What are the responsibilities and job description for the NEMT Driver position at Daily Grace Adult Day Health Services, Inc.?
Duties
- Transport elderly and disabled passengers safely, assist them door-to-door, load & unload both passengers and belongings.
- Transport ill or injured passengers from home to and from healthcare facilities.
- Demonstrate top-notch customer service skills.
- Loading and securing manual wheelchair or power wheelchairs with securement anchors.
- Instruct and assist passengers with cognitive, visual, or physical disabilities to safely load and unload from the vehicle.
- Follow schedule, GPS, other company apps, and report regularly to dispatch.
- Be willing to drive across counties.
- Effectively and politely communicate with customers, team members, and management.
- Maintain vehicle interior and exterior cleanliness and arrange for vehicle services as needed.
- Report mechanical issues immediately
- Complete all required docs and maintenance records clearly and accurately daily.
- Participate in training and educational opportunities.
- Follow all Driving laws.
Skills / Qualifications
- Safety and security minded, able to read and use GPS & other apps
- Reliable, energetic, customer service/team oriented, excellent communicator
- Demonstrate flexibility, solution-finding and efficient time management skills
- Able to lift (up to 70 lbs.), or carry, push, and pull people in wheelchairs.
- Able to stoop, bend, reach, walk long distances, climb steps, and enter/exit vehicle multiple times a day.
- Required: Current CPR/First Aid Cert, and other NEMT required certifications (Passenger Assistance Safety and Sensitivity training, NSC Defensive Driving Training, and Passenger Services and Safety check- off)
Minimum Requirements (NOTE: Not meeting any of these will disqualify you from service)
- Must be 21 years of age with a minimum of 1 year of uninterrupted driving experience
- Pass Federal Criminal Background Check (NO FELONY CONV. PAST 10 Years!)
- Less than 2 moving violations on driver’s record within the last 7 years
- No more than 1 accident on drivers record within the last 7 years
- Pass initial Forensic Drug Test, be willing/able to submit to random drug testing
- Own and efficient with use of smart phone device
Pay: From $10.00 per hour
License/Certification:
- Defensive Driving (Preferred)
- CPR Certification (Preferred)
- First Aid Certification (Preferred)
- PASS I (Preferred)
- PASS II (Preferred)
Work Location: On the road
Salary : $10