"Transport Tech - Emergency Dept - Mid shift - FT - Irvine"

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 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: The Patient Escort is responsible for basic reception responsibilities for all those needing assistance upon arrival to emergency services. Provides and tracks visitor badges and parking data and follows the 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. Escorts or transports patients from Registration/Triage to assigned bed and prepares patients to receive health care services. Assists in the mobilization and transportation 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: Not specified in detail.