**Overview**

Bakersfield Memorial Hospital includes 385 general acute beds 48 licensed critical care beds 13 state-of-the-art surgical suites and a full-service Emergency Department with an Accredited Chest Pain Center and Nationally Certified Stroke Center. In addition we offer a beautiful Family Care and Birthing Center the Lauren Small Childrens Center including the areas only Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Family Care Center a Level II NICU the Sarvanand Heart and Brain Center with Kern Countys first Bi-Plane Interventional Suite the Center for Wound Care and Hyperbarics and many more services. Memorial Hospital is a Children’s Miracle Network Hospital and is home to the Bakersfield Ronald McDonald House. Memorial Hospital is a member of Dignity Health and is a trusted community partner serving residents of Bakersfield and Kern County with quality compassionate care since 1956. Click here to learn more about Bakersfield Memorial Hospital.

**Responsibilities**

**Position Summary:**

The Trasnporter will perform guest services such as transporting patients and non-patients and materials accommodating linkage throughout the facility.

**Qualifications**

**Minimum Requirements:**

+ Healthcare BLS CPR certification AHA is required

+ High school GED or equivalent technical training

**Preferred Skills:**

+ Previous Hospital Transport or Guest Relations experience is preferred.

+ Two years Patient Transport experience preferred.

**Training:**

BMH Physical Therapy Department will provide training for patient transfer and proper lifting procedures.

Please be advised that this location requires quarterly American Heart Association (AHA) Resuscitation Quality Improvement (RQI) competency certification post-hire. This ongoing competency is required through resources internal to the facility; outside RQI competency resources are not acceptable for CommonSpirit Health compliance requirements.

This position is represented by SEIU United Healthcare Workers.

**Pay Range**

$23.00 - $23.02 /hour

We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.