS) required at hire; Integrative Agitation Management (IAMTAC) required within 30 days of hire.

Prerequisite Skills

• Knowledge: Proper usage of body mechanics or lifting techniques and equipment related to safe movement and transfer of patients.
• Skills: Ability to read, speak, write, understand, and follow English verbal and written instructions; ability to establish priorities and maintain a calm demeanor; 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.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Essential: Responds to calls/pages in a timely manner; 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; cycles cleans gurneys and wheelchairs using a detergent disinfectant; routinely inspects 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: Assists 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 TalentAcquisition@mymarinhealth.org.

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.