Transport Driver (CNA Required)

Topaz Fiscal Services; Daytona Beach (FL); On-site; USD 21,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Topaz Fiscal Services is seeking a Transport Driver to escort residents to medical appointments and program activities. The role requires careful lifting, patient handling, and adherence to safety protocols in a healthcare setting.

Applicants should have CPR/BLS certification, a valid driver’s license, and a CNA license. The job involves driving a facility vehicle, maintaining records, and coordinating with the care team to ensure timely transportation.

Qualifications

• Experience in healthcare settings preferred.
• CPR/BLS certification or must be obtained within 30 days of hire.
• Clean driving record and valid driver’s license.
• CNA license required.

Responsibilities

• Provides physical assistance to participants as they board and disembark from the program’s vehicles.
• Ensures emergency medical information is available for those transported.
• Keeps vehicle clean and maintains maintenance records.
• Monitors safety belts and wheelchair locks.
• Transports participants to medical appointments and events as needed.
• Establishes communication with patients and coworkers to improve service quality.

Skills

Customer service

Safety awareness

Communication

Education

CPR/BLS certification

Valid Driver’s License

CNA license

Job description

OVERVIEW:

The Transport Driver is responsible for driving the facility vehicle to transport residents to desired destinations.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provides physical assistance to each participant when needed as he/she boards and disembarks from the program’s vehicles.
• Ensures that emergency medical information is available for those participants being transported.
• Maintains the first aid kit in the vehicle, replacing supplies as they are used or become outdated.
• Ensures that all passengers wear safety belts and wheelchairs are locked into position.
• Maintains vehicle in neat and clean condition anticipating needed mechanical service so appointments can be arranged that are convenient to program operations.
• Keeps vehicle maintenance records current; coordinate and schedule routine and episodic vehicle maintenance.
• Reports to Supervisor any vehicle operating problems, malfunctions or incidents out of the ordinary routine.
• Maintains accurate daily records of number of trips, individuals transported, miles and gallons of gas.
• Compiles all necessary information to meet reporting requirements.
• Transports participants to and from physician or other medical appointments, as requested
• Assists with program activities by transporting participants to an event, as coordinated by the activities manager.
• Establishes and maintains communication with patients and coworkers to improve quality of service and customer satisfaction.
• Lifts patients in and out of bed, chairs, taxis and ambulances to move them to and from treatment areas and procedure rooms.
• Transports medical equipment, supplies, documents and laboratory specimens to designated treatment, diagnostic and patient care areas.
• Other Job Duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• 1+ year in experience in a healthcare setting preferred
• CPR/BLS certification or must be obtained within 30 days of hire
• Clean driving record
• Valid Driver’s License
• CNA License (Required)

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

• This job operates in a health care setting. This role requires regular walking to various locations around the care center.
• Incumbent may be exposed to virus, disease and infection from patients and specimens in working environment.
• Incumbent may be required to work extended periods of time at a video display terminal.
• Incumbent may experience traumatic situations, including psychiatric, and deceased patients.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus
• This position is very active and requires standing, walking, bending, kneeling, stooping, crouching, crawling and climbing all day.
• The employee must frequently lift or move objects and patients weighing over 50 pounds.

TRAVEL:

• No travel is expected for this position

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Employee signature below constitutes employee's understanding of the requirements, essential functions and duties of the position.