Patient Transport Technician 2 - Ronald Reagan Medical Center

General Information

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Work Location: Los Angeles, USA Onsite or Remote Fully On-Site Work Schedule Wednesday-Sunday 10pm-6:30am Posted Date 09/10/2024 Salary Range: $21.12 - 27.85 Hourly Employment Type 2 - Staff: Career Duration Indefinite Job # 19149

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

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As a Patient Transport Technician, you will position, transfer, and transport patients to and from various departments or locations by wheelchair, bed, or gurney. You may also perform teaching and training functions, dispatching function, and limited clerical duties for the transport function. Other responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Equipment maintenance and cleaning or disinfection
• Deliver and pick-up specimens, blood, medical equipment, medical records, medications, and various other items
• Transport deceased patients to the morgue 

Salary Range: $21.12- $27.85 Hourly

This is a full-time position eligible for full benefits.

Senate Bill 525 was signed into law by Governor Newsom in October 2023. Starting June 1, 2024, SB525 sets a new $23 minimum wage for nonexempt healthcare workers and raises the exempt employee salary threshold to $1,380/week (equivalent to $5,980/month or $71,760/year).

1. As defined under SB525, healthcare workers are defined as employees who are involved in the provision of “health care services,” which means “patient care-related services including nursing; caregiving; services provided by medical residents, interns, or fellows; technical and ancillary services; janitorial work; housekeeping; grounds keeping; guard duties; business office clerical work; food services; laundry; medical coding and billing; call center and warehouse work; scheduling; and gift shop work; but only where such services support patient care”.

 2. Employees (career, contract, student, per diem) in the UCLA Health medical facilities (e.g. Ronald Reagan Medical Center, Santa Monica UCLA Hospital, Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital, etc.) meet these criteria. 

 

 

Job Qualifications

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Required:

• Must have a current and valid BLS certification directly from the American Heart Association or Red Cross.
• Ability to perform all physical requirements pertaining to the transport of patients in beds, gurneys, and wheelchairs as well as some heavy equipment.
• Able to lift, push, pul