Transportation Aide - Full time - days - PACE

About the role

Provides support and assistance to LIFE participants and potential participants related to transportation activities. Maintains communication with driver during all transport activities.

Education

• High school diploma or GED.

Experience

• One year of experience in a healthcare or home health setting.
• Previous experience in acute care, long term care, or community-based setting required.

Credentials

• AHA BLS – Healthcare Provider
• AHA Heart saver AED
• Driver’s License

Knowledge and Skills

• Excellent customer service skills.
• Professional bedside manner.
• Performs patient-focused care.
• Knowledge of proper use of transport related equipment and transport durable medical equipment (DME).

Mental, Behavioral and Emotional Abilities

• Maintains positive relationships with coworkers.
• Creates a safe and therapeutic environment to support the special needs of the populations served.

Essential Functions

• Develops and maintains positive relationships with co-workers, patients, and their significant others, medical staff, and visitors.
• Creates a safe and therapeutic environment that supports the special needs of the populations served.
• Pursues opportunities for self-development, job enrichment, or advancing knowledge and skills.
• Assist with the development and complies with all organizational and departmental policies, procedures, standards and patient safety principles and implements changes utilizing appropriate channels.
• Assists participants and potential participants during transportation.
• Assists participant with necessary preparation prior to transportation.
• Assists participant or potential participant onto and off of van in accordance with Capital Health policies and safety procedures.
• Assists the driver to secure participant personal items and DME.
• Remains on van while transporting participants.
• Acts as primary communicator with center, participant, and support services when vehicle is in transport.
• Accompanies participants during outside appointments.
• Observes, reports, and records changes in the participant’s condition and environment to appropriate staff as needed.
• Stays alert for signs and symptoms of pain or discomfort.
• Asks questions if participant can make their needs known, reports pain or discomfort to transportation coordinator.
• Takes measures to provide safe care to prevent injury to self and participants during transportation.
• Uses proper body mechanics.
• Adheres to accepted infection control practices.
• Maintains a clean, safe work environment.
• Shares information on participant abilities, progress and preferences, and communicates information on a regular basis.
• Participates in assessment and care planning meetings with the Interdisciplinary Team or in other work groups, family meetings, or planning sessions as requested.
• Establishes a positive rapport with patients, patients' family members, and other members of the LIFE care team and its network providers.
• Remains an active and committed member of Capital Health LIFE staff and participates in program activities as assigned.
• Participates in interdisciplinary team meetings, family meetings, staff meetings, in-service and training programs, daily briefing meetings, and Quality Improvement activities.
• Performs other duties as required.

Physical Demands and Work Environment

• Frequent physical demands: Sitting, Carry objects, Push/Pull, Twisting, Bending, Reaching forward, Reaching overhead, Squat/kneel/crawl, Wrist position deviation
• Occasional physical demands: Standing, Walking, Climbing (e.g., stairs or ladders), Pinching/fine motor activities, Keyboard use/repetitive motion, Taste or Smell, Talk or Hear
• Continuous physical demands: Lifting Floor to Waist 35 lbs, Lifting Waist Level and Above 35 lbs
• Sensory requirements: Accurate Near Vision, Accurate Far Vision, Accurate Color Discrimination, Accurate Depth Perception, Accurate Hearing

Benefits

• Medical Plan
• Prescription drug coverage & In-House Employee Pharmacy
• Dental Plan
• Vision Plan
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Healthcare FSA
• Dependent Care FSA
• Retirement Savings and Investment Plan
• Basic Group Term Life and Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D) Insurance
• Supplemental Group Term Life & Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance
• Disability Benefits – Long Term Disability (LTD)
• Disability Benefits – Short Term Disability (STD)
• Employee Assistance Program
• Commuter Transit
• Commuter Parking
• Supplemental Life Insurance
• Voluntary Life Spouse
• Voluntary Life Employee
• Voluntary Life Child
• Voluntary Legal Services
• Voluntary Accident, Critical Illness and Hospital Indemnity Insurance
• Voluntary Identity Theft Insurance
• Voluntary Pet Insurance
• Paid Time-Off Program

Pay

Pay Range: $16.25 – $19.93 per hour (full-time equivalent at 1.0 FTE; actual compensation may differ for part-time or other position statuses).