Overview
Provides safe, reliable, and timely transportation services for Patients and residents to medical appointments, healthcare visits, community activities, and other approved destinations. The Driver supports resident safety, patient satisfaction, mobility assistance, and transportation coordination while ensuring compliance with facility policies, traffic regulations, and safety standards. This position plays an important role in supporting resident care and quality of life within a long-term care, skilled nursing, rehabilitation, or healthcare environment.
Responsibilities
- Transport Patients and residents safely and efficiently to appointments, treatments, activities, and approved destinations.
- Assist passengers with boarding, exiting, wheelchair access, and mobility needs while maintaining resident dignity and safety.
- Maintain vehicle condition, transportation records, mileage logs, inspection reports, and related documentation.
- Follow established safety procedures, infection control protocols, transportation policies, and traffic regulations.
- Conduct routine vehicle inspections and report maintenance or safety concerns promptly.
- Ensure vehicles are clean, organized, fueled, and prepared for scheduled transportation assignments.
- Coordinate transportation schedules with facility staff, patients, residents, families, and healthcare providers.
- Assist with secure transportation of wheelchairs, walkers, and mobility equipment when applicable.
- Maintain professional communication and customer service when interacting with residents, families, visitors, and healthcare partners.
- Support resident-centered care by providing courteous, dependable, and compassionate transportation services.
- Responsible for assuring patient/resident safety.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
- Valid driver's license with a clean driving record required.
- Pass inquiry from DMV of driving record.
- Must have no outstanding criminal or civil citations.
- Must be a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA).
- Must have a current CPR Training Card.
- Ability to read, write, and communicate effectively in English.
- Experience transporting passengers preferred.
- Experience in healthcare transportation, patient transportation, senior transportation, shuttle services, or related driving positions preferred.
- Knowledge of defensive driving practices, vehicle safety procedures, and transportation regulations preferred.
- Ability to safely assist residents with mobility needs and transportation
Benefits/EEO
What We Offer You
- Competitive Wages
- 401k with match
- Medical, Dental, Vision & Supplemental Insurance
- Vacation, Sick, Personal Holiday & Paid Holidays
- Short-Term Disability
- Life Insurance
- Tuition & CEU Reimbursement
- Rewards & Recognition Program
EEOC
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We offer an excellent benefit plan to include 401(k) with match, CEU reimbursement, vacation, sick time, holidays, medical, dental, and supplemental insurance plans, as well as a highly competitive compensation package.
