Job Description
At
Gloria Gates CARE , our mission is to empower Medicaid and Medicare members in disadvantaged healthcare landscapes across the United States by pioneering a new standard of compassionate excellence. Through an integrated approach to whole-person care, we strive to transcend traditional healthcare models, ensuring comprehensive support that addresses not only physical health but also mental, emotional, and social well-being. We are seeking safety minded, customer centric and compassionate individuals to join our team as a
Member Transport Driver to support our members, their families, and our clinical team. Must have the ability to work flexible hours and weekends.
RESPONSIBLITIES: - Drives one of several different vans in a safe, courteous, and reliable manner throughout the service area within a daily assigned time schedule.
- Assists passengers to and from their origin/destination.
- Assists in the boarding of passengers using wheelchairs or other mobility aids and the proper securement of wheelchairs.
- Notifies dispatch of schedule deviations, running late or early for appointments, accidents, or passenger incidents.
- Notifies dispatch of passengers’ medical or behavioral problems and van mechanical or electrical issues.
- Sees that all trips follow pick up and drop off destinations exactly as stated on the trip sheet without deviations unless pre-approved by dispatch.
- Treats all passengers with respect providing courteous service at all times and in every situation. Advise passengers of rules and regulations when necessary.
- Completes and submits daily paperwork including written reports concerning passenger incidents, preventable and non-preventable accidents.
- Provides daily pre trip inspection of all vehicles before driving ensuring that all vehicles are well maintained and properly running and that all safety equipment is available and in good working order.
- Maintains the cleanliness of all vehicles and equipment seeing to it that all vans are clean of debris inside and outside the vehicle.
- Assumes additional responsibilities as required.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: - Requires PA DOT Physical, Drug and Alcohol testing.
- Requires bending, twisting, squatting, crouching and kneeling.
- Requires sitting for extended periods of time.
- Requires assisting passengers in wheelchairs and lifting passenger walkers, strollers, and other mobility aids, up to 20 lbs., as often as 20 times per day.
- Must be able to read and comprehend written material.
- Must have good depth perception, peripheral vision, distance vision, and color perception necessary for driving.
- Requires effective verbal and non-verbal communication skills.
- Must be able to hear and understand normal speech, as most job information is received verbally.
Job Tags
Full time, Flexible hours, Weekend work,