Transportation Driver

Position Description

Aztec Healthcare is seeking a reliable individual to coordinate transportation and transport residents to and from physician appointments under the supervision of licensed nursing personnel.

Qualifications

• Valid Driver's Licensure for the state in which you are applying
• Current BLS/CPR certification (Required for all SNFs; ALFs as required by state)

Responsibilities

• Organizes transportation of residents to complete required appointments based on priority of resident needs
• Transports resident to and from inpatient and outpatient programs and to and from appropriate facilities and residences
• Develops driving schedule based on resident’s scheduled medical appointments and program destination depending on resident appointment needs
• Provides transportation of current or new residents from hospital after discharge
• Provides report, information, and assessment of resident’s behavior or change of condition during transportation upon return to center
• Reports changes of abnormal findings in resident status such as consciousness, pain, bleeding and vital signs that occur during the lift or transporting
• Observe residents carefully and reports changes in condition to clinical supervisor
• Maintains a high level of safety following safety policies and procedures while in Center and transporting residents
• Maintains van in a neat and clean condition at all times
• Maintains van in good working condition
• Ensures that routine maintenance on vehicle is performed, logs mileage, and that vehicle is clean
• Assist clinical staff with safe lifting, transferring, and/or transporting resident as specified by the physician orders and/or clinical supervisor
• Assist in the care of residents requiring moderate to total assistance in moving
• Establishes positive communications with outside facilities, hospitals, physicians' offices, and /or specialty clinics to ensure proper services for residents are maintained and scheduled appropriately
• Promptly reports any scheduling changes to the DON; nursing staff and ancillary service providers, responsible parties and takes follow up action as necessary
• Provide adequate hydration to residents at regular intervals each day according to specific resident needs
• Protect the personal property of the residents of the facility