Medical Respite Advocate/Driver

City Care; Oklahoma City (OK); Presencial; USD 32.000 - 42.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Medical, dental, vision

401K plan

Full-time benefits start

Descripción de la vacante

City Care is seeking an Advocate to support unhoused Oklahomans with complex medical needs. You will transport participants, assist with appointments, coordinate screenings, and help maintain safety and dignity in a compassionate team environment.

The role requires ability to multitask, reliable transportation, and a High School diploma or equivalent. Experience with driving a 12-passenger van is preferred; pre-employment checks apply.

Formación

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Experience driving a 12-passenger van preferred.
• Ability to multitask and work with diverse populations.

Responsabilidades

• Transport medical respite participants to/from appointments.
• Shift report on medical respite participants and maintain whereabouts.
• Safety checks and screenings for participants and items.
• Coordinate cleaning, laundry, meals, and EVS activities.
• Support staff and clients; maintain supply inventory.
• Coordinate appointment scheduling for medical respite participants.
• Wellness checks and intake/orientation when trained.
• Assistance with connections to services.

Conocimientos

Driving a 12-passenger van

Multitasking

Teamwork

Reliable transportation

Strong interpersonal skills

Educación

High School diploma or equivalent

Descripción del empleo

Position Summary:

City Care exists to do the work few others are willing to do. We believe in the intrinsic

Description

Position Summary:

City Care exists to do the work few others are willing to do. We believe in the intrinsic value of every person. It is with love and compassion that we walk alongside neighbors who are often overlooked in our community. We provide food for the hungry, relief for the hurting, and hold space for complete restoration of lives that have gotten off course. With enough endurance, we witness, firsthand, remarkable stories of transformation. Still reading? Great! Now more about the position. City Care is searching for the right person with a knack for seeing great potential in others and working as part of a team with the shared goal of motivating change. This Advocate will understand the complexity of the intersection of poverty, homelessness, physical/behavioral health needs, and substance use for unhoused Oklahomans experiencing complex medical needs.

Requirements

Key Responsibilities

Primary Duties Upon Entry

• Transportation of medical respite participants to/from appointments
• Shift report on medical respite participants
• Maintain accountability of medical respite participants whereabouts
• Safety checks/screenings of medical respite participants and their items
• Specified cleaning duties
• EVS coordination
• Laundry coordination
• Meal coordination
• Staff and client support where appropriate
• Maintain supply inventory
• Coordinate medical respite participant appointment scheduling

Secondary Duties When Trained

• Wellness checks
• Medical respite participant intake and orientation
• Assessments for medical respite entry and exit
• Connection to services

Other duties as assigned

Skills & Experience

• Experience with driving a 12-passenger van, and operating wheelchair lift
• Understanding of the complexity of the intersection of poverty, homelessness, mental illness, substance use and recovery

• Cool under pressure
• Computer literate, resulting in error-free data entry
• Ability to multitask
• Ability to work as a member of a team to accomplish shared goals
• High School diploma or equivalent
• Reliable transportation
• Pre-employment background check, driving record and UA

Internal mobility for pay raises and training bonus available upon completion and tenure in

positions.

Benefits Package

• Benefits for full-time employees begin on the first day of the month following date of hire.
• Benefits include medical, dental, vision and company sponsored 401K plan