"Per Diem Patient Escort - ED - Mid Shift - Orange"

Per Diem Patient Escort - ED - Mid Shift - Orange

Req ID: 140142
Location: Orange, California
Division: Medical Center
Department: Emergency Department - Orange
Position Type: PER DIEM
Salary Range Minimum: USD $23.72/Hr.
Salary Range Maximum: USD $23.72/Hr.

Who We Are

UCI Health is the clinical enterprise of the University of California, Irvine, and the only academic health system based in Orange County. UCI Health is comprised of its main campus, UCI Medical Center, a 459-bed, acute care hospital in in Orange, Calif., four hospitals and affiliated physicians of the UCI Health Community Network in Orange and Los Angeles counties and ambulatory care centers across the region. Listed among America's Best Hospitals by U.S. News & World Report for 23 consecutive years, UCI Medical Center provides tertiary and quaternary care and is home to Orange County's only National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center, high-risk perinatal/neonatal program and American College of Surgeons-verified Level I adult and Level II pediatric trauma center, gold level 1 geriatric emergency department and regional burn center. UCI Health serves a region of nearly 4 million people in Orange County, western Riverside County and southeast Los Angeles County.

To learn more about UCI Health, visit www.ucihealth.org.

Your Role on the Team

Position Summary:

Incumbent is responsible for basic reception responsibilities for all those needing assistance upon arrival to emergency services. Provides & tracks, visitor badges and parking data. Follows patient visitor protocol. Ensures that requests for information and services are accurately responded to, in a timely and appropriate manner, sensitive to the circumstances of the patient's/guest's emotional situation and privacy needs. Provides oversight and ensures cleanliness of visitor waiting areas (including pediatric areas). Escorts or transports patients from Registration/Triage to assigned bed and prepares patient to receive health care services. Assists in the mobilization/transports of ED patient's/visitors in reaching destination through the health care system and upon discharge.

What It Takes to be Successful

Required Qualifications:

• Skill to perform basic mathematical computations, and to use general office equipment including computers, copiers, and calculators
• Preventative Management of Assaultive Behavior (PMAB) within 30 days of hire
• Must be available to work overtime as patient care needs demand
• Demonstrated knowledge and practice of infection control techniques
• Ability to maintain flexibility and work well in a constantly changing environment, with the ability to work overtime and dictated by patient care demands

Licenses and Certifications:

• Basic Life Support