Job Summary: Transports patients within the hospital and clinic area, including to and from the operating room. Works collaboratively with the nursing/patient care services staff to reposition and transfer patients. Uses patient care handling equipment when lifting and transferring patients to minimize injury risks. When lifting patients, the Patient Mobility Tech-I works with a second person who is trained in the proper use of lift techniques and equipment. Picks up and/or delivers laboratory specimens, blood products, wheelchairs, beds, mattresses, and equipment throughout the medical center complex. Essential Responsibilities: + Works with a trained second person to provide assistance in the safe lifting and transferring of high-risk patients (as identified through the patient mobilized risk screening process) and patients that have been identified as appropriate for this service. + Utilizes proper body mechanics, lifting techniques, and observes hospital and clinic protocols. + Utilizes patient handling equipment, transfer devices, and protective equipment in compliance with hospital/clinic policies, vendor specifications, and patient handling and transporting protocols. + Maintains patient and employee safety as a basic premise of all tasks performed. + Must have the ability to recognize the needs and concerns of members, co-workers, and physicians while maintaining positive working relationships. + Transports patients throughout the medical center complex. + Assists physicians and/or other hospital personnel in positioning, restraining, and draping patients with sheets as directed. + Picks up laboratory specimens, blood products, wheelchairs, equipment, reports, x-rays, and other supplies on regular routes or as required and delivers to appropriate location throughout the medical center complex to include responding to special delivery requests from other departments, assisting with the lifting of medical patients, removal and delivery of beds and mattresses to nursing units. + Assembles, disassembles, cleans and stores of Trapeze/Patient Helper bars (excludes traction). + Utilizes computerized tracking system to receive work related calls for transport, lifting and/or related jobs. + Promotes, ensures, and improves customer service to internal/external customers by demonstrating skills which are consistent with the organizations philosophy of providing extraordinary customer relations and quality service. + Reporting non-compliance, and adhering to applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations, accreditations and licensure requirements (if applicable), and Kaiser Permanente's policies and procedures. + Performs other related duties as required Basic Qualifications: Experience + N/A Education + N/A License, Certification, Registration + Basic Life Support Additional Requirements: + Knowledge of basic body mechanics. + Knowledge of related patient lifting or transport. + Must be able to lift, push, pull and transfer, reposition and transport patients on a daily basis. + Job requires ability to lift as part of a team, utilizing appropriate equipment for assistance. Job also requires frequent bending, stooping, lifting, stretching and standing for extended periods of time. + While performing essential duties and responsibilities, incumbent must have the ability to physically work extensively with high-risk patients (e.g. morbidly obese, quadriplegic, paraplegic, orthopedic, surgical and elderly) and specialty equipment utilized to mobilize these patients including transporting expired patients to the morgue. + Must successfully complete Functional Capacity Test (includes ability to lift 90lbs) prior to final awarding of position. + Must demonstrate effective written and verbal communication skills. + Must possess good interpersonal and organizational skills. Preferred Qualifications: + Prior experience in rehabilitation service or healthcare setting is desired. + An understanding of human anatomy, basic medical terminology, and rehabilitation principles is desired. Notes: • This is a temporary position for approximately six (6) months. • Minimum 20 hour scheduled per week. COMPANY: KAISER TITLE: Mobility Technician I LOCATION: Fontana, California REQNUMBER: 1350792 External hires must pass a background check/drug screen. Qualified applicants with arrest and/or conviction records will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with Federal, state and local laws, including but not limited to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran, or disability status.