Responsibilities:
- Coordinates all aspects of transporting residents of the facility.
- Assures proper maintenance of all facility vehicles.
- Represents the facility in a professional manner when dealing with the medical providers that patients are transported to.
- Makes all appointments for patients and maintains a calendar of appointments.
- Maintains required logs of each transport and for each vehicle.
- Ensures that routine maintenance is carried out on any vehicle driven to transport residents.
- Establishes and maintains a maintenance schedule for each vehicle that is used in transports.
- Assists in maintaining a good working relationship with the community, hospital, and other health care facilities and agencies and assuring coordination of services for our patients.
- Takes specimens and other items to the hospital or medical clinic as requested.
- Makes purchases from local suppliers as requested by facility staff.
- Follows proper infection control practice
- Observes for resident safety when in resident care areas.
- Adheres to all facility and department safety policies and procedures.
Qualifications
- No convictions for abuse, neglect, or mistreatment or for misappropriation of property.
- Prompt and regular attendance.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Ability to read, write and make simple calculations and follow oral and written directions.