Job Description

Make a difference every single day!

At Cedars-Sinai, we're motivated by a collective spirit of innovation and the challenge to continuously improve. Above all, we share a real passion for helping others. Day after day, from department to department, our people give their all to create a community unlike any other. This is just one of the many reasons U.S. News World Report has named us one of America’s Best Hospitals—and now we invite you to join us and make a difference every single day in service of this outstanding work – perfection and innovation in patient care, research, and community service. From working with a team of dedicated professionals to using state-of-the-art facilities, you’ll have phenomenal resources to do something incredible—for yourself, and for others.

The Logistics Technician, under the direction of a licensed care giver, and after education and demonstration of competency, performs a variety of direct patient care activities or tasks specific to the unit/needs of the patient population. The Logistics Technician is primarily accountable for transporting supplies and equipment interdepartmentally and patients in all age groups. The Logistics Technician identifies safety concerns in the age-related population; institutes protective measures to provide a safe environment, and identifies normal growth and developmental milestones in neonates, infants, pediatrics, adolescents, adults, and geriatric patients.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

Observes safety guidelines in transporting supplies, specimens, and equipment.

Utilizes appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) when assisting in patient care.

Takes appropriate steps in maintaining equipment including those used for patient transport.

Reports observations and outcomes of activities performed.

Reduces the risk of patient harm resulting from falls -observes patient for risk of falling and takes action to prevent patient falls.

Demonstrates knowledge of normal growth and development in patient population.

Improved the accuracy of patient identification uses two identifiers when transporting patient between units/departments.

Reduces the risk of health care acquired infection by complying with current CDC hand washing guidelines and CSMC isolation policy.

Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Requirements:

High School Diploma/GED.

Basic Life Support (BLS) certification issued by the American Heart Association (AHA) or the American Red Cross (ARC).

Req ID : 1624

Working Title : Logistics Technician, Operating Room - 8 Hour Full Time Day

Department : Operating Room

Business Entity : Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Job Category : Patient Services

Job Specialty : Transport Services

Overtime Status : NONEXEMPT

Primary Shift : Day

Shift Duration : 8 hour

Base Pay : $19.50 - $30.43

Cedars-Sinai is an EEO employer. Cedars-Sinai does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of the race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, ancestry, physical or mental disability, legally protected medical condition (cancer-related or genetic characteristics or any genetic information), marital status, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, age (40 or older), military and/or veteran status or any other basis protected by federal or state law.