Driver (Patient Transportation)

About the role

Bakersfield Behavioral Healthcare Hospital, located in Bakersfield, California, is an acute psychiatric and behavioral 90 bed facility situated on 8.8 acres. We offer inpatient and outpatient services for children, adolescents and adults needing mental/behavioral health, chemical dependency; and co-occurring disorders treatment through our medically supervised detoxification. Within our Workplace Community, BBHH is striving daily to be one of the BEST PLACES TO WORK not just here in Kern County, but throughout the Behavioral Healthcare Community. By offering amazing benefits, encouraging individual growth and development, and incorporating our CARES values system into our daily operations, we are creating a workplace culture where people enjoy coming to work each day. BBHH CARES about your experience as a candidate and we encourage you to apply to our open positions. Compassion Acceptance Respect Empowerment Sincerity

Responsibilities

Ensure the CONTINUITY OF CARE between Bakersfield Behavioral Healthcare Hospital and other facilities/locations to which patients need to arrive. Ensuring that QUALITY and SAFETY are present while transporting other people is a requirement in achieving our commitment to the wellness of our patients and our community. The Non-Emergency Patient Transport Driver will have a powerful impact on the quality of care our patients receive by making sure they get where they need to be safely, timely, and with compassionate care. The person who takes on this role will make sure that when it comes to the transportation of human lives to and from our facility, that every single patient