Driver Coordinator

Responsibilities

• Provide clients, visitors, professionals, and staff going to and from Hazelden a safe and secure means of transportation as efficiently and promptly as possible.
• Provide primary office coverage at the Transportation desk.
• Cookordinate patient transportation needs for arrivals, discharges, and special circumstances.
• Communicate patient transportation needs with clinical staff.
• Check for transportation orders within MyAvatar and coordinate coverage.
• As needed, provide scheduled, non-scheduled, and emergency transportation to patients, clients, staff, workshop participants, and visitors to and from airport, bus depots, train depots, motels, clinics, dentists, halfway houses, hospitals.
• Responsible for professional driving and safety measures always while representing Hazelden.
• Assess the situations that may occur with Hazelden clients while in the drivers care to assure safe transport.
• Cookordinate and implement a patient vehicle search when requested with Department Lead or Manager.
• Provide transportation of medical and related materials.
• Maintain department written documentation following defined procedures.
• Cookordinate vehicle maintenance needs with associated vendors and departments.
• Provide backup administrative coverage.

Qualifications

• Required Qualifications: High school or equivalent Experience in transportation department operations Current Driver’s License in good standingInsurance requires that individuals in this role have no major motor vehicle violations within the past 3 years Insurance requires that individuals in this role have no capital violations within the last 5 years Favorable Drivers Health Screen Current CPR certificationCertification must be from the American Heart Association or the American Red CrossDefensive Driving certification (every two years) Employees who are 65+ must provide annual physician’s statements confirming ability to drive in a safe manner.
• Competency with MS Office Applications (Excel, Word, Outlook)
• Preferred Qualifications 12 Step Knowledge Class B license Vocational or Technical Training