DRIVER

Qualifications

• High school graduate or G.E.D. required.
• One year experience in a mental health care setting preferred (preferably as a Mental Health Technician or Certified Nursing Assistant).
• One year experience with passenger transportation preferred.
• Appropriate education in a mental health related field might be substituted for experience.
• Chauffeur’s license and minimum age of 25 with an active non-restricted Louisiana driver’s license.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrates teamwork by carrying out routine and assigned tasks within the Beacon Hospital program.
• Assists in provision of maintaining a safe and therapeutic milieu by monitoring compliance with program rules, providing assistance with security, and supporting manpower by assisting in control of patients who exhibit unacceptable behavior.
• Transports clients to and from the facility and their place of residence.
• Maintains a current chauffeur’s license.
• Maintains the company vehicle in good working condition by scheduling routine maintenance, keeping the vehicle clean, and free from clutter and trash.
• Documents vehicle maintenance on daily and monthly checklists.
• Develops appropriate rapport with clients to gain trust and facilitate communication between driver and client.
• Develops appropriate rapport with client’s caregivers to obtain pertinent information on client’s status.
• Recognizes the importance of communications between driver, client, and caregivers and relays that information back to the treatment team to benefit the client and optimize treatment.
• Ability to tolerate high-stress and high-volume work while maintaining patience, logic, and quick decision-making abilities.
• Displays flexibility and adaptability when last-minute changes occur in schedule and transitions smoothly.
• Performs job with efficiency to complete assignments within established time constraints.
• Uses appropriate customer relations when communicating with clients, families, caregivers, referral sources, and the community, professionally representing Beacon Hospital.
• Offers and accepts constructive feedback and responds appropriately to direction.
• Is punctual in all aspects of work and adheres to attendance policy.
• Must have dexterity and strength to physically assist and/or restrain clients when necessary.
• Ability to satisfy requirements for Healthcare Provider CPR and Crisis Prevention certification.
• Ability to satisfy requirements for crisis prevention and intervention training.
• Ability to satisfy requirements for specialized training as it pertains to driver/client safety, including but not limited to Wet Weather Driving, Effects of Speed, Roll Over Tendencies, Importance of Tire Condition, Wheelchair Securement, and Passenger Restraint Systems.
• Ability to communicate effectively.
• Performs other duties and special projects as required.