Under the General Supervision of the Fleet Transportation Coordinator, Adult Day Services (ADS) bus drivers are responsible for transporting participants to and from ADS and extracurricular events, following a scheduled route and ensuring the safety of all passengers. 
Total Hours:8-20 weekly, Monday-Friday
Driving Hours: Approximately 7:00am-9:00am and/or 1:30pm-3:30pm variable hours for driving to/from activities
Training hours, if applicable: Flexible
Responsibilities

• Transport participants to and from the ADS facility and activities, as scheduled, in a safe and efficient manner 
• Conduct daily pre/post-trip inspection of vehicles, including checking vehicle fluid level 
• Maintain a clean and mechanically sound bus at all times 
• Assist with loading and unloading of participants 
• Secure wheelchairs at all tie-down points and fasten seatbelts and shoulder straps 
• Assure use of seat belts by all passengers AND the driver 
• Obey all traffic laws to ensure participants arrive to their destination safely
• Notify appropriate persons of all vehicle defects in accordance with policy 
• Keep all safety-related equipment must in proper working order and stored when not in use 
• Carry bus bag with participant emergency information at all times
• Complete appropriate form for all accidents, incidents, or seizures that involve passengers
• Practice evacuation drills with persons served a minimum of one time per year

Education

• High school diploma or GED required 

Experience

• Five-years driving experience with excellent driving record required 

Certification, Registration or License

• Valid Kansas class C driver’s license required 
• Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) for vehicles of 16 passenger capacity with passenger or more with passenger endorsement, or obtain such license within a reasonable time after hired

Skills and Abilities 

• Ability to treat persons served courteously 
• Strong written and verbal communication 
• Ability to read routing assignments, maps, and road signs 
• Ability to use hand radio 
• Ability to read GPS
• Ability to move individuals in wheelchairs on and off the vehicles using lifts, to include pushing and pulling 
• Training in first aid and cardio-pulmonary resuscitation preferred 

Exposures

• Blended exposure to outside elements and weather exposures inherent to continuous driving in residential and commercial areas with noise/vibrations from motorized vehicle

Physical Demands 

• Work Type: Heavy, exerting up to 100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects
• Climbing/Balancing/Freedom to Move: Frequently mobile to move in and out of vehicle and assist passengers. Range of motion to moderate stooping, bending, lifting
• Stooping/Bending: Moderate 
• Reaching: Moderate, overhead as well as horizontal and down
• Vision: Adequate to perform essential functions
• Color vision: As required for issuance of driver’s license
• Hearing: Frequently perceive nature of sounds by ear
• Speech: Frequently express ideas by means of spoken words 
• Eye/Hand/Foot Coordination: Frequently operates equipment requiring skilled ability 
• Manual Dexterity: Frequently operates equipment requiring skilled ability

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