Senior Patient Escort - ED - Nights - FT - Irvine

Senior Patient Escort - ED - Nights - FT - Irvine

Req ID: 141139

Location: Orange, California

Division: Medical Center

Department: Emergency Department - Orange

Position Type: Full Time

Salary Range Minimum: USD $22.12/Hr.

Salary Range Maximum: USD $24.56/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) upon hire
• Must be available to work overtime as patient care needs demand
• Minimum six months patient transportation experience in a UC Healthcare environment
• 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

Education:

Total Rewards

We offer a wealth of benefits to make working at UCI even more rewarding. These benefits may include medical insurance, sick and vacation time, retirement savings plans, and access to a number of discounts and perks. Please utilize the links listed here to learn more about our compensation practices and benefits.