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Bus Driver, Casa Hobart
Casa of Hobart - Hobart, IN
Employment Type: Full-Time
Competitive Pay
Bus Driver, Casa Hobart
Casa of Hobart - Hobart, IN
Employment Type: Full-Time
Competitive Pay
- Excellent Benefits
- Supportive Team Environment
- Transporting patients to and from medical facilities and/or home in a timely manner.
- Utilizing maps to locate hospitals, medical facilities, and patient home addresses.
- Operating wheelchair, hydraulic lift, wheelchair lift, and radio.
- Offering support, encouragement, and solace to patients.
- Ensuring patients are comfortable and safe during transit.
- Driving safely in accordance with traffic laws and posted speed limits while accounting for weather conditions.
- Must possess, as a minimum, a high school education or its equivalent.
- Must have valid drivers license.
- Experience with long term care facilities is preferred.
- Must be able to read, write, speak and understand the English language.
- Must possess the ability to make independent decisions when circumstances warrant such action.
- Must possess the ability to deal tactfully with personnel, residents, family members, visitors, government agencies/personnel, and the general public.
- Must maintain the care and use of supplies, equipment, etc., and maintain the appearance of maintenance areas; must perform regular inspections of the company vehicle.
- Must have patience, tact, a cheerful disposition, and enthusiasm, as well as be willing to handle residents based on whatever maturity level they are currently functioning.
- Must be willing to work harmoniously with other personnel as well as be willing to handle residents based on whatever maturity level at which they are currently functioning.
- Must be able to move intermittently throughout the workday.
- Must function independently and have flexibility, personal integrity, and the ability to work effectively with the residents, personnel, and support agencies.
- Must meet the general health requirements set forth by the policies of this facility, which include a medical and physical examination.
- Must be able to relate to and work with ill, disabled, elderly, emotionally upset, and at times, hostile people within the facility.
- Must be able to push, pull move, and/or lift a minimum of 25 pounds to a minimum height of 5 feet and be able to push, pull, move, and/or carry such weight a minimum of 50 feet.
- May be necessary to assist in the evacuation of residents during emergency situations.