About This Role
This full-time staff position involves making deliveries on behalf of KHI using a company-provided vehicle. The Courier transports various materials, including interoffice mail, business documents, supplies, and medical equipment, between KHI facilities and external locations. The role requires maintaining confidentiality and adhering to safety and infection prevention protocols.
Responsibilities
- Make deliveries on behalf of KHI as directed using a company-provided vehicle
- Transport interoffice mail, business documents, supplies, medical equipment, and organizational materials between KRMC/KHI facilities and external locations
- Pick up and deliver materials that may contain Protected Health Information (PHI) and maintain confidentiality in accordance with HIPAA and organizational policies
- Transport laboratory specimens in accordance with applicable safety, infection prevention, and chain-of-custody requirements in a prompt and timely manner
- Transport sterile instruments and supplies while maintaining package integrity and preventing contamination
- Transport contaminated instruments and other regulated materials using approved handling and transport procedures
- Maintain accurate delivery logs, manifests, and chain-of-custody documentation as required
- Verify receipt and delivery of sensitive or regulated items
- Conduct routine vehicle inspections and report maintenance or safety concerns
- Use safe driving practices and comply with all traffic laws and organizational vehicle policies
- Perform other duties as assigned to support overall effectiveness of department and organization
Requirements
- High School Diploma or equivalent
- Current, valid US driver’s license (must be 21 years of age or older)
- Maintain professional and confidential interactions with internal departments, medical offices, vendors, community partners, and external healthcare facilities
- Respond to urgent delivery requests and changing priorities
- Communicate regularly with dispatch for directions and updates
- Familiar with HIPAA Privacy and Security requirements
- Operating a vehicle for extended periods of time
- Frequent lifting up to 35 pounds; pushing, climbing, and crouching positions
- Good hand/eye dexterity for safely handling tools and objects being delivered, loaded and unloaded
- Close vision, distance vision, color vision
Important Details
- Safety Sensitive: Yes
- Bloodborne diseases exposure category: Category II. Position may involve exposure to blood, body fluids, laboratory specimens, contaminated medical instruments, regulated medical waste, and other potentially infectious materials. Employee must comply with all blood borne pathogen, infection prevention, and personal protective equipment requirements.
