Transportation Aide 

Job Summary

Drives center vehicle to transport residents, staff, and volunteers to desired destination.

Responsibilities

• Performs miscellaneous errands, such as carrying mail to and from the post office, transporting residents to the doctor’s office and other activities, and driving employees to preferred providers for emergency treatment.

• Performs any various work assignments as may be required.

Resident Rights

• Know and respect residents’ rights.

• Informs and supports residents in exercising their rights.

• Ensure protected health information is kept confidential.

• Reports complaints made by residents to the supervisor.

• Reports all allegations of resident abuse, neglect, and/or misappropriation of resident property.

Safety and Sanitation

• Follows established safety policies and procedures.

• Observes safety needs of residents as indicated in care plan; participates in restraint reduction program.

• Wears and/or uses safety equipment and supplies when indicated and adequately trained to use.

• Demonstrates job-specific knowledge of fire and disaster preparedness during drills or actual situations.

Staff Development

• Attends and participates in scheduled in-service training, educational classes, and meetings to maintain current certification as mandated by regulatory agencies and company policies.

• Participates in the QAA process.

Education

High School Diploma preferred; Current operator’s license may be required, driver’s license required by state law.

Experience

Previous transportation experience, preferred.

Physical Demands

• Primarily light in nature with lifting 20 pounds maximum with frequent sitting and operating of hand and foot controls;

• Reaching, Seeing, must be capable to assist passengers in and out of vehicle.

Travel

90%

Working Conditions

Both inside and outside.

Principal Contacts

Residents and center staff.

General Requirements

Must be able to execute the terms and conditions set forth in the Employee Handbook, including, but not limited to:

• Works safely, ensuring that safe work practices are used not to pose a risk to self or others in the workplace.

• Reports any safety violations or hazards to the supervisor.

• Comply with company policies and procedures and local, state, and federal regulations.

• Adhere to policy on Drug-Free Workplace.

• Interact tactfully, diplomatically, and humanely with residents, families, visitors, and co-workers to provide a safe, efficient, and therapeutically effective caring environment that ensures the self-respect, personal dignity, rights, and physical safety of each resident and center guest.

• Maintains a dependable attendance record and adheres to cleanliness, grooming, hygiene, and dress code standards.

• Takes positive action to ensure equal opportunity in conducting all business activities without regard to race, color, religion, sex/gender, age, national origin, disability, citizenship, veteran status, or any other legally protected category.